2 * linux/mm/compaction.c
4 * Memory compaction for the reduction of external fragmentation. Note that
5 * this heavily depends upon page migration to do all the real heavy
8 * Copyright IBM Corp. 2007-2010 Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
10 #include <linux/swap.h>
11 #include <linux/migrate.h>
12 #include <linux/compaction.h>
13 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
14 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
15 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
16 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
19 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
20 #include <trace/events/compaction.h>
23 * compact_control is used to track pages being migrated and the free pages
24 * they are being migrated to during memory compaction. The free_pfn starts
25 * at the end of a zone and migrate_pfn begins at the start. Movable pages
26 * are moved to the end of a zone during a compaction run and the run
27 * completes when free_pfn <= migrate_pfn
29 struct compact_control
{
30 struct list_head freepages
; /* List of free pages to migrate to */
31 struct list_head migratepages
; /* List of pages being migrated */
32 unsigned long nr_freepages
; /* Number of isolated free pages */
33 unsigned long nr_migratepages
; /* Number of pages to migrate */
34 unsigned long free_pfn
; /* isolate_freepages search base */
35 unsigned long migrate_pfn
; /* isolate_migratepages search base */
36 bool sync
; /* Synchronous migration */
38 /* Account for isolated anon and file pages */
39 unsigned long nr_anon
;
40 unsigned long nr_file
;
42 unsigned int order
; /* order a direct compactor needs */
43 int migratetype
; /* MOVABLE, RECLAIMABLE etc */
49 static unsigned long release_freepages(struct list_head
*freelist
)
51 struct page
*page
, *next
;
52 unsigned long count
= 0;
54 list_for_each_entry_safe(page
, next
, freelist
, lru
) {
63 /* Isolate free pages onto a private freelist. Must hold zone->lock */
64 static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct zone
*zone
,
65 unsigned long blockpfn
,
66 struct list_head
*freelist
)
68 unsigned long zone_end_pfn
, end_pfn
;
69 int nr_scanned
= 0, total_isolated
= 0;
72 /* Get the last PFN we should scan for free pages at */
73 zone_end_pfn
= zone
->zone_start_pfn
+ zone
->spanned_pages
;
74 end_pfn
= min(blockpfn
+ pageblock_nr_pages
, zone_end_pfn
);
76 /* Find the first usable PFN in the block to initialse page cursor */
77 for (; blockpfn
< end_pfn
; blockpfn
++) {
78 if (pfn_valid_within(blockpfn
))
81 cursor
= pfn_to_page(blockpfn
);
83 /* Isolate free pages. This assumes the block is valid */
84 for (; blockpfn
< end_pfn
; blockpfn
++, cursor
++) {
86 struct page
*page
= cursor
;
88 if (!pfn_valid_within(blockpfn
))
95 /* Found a free page, break it into order-0 pages */
96 isolated
= split_free_page(page
);
97 total_isolated
+= isolated
;
98 for (i
= 0; i
< isolated
; i
++) {
99 list_add(&page
->lru
, freelist
);
103 /* If a page was split, advance to the end of it */
105 blockpfn
+= isolated
- 1;
106 cursor
+= isolated
- 1;
110 trace_mm_compaction_isolate_freepages(nr_scanned
, total_isolated
);
111 return total_isolated
;
114 /* Returns true if the page is within a block suitable for migration to */
115 static bool suitable_migration_target(struct page
*page
)
118 int migratetype
= get_pageblock_migratetype(page
);
120 /* Don't interfere with memory hot-remove or the min_free_kbytes blocks */
121 if (migratetype
== MIGRATE_ISOLATE
|| migratetype
== MIGRATE_RESERVE
)
124 /* If the page is a large free page, then allow migration */
125 if (PageBuddy(page
) && page_order(page
) >= pageblock_order
)
128 /* If the block is MIGRATE_MOVABLE, allow migration */
129 if (migratetype
== MIGRATE_MOVABLE
)
132 /* Otherwise skip the block */
137 * Based on information in the current compact_control, find blocks
138 * suitable for isolating free pages from and then isolate them.
140 static void isolate_freepages(struct zone
*zone
,
141 struct compact_control
*cc
)
144 unsigned long high_pfn
, low_pfn
, pfn
;
146 int nr_freepages
= cc
->nr_freepages
;
147 struct list_head
*freelist
= &cc
->freepages
;
150 low_pfn
= cc
->migrate_pfn
+ pageblock_nr_pages
;
154 * Isolate free pages until enough are available to migrate the
155 * pages on cc->migratepages. We stop searching if the migrate
156 * and free page scanners meet or enough free pages are isolated.
158 spin_lock_irqsave(&zone
->lock
, flags
);
159 for (; pfn
> low_pfn
&& cc
->nr_migratepages
> nr_freepages
;
160 pfn
-= pageblock_nr_pages
) {
161 unsigned long isolated
;
167 * Check for overlapping nodes/zones. It's possible on some
168 * configurations to have a setup like
170 * i.e. it's possible that all pages within a zones range of
171 * pages do not belong to a single zone.
173 page
= pfn_to_page(pfn
);
174 if (page_zone(page
) != zone
)
177 /* Check the block is suitable for migration */
178 if (!suitable_migration_target(page
))
181 /* Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from */
182 isolated
= isolate_freepages_block(zone
, pfn
, freelist
);
183 nr_freepages
+= isolated
;
186 * Record the highest PFN we isolated pages from. When next
187 * looking for free pages, the search will restart here as
188 * page migration may have returned some pages to the allocator
191 high_pfn
= max(high_pfn
, pfn
);
193 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone
->lock
, flags
);
195 /* split_free_page does not map the pages */
196 list_for_each_entry(page
, freelist
, lru
) {
197 arch_alloc_page(page
, 0);
198 kernel_map_pages(page
, 1, 1);
201 cc
->free_pfn
= high_pfn
;
202 cc
->nr_freepages
= nr_freepages
;
205 /* Update the number of anon and file isolated pages in the zone */
206 static void acct_isolated(struct zone
*zone
, struct compact_control
*cc
)
209 unsigned int count
[NR_LRU_LISTS
] = { 0, };
211 list_for_each_entry(page
, &cc
->migratepages
, lru
) {
212 int lru
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
216 cc
->nr_anon
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
];
217 cc
->nr_file
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
];
218 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
, cc
->nr_anon
);
219 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, cc
->nr_file
);
222 /* Similar to reclaim, but different enough that they don't share logic */
223 static bool too_many_isolated(struct zone
*zone
)
225 unsigned long active
, inactive
, isolated
;
227 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
) +
228 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
229 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
230 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
);
231 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
) +
232 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
);
234 return isolated
> (inactive
+ active
) / 2;
238 * Isolate all pages that can be migrated from the block pointed to by
239 * the migrate scanner within compact_control.
241 static unsigned long isolate_migratepages(struct zone
*zone
,
242 struct compact_control
*cc
)
244 unsigned long low_pfn
, end_pfn
;
245 unsigned long last_pageblock_nr
= 0, pageblock_nr
;
246 unsigned long nr_scanned
= 0, nr_isolated
= 0;
247 struct list_head
*migratelist
= &cc
->migratepages
;
249 /* Do not scan outside zone boundaries */
250 low_pfn
= max(cc
->migrate_pfn
, zone
->zone_start_pfn
);
252 /* Only scan within a pageblock boundary */
253 end_pfn
= ALIGN(low_pfn
+ pageblock_nr_pages
, pageblock_nr_pages
);
255 /* Do not cross the free scanner or scan within a memory hole */
256 if (end_pfn
> cc
->free_pfn
|| !pfn_valid(low_pfn
)) {
257 cc
->migrate_pfn
= end_pfn
;
262 * Ensure that there are not too many pages isolated from the LRU
263 * list by either parallel reclaimers or compaction. If there are,
264 * delay for some time until fewer pages are isolated
266 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone
))) {
267 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
269 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
273 /* Time to isolate some pages for migration */
274 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
275 for (; low_pfn
< end_pfn
; low_pfn
++) {
277 if (!pfn_valid_within(low_pfn
))
281 /* Get the page and skip if free */
282 page
= pfn_to_page(low_pfn
);
287 * For async migration, also only scan in MOVABLE blocks. Async
288 * migration is optimistic to see if the minimum amount of work
289 * satisfies the allocation
291 pageblock_nr
= low_pfn
>> pageblock_order
;
292 if (!cc
->sync
&& last_pageblock_nr
!= pageblock_nr
&&
293 get_pageblock_migratetype(page
) != MIGRATE_MOVABLE
) {
294 low_pfn
+= pageblock_nr_pages
;
295 low_pfn
= ALIGN(low_pfn
, pageblock_nr_pages
) - 1;
296 last_pageblock_nr
= pageblock_nr
;
304 * PageLRU is set, and lru_lock excludes isolation,
305 * splitting and collapsing (collapsing has already
306 * happened if PageLRU is set).
308 if (PageTransHuge(page
)) {
309 low_pfn
+= (1 << compound_order(page
)) - 1;
313 /* Try isolate the page */
314 if (__isolate_lru_page(page
, ISOLATE_BOTH
, 0) != 0)
317 VM_BUG_ON(PageTransCompound(page
));
319 /* Successfully isolated */
320 del_page_from_lru_list(zone
, page
, page_lru(page
));
321 list_add(&page
->lru
, migratelist
);
322 cc
->nr_migratepages
++;
325 /* Avoid isolating too much */
326 if (cc
->nr_migratepages
== COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX
)
330 acct_isolated(zone
, cc
);
332 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
333 cc
->migrate_pfn
= low_pfn
;
335 trace_mm_compaction_isolate_migratepages(nr_scanned
, nr_isolated
);
337 return cc
->nr_migratepages
;
341 * This is a migrate-callback that "allocates" freepages by taking pages
342 * from the isolated freelists in the block we are migrating to.
344 static struct page
*compaction_alloc(struct page
*migratepage
,
348 struct compact_control
*cc
= (struct compact_control
*)data
;
349 struct page
*freepage
;
351 /* Isolate free pages if necessary */
352 if (list_empty(&cc
->freepages
)) {
353 isolate_freepages(cc
->zone
, cc
);
355 if (list_empty(&cc
->freepages
))
359 freepage
= list_entry(cc
->freepages
.next
, struct page
, lru
);
360 list_del(&freepage
->lru
);
367 * We cannot control nr_migratepages and nr_freepages fully when migration is
368 * running as migrate_pages() has no knowledge of compact_control. When
369 * migration is complete, we count the number of pages on the lists by hand.
371 static void update_nr_listpages(struct compact_control
*cc
)
373 int nr_migratepages
= 0;
374 int nr_freepages
= 0;
377 list_for_each_entry(page
, &cc
->migratepages
, lru
)
379 list_for_each_entry(page
, &cc
->freepages
, lru
)
382 cc
->nr_migratepages
= nr_migratepages
;
383 cc
->nr_freepages
= nr_freepages
;
386 static int compact_finished(struct zone
*zone
,
387 struct compact_control
*cc
)
390 unsigned long watermark
;
392 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
393 return COMPACT_PARTIAL
;
395 /* Compaction run completes if the migrate and free scanner meet */
396 if (cc
->free_pfn
<= cc
->migrate_pfn
)
397 return COMPACT_COMPLETE
;
399 /* Compaction run is not finished if the watermark is not met */
400 if (cc
->compact_mode
!= COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD
)
401 watermark
= low_wmark_pages(zone
);
403 watermark
= high_wmark_pages(zone
);
404 watermark
+= (1 << cc
->order
);
406 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone
, cc
->order
, watermark
, 0, 0))
407 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
410 * order == -1 is expected when compacting via
411 * /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
414 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
417 * Generating only one page of the right order is not enough
418 * for kswapd, we must continue until we're above the high
419 * watermark as a pool for high order GFP_ATOMIC allocations
422 if (cc
->compact_mode
== COMPACT_MODE_KSWAPD
)
423 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
425 /* Direct compactor: Is a suitable page free? */
426 for (order
= cc
->order
; order
< MAX_ORDER
; order
++) {
427 /* Job done if page is free of the right migratetype */
428 if (!list_empty(&zone
->free_area
[order
].free_list
[cc
->migratetype
]))
429 return COMPACT_PARTIAL
;
431 /* Job done if allocation would set block type */
432 if (order
>= pageblock_order
&& zone
->free_area
[order
].nr_free
)
433 return COMPACT_PARTIAL
;
436 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
440 * compaction_suitable: Is this suitable to run compaction on this zone now?
442 * COMPACT_SKIPPED - If there are too few free pages for compaction
443 * COMPACT_PARTIAL - If the allocation would succeed without compaction
444 * COMPACT_CONTINUE - If compaction should run now
446 unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone
*zone
, int order
)
449 unsigned long watermark
;
452 * Watermarks for order-0 must be met for compaction. Note the 2UL.
453 * This is because during migration, copies of pages need to be
454 * allocated and for a short time, the footprint is higher
456 watermark
= low_wmark_pages(zone
) + (2UL << order
);
457 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone
, 0, watermark
, 0, 0))
458 return COMPACT_SKIPPED
;
461 * order == -1 is expected when compacting via
462 * /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
465 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
468 * fragmentation index determines if allocation failures are due to
469 * low memory or external fragmentation
471 * index of -1 implies allocations might succeed dependingon watermarks
472 * index towards 0 implies failure is due to lack of memory
473 * index towards 1000 implies failure is due to fragmentation
475 * Only compact if a failure would be due to fragmentation.
477 fragindex
= fragmentation_index(zone
, order
);
478 if (fragindex
>= 0 && fragindex
<= sysctl_extfrag_threshold
)
479 return COMPACT_SKIPPED
;
481 if (fragindex
== -1 && zone_watermark_ok(zone
, order
, watermark
, 0, 0))
482 return COMPACT_PARTIAL
;
484 return COMPACT_CONTINUE
;
487 static int compact_zone(struct zone
*zone
, struct compact_control
*cc
)
491 ret
= compaction_suitable(zone
, cc
->order
);
493 case COMPACT_PARTIAL
:
494 case COMPACT_SKIPPED
:
495 /* Compaction is likely to fail */
497 case COMPACT_CONTINUE
:
498 /* Fall through to compaction */
502 /* Setup to move all movable pages to the end of the zone */
503 cc
->migrate_pfn
= zone
->zone_start_pfn
;
504 cc
->free_pfn
= cc
->migrate_pfn
+ zone
->spanned_pages
;
505 cc
->free_pfn
&= ~(pageblock_nr_pages
-1);
507 migrate_prep_local();
509 while ((ret
= compact_finished(zone
, cc
)) == COMPACT_CONTINUE
) {
510 unsigned long nr_migrate
, nr_remaining
;
512 if (!isolate_migratepages(zone
, cc
))
515 nr_migrate
= cc
->nr_migratepages
;
516 migrate_pages(&cc
->migratepages
, compaction_alloc
,
517 (unsigned long)cc
, false,
519 update_nr_listpages(cc
);
520 nr_remaining
= cc
->nr_migratepages
;
522 count_vm_event(COMPACTBLOCKS
);
523 count_vm_events(COMPACTPAGES
, nr_migrate
- nr_remaining
);
525 count_vm_events(COMPACTPAGEFAILED
, nr_remaining
);
526 trace_mm_compaction_migratepages(nr_migrate
- nr_remaining
,
529 /* Release LRU pages not migrated */
530 if (!list_empty(&cc
->migratepages
)) {
531 putback_lru_pages(&cc
->migratepages
);
532 cc
->nr_migratepages
= 0;
537 /* Release free pages and check accounting */
538 cc
->nr_freepages
-= release_freepages(&cc
->freepages
);
539 VM_BUG_ON(cc
->nr_freepages
!= 0);
544 unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone
*zone
,
545 int order
, gfp_t gfp_mask
,
549 struct compact_control cc
= {
551 .nr_migratepages
= 0,
553 .migratetype
= allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask
),
556 .compact_mode
= compact_mode
,
558 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc
.freepages
);
559 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc
.migratepages
);
561 return compact_zone(zone
, &cc
);
564 int sysctl_extfrag_threshold
= 500;
567 * try_to_compact_pages - Direct compact to satisfy a high-order allocation
568 * @zonelist: The zonelist used for the current allocation
569 * @order: The order of the current allocation
570 * @gfp_mask: The GFP mask of the current allocation
571 * @nodemask: The allowed nodes to allocate from
572 * @sync: Whether migration is synchronous or not
574 * This is the main entry point for direct page compaction.
576 unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
577 int order
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, nodemask_t
*nodemask
,
580 enum zone_type high_zoneidx
= gfp_zone(gfp_mask
);
581 int may_enter_fs
= gfp_mask
& __GFP_FS
;
582 int may_perform_io
= gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
;
585 int rc
= COMPACT_SKIPPED
;
588 * Check whether it is worth even starting compaction. The order check is
589 * made because an assumption is made that the page allocator can satisfy
590 * the "cheaper" orders without taking special steps
592 if (!order
|| !may_enter_fs
|| !may_perform_io
)
595 count_vm_event(COMPACTSTALL
);
597 /* Compact each zone in the list */
598 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
, high_zoneidx
,
602 status
= compact_zone_order(zone
, order
, gfp_mask
, sync
,
603 COMPACT_MODE_DIRECT_RECLAIM
);
604 rc
= max(status
, rc
);
606 /* If a normal allocation would succeed, stop compacting */
607 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone
, order
, low_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0))
615 /* Compact all zones within a node */
616 static int compact_node(int nid
)
622 if (nid
< 0 || nid
>= nr_node_ids
|| !node_online(nid
))
624 pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
626 /* Flush pending updates to the LRU lists */
629 for (zoneid
= 0; zoneid
< MAX_NR_ZONES
; zoneid
++) {
630 struct compact_control cc
= {
632 .nr_migratepages
= 0,
634 .compact_mode
= COMPACT_MODE_DIRECT_RECLAIM
,
637 zone
= &pgdat
->node_zones
[zoneid
];
638 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
642 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc
.freepages
);
643 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc
.migratepages
);
645 compact_zone(zone
, &cc
);
647 VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc
.freepages
));
648 VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc
.migratepages
));
654 /* Compact all nodes in the system */
655 static int compact_nodes(void)
659 for_each_online_node(nid
)
662 return COMPACT_COMPLETE
;
665 /* The written value is actually unused, all memory is compacted */
666 int sysctl_compact_memory
;
668 /* This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via /proc/sys/vm */
669 int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
670 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
673 return compact_nodes();
678 int sysctl_extfrag_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
679 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
681 proc_dointvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
686 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS) && defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
687 ssize_t
sysfs_compact_node(struct sys_device
*dev
,
688 struct sysdev_attribute
*attr
,
689 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
691 compact_node(dev
->id
);
695 static SYSDEV_ATTR(compact
, S_IWUSR
, NULL
, sysfs_compact_node
);
697 int compaction_register_node(struct node
*node
)
699 return sysdev_create_file(&node
->sysdev
, &attr_compact
);
702 void compaction_unregister_node(struct node
*node
)
704 return sysdev_remove_file(&node
->sysdev
, &attr_compact
);
706 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS && CONFIG_NUMA */