4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
6 * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie.
7 * kswapd added: 7.1.96 sct
8 * Removed kswapd_ctl limits, and swap out as many pages as needed
9 * to bring the system back to freepages.high: 2.4.97, Rik van Riel.
10 * Zone aware kswapd started 02/00, Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@sgi.com).
11 * Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/gfp.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/highmem.h>
22 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
23 #include <linux/file.h>
24 #include <linux/writeback.h>
25 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
26 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for try_to_release_page(),
27 buffer_heads_over_limit */
28 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
29 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
30 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
31 #include <linux/rmap.h>
32 #include <linux/topology.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
35 #include <linux/compaction.h>
36 #include <linux/notifier.h>
37 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
38 #include <linux/delay.h>
39 #include <linux/kthread.h>
40 #include <linux/freezer.h>
41 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
42 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
43 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
44 #include <linux/oom.h>
45 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
47 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
48 #include <asm/div64.h>
50 #include <linux/swapops.h>
54 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
55 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
58 * reclaim_mode determines how the inactive list is shrunk
59 * RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE: Reclaim only order-0 pages
60 * RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC: Do not block
61 * RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC: Allow blocking e.g. call wait_on_page_writeback
62 * RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM: For high-order allocations, take a reference
63 * page from the LRU and reclaim all pages within a
64 * naturally aligned range
65 * RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION: For high-order allocations, reclaim a number of
66 * order-0 pages and then compact the zone
68 typedef unsigned __bitwise__ reclaim_mode_t
;
69 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x01u)
70 #define RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x02u)
71 #define RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x04u)
72 #define RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x08u)
73 #define RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION ((__force reclaim_mode_t)0x10u)
76 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
77 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
79 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
80 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
82 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
83 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
;
85 unsigned long hibernation_mode
;
87 /* This context's GFP mask */
92 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
95 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
103 * Intend to reclaim enough continuous memory rather than reclaim
104 * enough amount of memory. i.e, mode for high order allocation.
106 reclaim_mode_t reclaim_mode
;
108 /* Which cgroup do we reclaim from */
109 struct mem_cgroup
*mem_cgroup
;
112 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
115 nodemask_t
*nodemask
;
118 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
120 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
121 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
123 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
126 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
127 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
131 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
134 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
135 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
137 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
140 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
141 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
145 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
149 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
151 int vm_swappiness
= 60;
152 long vm_total_pages
; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
154 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list
);
155 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem
);
157 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
158 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (!(sc)->mem_cgroup)
160 #define scanning_global_lru(sc) (1)
163 static struct zone_reclaim_stat
*get_reclaim_stat(struct zone
*zone
,
164 struct scan_control
*sc
)
166 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc
))
167 return mem_cgroup_get_reclaim_stat(sc
->mem_cgroup
, zone
);
169 return &zone
->reclaim_stat
;
172 static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct zone
*zone
,
173 struct scan_control
*sc
, enum lru_list lru
)
175 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc
))
176 return mem_cgroup_zone_nr_lru_pages(sc
->mem_cgroup
, zone
, lru
);
178 return zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
);
183 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
185 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
188 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
189 list_add_tail(&shrinker
->list
, &shrinker_list
);
190 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker
);
197 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker
*shrinker
)
199 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
200 list_del(&shrinker
->list
);
201 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem
);
203 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker
);
205 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker
*shrinker
,
206 struct shrink_control
*sc
,
207 unsigned long nr_to_scan
)
209 sc
->nr_to_scan
= nr_to_scan
;
210 return (*shrinker
->shrink
)(shrinker
, sc
);
213 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
215 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
217 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
218 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
219 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
220 * generated by these structures.
222 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
223 * slab to avoid swapping.
225 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
227 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
228 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
229 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
231 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
233 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control
*shrink
,
234 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned
,
235 unsigned long lru_pages
)
237 struct shrinker
*shrinker
;
238 unsigned long ret
= 0;
240 if (nr_pages_scanned
== 0)
241 nr_pages_scanned
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
243 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem
)) {
244 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
249 list_for_each_entry(shrinker
, &shrinker_list
, list
) {
250 unsigned long long delta
;
251 unsigned long total_scan
;
252 unsigned long max_pass
;
254 max_pass
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
255 delta
= (4 * nr_pages_scanned
) / shrinker
->seeks
;
257 do_div(delta
, lru_pages
+ 1);
258 shrinker
->nr
+= delta
;
259 if (shrinker
->nr
< 0) {
260 printk(KERN_ERR
"shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
262 shrinker
->shrink
, shrinker
->nr
);
263 shrinker
->nr
= max_pass
;
267 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
268 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
271 if (shrinker
->nr
> max_pass
* 2)
272 shrinker
->nr
= max_pass
* 2;
274 total_scan
= shrinker
->nr
;
277 while (total_scan
>= SHRINK_BATCH
) {
278 long this_scan
= SHRINK_BATCH
;
282 nr_before
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
, 0);
283 shrink_ret
= do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker
, shrink
,
285 if (shrink_ret
== -1)
287 if (shrink_ret
< nr_before
)
288 ret
+= nr_before
- shrink_ret
;
289 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED
, this_scan
);
290 total_scan
-= this_scan
;
295 shrinker
->nr
+= total_scan
;
297 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem
);
303 static void set_reclaim_mode(int priority
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
306 reclaim_mode_t syncmode
= sync
? RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC
: RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
309 * Initially assume we are entering either lumpy reclaim or
310 * reclaim/compaction.Depending on the order, we will either set the
311 * sync mode or just reclaim order-0 pages later.
313 if (COMPACTION_BUILD
)
314 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION
;
316 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
;
319 * Avoid using lumpy reclaim or reclaim/compaction if possible by
320 * restricting when its set to either costly allocations or when
321 * under memory pressure
323 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
324 sc
->reclaim_mode
|= syncmode
;
325 else if (sc
->order
&& priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)
326 sc
->reclaim_mode
|= syncmode
;
328 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
| RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
331 static void reset_reclaim_mode(struct scan_control
*sc
)
333 sc
->reclaim_mode
= RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
| RECLAIM_MODE_ASYNC
;
336 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page
*page
)
339 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
340 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
341 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
343 return page_count(page
) - page_has_private(page
) == 2;
346 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
347 struct scan_control
*sc
)
349 if (current
->flags
& PF_SWAPWRITE
)
351 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi
))
353 if (bdi
== current
->backing_dev_info
)
356 /* lumpy reclaim for hugepage often need a lot of write */
357 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
363 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
364 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
365 * fsync(), msync() or close().
367 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
368 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
369 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
371 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
374 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space
*mapping
,
375 struct page
*page
, int error
)
378 if (page_mapping(page
) == mapping
)
379 mapping_set_error(mapping
, error
);
383 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
385 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
387 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
389 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
391 /* page is clean and locked */
396 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
397 * Calls ->writepage().
399 static pageout_t
pageout(struct page
*page
, struct address_space
*mapping
,
400 struct scan_control
*sc
)
403 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
404 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
405 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
406 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
407 * PagePrivate for that.
409 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
410 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
413 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
414 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
415 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
416 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
418 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page
))
422 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
423 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
425 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
426 if (try_to_free_buffers(page
)) {
427 ClearPageDirty(page
);
428 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__
);
434 if (mapping
->a_ops
->writepage
== NULL
)
435 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
436 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, sc
))
439 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
)) {
441 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
442 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
443 .nr_to_write
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
445 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
449 SetPageReclaim(page
);
450 res
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, &wbc
);
452 handle_write_error(mapping
, page
, res
);
453 if (res
== AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE
) {
454 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
455 return PAGE_ACTIVATE
;
459 * Wait on writeback if requested to. This happens when
460 * direct reclaiming a large contiguous area and the
461 * first attempt to free a range of pages fails.
463 if (PageWriteback(page
) &&
464 (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC
))
465 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
467 if (!PageWriteback(page
)) {
468 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
469 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
471 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page
,
472 trace_reclaim_flags(page
, sc
->reclaim_mode
));
473 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE
);
481 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
482 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
484 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
486 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
487 BUG_ON(mapping
!= page_mapping(page
));
489 spin_lock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
491 * The non racy check for a busy page.
493 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
494 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
495 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
496 * here, then the following race may occur:
498 * get_user_pages(&page);
499 * [user mapping goes away]
501 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
502 * SetPageDirty(page);
504 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
506 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
508 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
509 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
510 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
512 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
513 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
515 if (!page_freeze_refs(page
, 2))
517 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
518 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page
))) {
519 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 2);
523 if (PageSwapCache(page
)) {
524 swp_entry_t swap
= { .val
= page_private(page
) };
525 __delete_from_swap_cache(page
);
526 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
527 swapcache_free(swap
, page
);
529 void (*freepage
)(struct page
*);
531 freepage
= mapping
->a_ops
->freepage
;
533 __delete_from_page_cache(page
);
534 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
535 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page
);
537 if (freepage
!= NULL
)
544 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
549 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
550 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
551 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
554 int remove_mapping(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct page
*page
)
556 if (__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
)) {
558 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
559 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
562 page_unfreeze_refs(page
, 1);
569 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
570 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
572 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
573 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
575 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
577 void putback_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
580 int active
= !!TestClearPageActive(page
);
581 int was_unevictable
= PageUnevictable(page
);
583 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
586 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
588 if (page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
590 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
591 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
592 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
593 * We know how to handle that.
595 lru
= active
+ page_lru_base_type(page
);
596 lru_cache_add_lru(page
, lru
);
599 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
602 lru
= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
;
603 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page
);
605 * When racing with an mlock clearing (page is
606 * unlocked), make sure that if the other thread does
607 * not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
608 * isolation, we see PG_mlocked cleared below and move
609 * the page back to the evictable list.
611 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked().
617 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
618 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
619 * check after we added it to the list, again.
621 if (lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
&& page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
622 if (!isolate_lru_page(page
)) {
626 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
627 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
628 * nothing to do here.
632 if (was_unevictable
&& lru
!= LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
633 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
);
634 else if (!was_unevictable
&& lru
== LRU_UNEVICTABLE
)
635 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED
);
637 put_page(page
); /* drop ref from isolate */
640 enum page_references
{
642 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
,
647 static enum page_references
page_check_references(struct page
*page
,
648 struct scan_control
*sc
)
650 int referenced_ptes
, referenced_page
;
651 unsigned long vm_flags
;
653 referenced_ptes
= page_referenced(page
, 1, sc
->mem_cgroup
, &vm_flags
);
654 referenced_page
= TestClearPageReferenced(page
);
656 /* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
657 if (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
)
658 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
661 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
662 * move the page to the unevictable list.
664 if (vm_flags
& VM_LOCKED
)
665 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
667 if (referenced_ptes
) {
669 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
671 * All mapped pages start out with page table
672 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
673 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
676 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
677 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
678 * lead to its activation.
680 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
681 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
684 SetPageReferenced(page
);
687 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
;
692 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
693 if (referenced_page
&& !PageSwapBacked(page
))
694 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
;
696 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM
;
699 static noinline_for_stack
void free_page_list(struct list_head
*free_pages
)
701 struct pagevec freed_pvec
;
702 struct page
*page
, *tmp
;
704 pagevec_init(&freed_pvec
, 1);
706 list_for_each_entry_safe(page
, tmp
, free_pages
, lru
) {
707 list_del(&page
->lru
);
708 if (!pagevec_add(&freed_pvec
, page
)) {
709 __pagevec_free(&freed_pvec
);
710 pagevec_reinit(&freed_pvec
);
714 pagevec_free(&freed_pvec
);
718 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
720 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head
*page_list
,
722 struct scan_control
*sc
)
724 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages
);
725 LIST_HEAD(free_pages
);
727 unsigned long nr_dirty
= 0;
728 unsigned long nr_congested
= 0;
729 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
733 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
734 enum page_references references
;
735 struct address_space
*mapping
;
741 page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
742 list_del(&page
->lru
);
744 if (!trylock_page(page
))
747 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
748 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page
) != zone
);
752 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
)))
755 if (!sc
->may_unmap
&& page_mapped(page
))
758 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
759 if (page_mapped(page
) || PageSwapCache(page
))
762 may_enter_fs
= (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_FS
) ||
763 (PageSwapCache(page
) && (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
));
765 if (PageWriteback(page
)) {
767 * Synchronous reclaim is performed in two passes,
768 * first an asynchronous pass over the list to
769 * start parallel writeback, and a second synchronous
770 * pass to wait for the IO to complete. Wait here
771 * for any page for which writeback has already
774 if ((sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_SYNC
) &&
776 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
783 references
= page_check_references(page
, sc
);
784 switch (references
) {
785 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE
:
786 goto activate_locked
;
789 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM
:
790 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
:
791 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
795 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
796 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
798 if (PageAnon(page
) && !PageSwapCache(page
)) {
799 if (!(sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_IO
))
801 if (!add_to_swap(page
))
802 goto activate_locked
;
806 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
809 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
810 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
812 if (page_mapped(page
) && mapping
) {
813 switch (try_to_unmap(page
, TTU_UNMAP
)) {
815 goto activate_locked
;
821 ; /* try to free the page below */
825 if (PageDirty(page
)) {
828 if (references
== PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN
)
832 if (!sc
->may_writepage
)
835 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
836 switch (pageout(page
, mapping
, sc
)) {
841 goto activate_locked
;
843 if (PageWriteback(page
))
849 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
850 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
852 if (!trylock_page(page
))
854 if (PageDirty(page
) || PageWriteback(page
))
856 mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
858 ; /* try to free the page below */
863 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
864 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
867 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
868 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
869 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
870 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
871 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
872 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
873 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
874 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
876 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
877 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
878 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
879 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
880 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
881 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
883 if (page_has_private(page
)) {
884 if (!try_to_release_page(page
, sc
->gfp_mask
))
885 goto activate_locked
;
886 if (!mapping
&& page_count(page
) == 1) {
888 if (put_page_testzero(page
))
892 * rare race with speculative reference.
893 * the speculative reference will free
894 * this page shortly, so we may
895 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
896 * leave it off the LRU).
904 if (!mapping
|| !__remove_mapping(mapping
, page
))
908 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
909 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
910 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
911 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
912 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
914 __clear_page_locked(page
);
919 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
920 * appear not as the counts should be low
922 list_add(&page
->lru
, &free_pages
);
926 if (PageSwapCache(page
))
927 try_to_free_swap(page
);
929 putback_lru_page(page
);
930 reset_reclaim_mode(sc
);
934 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
935 if (PageSwapCache(page
) && vm_swap_full())
936 try_to_free_swap(page
);
937 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
943 reset_reclaim_mode(sc
);
945 list_add(&page
->lru
, &ret_pages
);
946 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
) || PageUnevictable(page
));
950 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
951 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
952 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
953 * will encounter the same problem
955 if (nr_dirty
&& nr_dirty
== nr_congested
&& scanning_global_lru(sc
))
956 zone_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
958 free_page_list(&free_pages
);
960 list_splice(&ret_pages
, page_list
);
961 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE
, pgactivate
);
966 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
967 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
968 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
970 * page: page to consider
971 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
973 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
975 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
, int mode
, int file
)
979 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
984 * When checking the active state, we need to be sure we are
985 * dealing with comparible boolean values. Take the logical not
988 if (mode
!= ISOLATE_BOTH
&& (!PageActive(page
) != !mode
))
991 if (mode
!= ISOLATE_BOTH
&& page_is_file_cache(page
) != file
)
995 * When this function is being called for lumpy reclaim, we
996 * initially look into all LRU pages, active, inactive and
997 * unevictable; only give shrink_page_list evictable pages.
999 if (PageUnevictable(page
))
1004 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page
))) {
1006 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1007 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1008 * page release code relies on it.
1018 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1019 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1020 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1022 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1023 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1025 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1027 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1028 * @src: The LRU list to pull pages off.
1029 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1030 * @scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1031 * @order: The caller's attempted allocation order
1032 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1033 * @file: True [1] if isolating file [!anon] pages
1035 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1037 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1038 struct list_head
*src
, struct list_head
*dst
,
1039 unsigned long *scanned
, int order
, int mode
, int file
)
1041 unsigned long nr_taken
= 0;
1042 unsigned long nr_lumpy_taken
= 0;
1043 unsigned long nr_lumpy_dirty
= 0;
1044 unsigned long nr_lumpy_failed
= 0;
1047 for (scan
= 0; scan
< nr_to_scan
&& !list_empty(src
); scan
++) {
1050 unsigned long end_pfn
;
1051 unsigned long page_pfn
;
1054 page
= lru_to_page(src
);
1055 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page
, src
, flags
);
1057 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page
));
1059 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page
, mode
, file
)) {
1061 list_move(&page
->lru
, dst
);
1062 mem_cgroup_del_lru(page
);
1063 nr_taken
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1067 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1068 list_move(&page
->lru
, src
);
1069 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page
, page_lru(page
));
1080 * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region
1081 * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of
1082 * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely
1083 * round the target page pfn down to the requested order
1084 * as the mem_map is guaranteed valid out to MAX_ORDER,
1085 * where that page is in a different zone we will detect
1086 * it from its zone id and abort this block scan.
1088 zone_id
= page_zone_id(page
);
1089 page_pfn
= page_to_pfn(page
);
1090 pfn
= page_pfn
& ~((1 << order
) - 1);
1091 end_pfn
= pfn
+ (1 << order
);
1092 for (; pfn
< end_pfn
; pfn
++) {
1093 struct page
*cursor_page
;
1095 /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */
1096 if (unlikely(pfn
== page_pfn
))
1099 /* Avoid holes within the zone. */
1100 if (unlikely(!pfn_valid_within(pfn
)))
1103 cursor_page
= pfn_to_page(pfn
);
1105 /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
1106 if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page
) != zone_id
))
1110 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
1111 * anon page which don't already have a swap slot is
1114 if (nr_swap_pages
<= 0 && PageAnon(cursor_page
) &&
1115 !PageSwapCache(cursor_page
))
1118 if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page
, mode
, file
) == 0) {
1119 list_move(&cursor_page
->lru
, dst
);
1120 mem_cgroup_del_lru(cursor_page
);
1121 nr_taken
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1123 if (PageDirty(cursor_page
))
1128 * Check if the page is freed already.
1130 * We can't use page_count() as that
1131 * requires compound_head and we don't
1132 * have a pin on the page here. If a
1133 * page is tail, we may or may not
1134 * have isolated the head, so assume
1135 * it's not free, it'd be tricky to
1136 * track the head status without a
1139 if (!PageTail(cursor_page
) &&
1140 !atomic_read(&cursor_page
->_count
))
1146 /* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
1153 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(order
,
1156 nr_lumpy_taken
, nr_lumpy_dirty
, nr_lumpy_failed
,
1161 static unsigned long isolate_pages_global(unsigned long nr
,
1162 struct list_head
*dst
,
1163 unsigned long *scanned
, int order
,
1164 int mode
, struct zone
*z
,
1165 int active
, int file
)
1172 return isolate_lru_pages(nr
, &z
->lru
[lru
].list
, dst
, scanned
, order
,
1177 * clear_active_flags() is a helper for shrink_active_list(), clearing
1178 * any active bits from the pages in the list.
1180 static unsigned long clear_active_flags(struct list_head
*page_list
,
1181 unsigned int *count
)
1187 list_for_each_entry(page
, page_list
, lru
) {
1188 int numpages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1189 lru
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
1190 if (PageActive(page
)) {
1192 ClearPageActive(page
);
1193 nr_active
+= numpages
;
1196 count
[lru
] += numpages
;
1203 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1204 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1206 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1207 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1209 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1210 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1212 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1213 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1214 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1215 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1217 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1218 * found will be decremented.
1221 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1222 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1223 * without a stable reference).
1224 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1225 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1227 int isolate_lru_page(struct page
*page
)
1231 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page
));
1233 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1234 struct zone
*zone
= page_zone(page
);
1236 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1237 if (PageLRU(page
)) {
1238 int lru
= page_lru(page
);
1243 del_page_from_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1245 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1251 * Are there way too many processes in the direct reclaim path already?
1253 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone
*zone
, int file
,
1254 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1256 unsigned long inactive
, isolated
;
1258 if (current_is_kswapd())
1261 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc
))
1265 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1266 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
);
1268 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1269 isolated
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
);
1272 return isolated
> inactive
;
1276 * TODO: Try merging with migrations version of putback_lru_pages
1278 static noinline_for_stack
void
1279 putback_lru_pages(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1280 unsigned long nr_anon
, unsigned long nr_file
,
1281 struct list_head
*page_list
)
1284 struct pagevec pvec
;
1285 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(zone
, sc
);
1287 pagevec_init(&pvec
, 1);
1290 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1292 spin_lock(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1293 while (!list_empty(page_list
)) {
1295 page
= lru_to_page(page_list
);
1296 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1297 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1298 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
))) {
1299 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1300 putback_lru_page(page
);
1301 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1305 lru
= page_lru(page
);
1306 add_page_to_lru_list(zone
, page
, lru
);
1307 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1308 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1309 int numpages
= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1310 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += numpages
;
1312 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec
, page
)) {
1313 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1314 __pagevec_release(&pvec
);
1315 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1318 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
, -nr_anon
);
1319 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, -nr_file
);
1321 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1322 pagevec_release(&pvec
);
1325 static noinline_for_stack
void update_isolated_counts(struct zone
*zone
,
1326 struct scan_control
*sc
,
1327 unsigned long *nr_anon
,
1328 unsigned long *nr_file
,
1329 struct list_head
*isolated_list
)
1331 unsigned long nr_active
;
1332 unsigned int count
[NR_LRU_LISTS
] = { 0, };
1333 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(zone
, sc
);
1335 nr_active
= clear_active_flags(isolated_list
, count
);
1336 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE
, nr_active
);
1338 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
,
1339 -count
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
]);
1340 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
,
1341 -count
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
]);
1342 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
,
1343 -count
[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
]);
1344 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
,
1345 -count
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
]);
1347 *nr_anon
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
];
1348 *nr_file
= count
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] + count
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
];
1349 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
, *nr_anon
);
1350 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_FILE
, *nr_file
);
1352 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] += *nr_anon
;
1353 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] += *nr_file
;
1357 * Returns true if the caller should wait to clean dirty/writeback pages.
1359 * If we are direct reclaiming for contiguous pages and we do not reclaim
1360 * everything in the list, try again and wait for writeback IO to complete.
1361 * This will stall high-order allocations noticeably. Only do that when really
1362 * need to free the pages under high memory pressure.
1364 static inline bool should_reclaim_stall(unsigned long nr_taken
,
1365 unsigned long nr_freed
,
1367 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1369 int lumpy_stall_priority
;
1371 /* kswapd should not stall on sync IO */
1372 if (current_is_kswapd())
1375 /* Only stall on lumpy reclaim */
1376 if (sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_SINGLE
)
1379 /* If we have relaimed everything on the isolated list, no stall */
1380 if (nr_freed
== nr_taken
)
1384 * For high-order allocations, there are two stall thresholds.
1385 * High-cost allocations stall immediately where as lower
1386 * order allocations such as stacks require the scanning
1387 * priority to be much higher before stalling.
1389 if (sc
->order
> PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER
)
1390 lumpy_stall_priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
;
1392 lumpy_stall_priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
/ 3;
1394 return priority
<= lumpy_stall_priority
;
1398 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1399 * of reclaimed pages
1401 static noinline_for_stack
unsigned long
1402 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan
, struct zone
*zone
,
1403 struct scan_control
*sc
, int priority
, int file
)
1405 LIST_HEAD(page_list
);
1406 unsigned long nr_scanned
;
1407 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
= 0;
1408 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1409 unsigned long nr_anon
;
1410 unsigned long nr_file
;
1412 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone
, file
, sc
))) {
1413 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1415 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1416 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
1417 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1420 set_reclaim_mode(priority
, sc
, false);
1422 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1424 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
)) {
1425 nr_taken
= isolate_pages_global(nr_to_scan
,
1426 &page_list
, &nr_scanned
, sc
->order
,
1427 sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
?
1428 ISOLATE_BOTH
: ISOLATE_INACTIVE
,
1430 zone
->pages_scanned
+= nr_scanned
;
1431 if (current_is_kswapd())
1432 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD
, zone
,
1435 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT
, zone
,
1438 nr_taken
= mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_to_scan
,
1439 &page_list
, &nr_scanned
, sc
->order
,
1440 sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_LUMPYRECLAIM
?
1441 ISOLATE_BOTH
: ISOLATE_INACTIVE
,
1442 zone
, sc
->mem_cgroup
,
1445 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1446 * scanned pages on its own.
1450 if (nr_taken
== 0) {
1451 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1455 update_isolated_counts(zone
, sc
, &nr_anon
, &nr_file
, &page_list
);
1457 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1459 nr_reclaimed
= shrink_page_list(&page_list
, zone
, sc
);
1461 /* Check if we should syncronously wait for writeback */
1462 if (should_reclaim_stall(nr_taken
, nr_reclaimed
, priority
, sc
)) {
1463 set_reclaim_mode(priority
, sc
, true);
1464 nr_reclaimed
+= shrink_page_list(&page_list
, zone
, sc
);
1467 local_irq_disable();
1468 if (current_is_kswapd())
1469 __count_vm_events(KSWAPD_STEAL
, nr_reclaimed
);
1470 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL
, zone
, nr_reclaimed
);
1472 putback_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, nr_anon
, nr_file
, &page_list
);
1474 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone
->zone_pgdat
->node_id
,
1476 nr_scanned
, nr_reclaimed
,
1478 trace_shrink_flags(file
, sc
->reclaim_mode
));
1479 return nr_reclaimed
;
1483 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1485 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1486 * processes, from rmap.
1488 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1489 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1490 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1491 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1492 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1493 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1494 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1496 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1497 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1500 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct zone
*zone
,
1501 struct list_head
*list
,
1504 unsigned long pgmoved
= 0;
1505 struct pagevec pvec
;
1508 pagevec_init(&pvec
, 1);
1510 while (!list_empty(list
)) {
1511 page
= lru_to_page(list
);
1513 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page
));
1516 list_move(&page
->lru
, &zone
->lru
[lru
].list
);
1517 mem_cgroup_add_lru_list(page
, lru
);
1518 pgmoved
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1520 if (!pagevec_add(&pvec
, page
) || list_empty(list
)) {
1521 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1522 if (buffer_heads_over_limit
)
1523 pagevec_strip(&pvec
);
1524 __pagevec_release(&pvec
);
1525 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1528 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_LRU_BASE
+ lru
, pgmoved
);
1529 if (!is_active_lru(lru
))
1530 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE
, pgmoved
);
1533 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages
, struct zone
*zone
,
1534 struct scan_control
*sc
, int priority
, int file
)
1536 unsigned long nr_taken
;
1537 unsigned long pgscanned
;
1538 unsigned long vm_flags
;
1539 LIST_HEAD(l_hold
); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1540 LIST_HEAD(l_active
);
1541 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive
);
1543 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(zone
, sc
);
1544 unsigned long nr_rotated
= 0;
1547 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1548 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
)) {
1549 nr_taken
= isolate_pages_global(nr_pages
, &l_hold
,
1550 &pgscanned
, sc
->order
,
1551 ISOLATE_ACTIVE
, zone
,
1553 zone
->pages_scanned
+= pgscanned
;
1555 nr_taken
= mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(nr_pages
, &l_hold
,
1556 &pgscanned
, sc
->order
,
1557 ISOLATE_ACTIVE
, zone
,
1558 sc
->mem_cgroup
, 1, file
);
1560 * mem_cgroup_isolate_pages() keeps track of
1561 * scanned pages on its own.
1565 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[file
] += nr_taken
;
1567 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL
, zone
, pgscanned
);
1569 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
, -nr_taken
);
1571 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
, -nr_taken
);
1572 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, nr_taken
);
1573 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1575 while (!list_empty(&l_hold
)) {
1577 page
= lru_to_page(&l_hold
);
1578 list_del(&page
->lru
);
1580 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page
, NULL
))) {
1581 putback_lru_page(page
);
1585 if (page_referenced(page
, 0, sc
->mem_cgroup
, &vm_flags
)) {
1586 nr_rotated
+= hpage_nr_pages(page
);
1588 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1589 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1590 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1591 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1592 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1593 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1594 * so we ignore them here.
1596 if ((vm_flags
& VM_EXEC
) && page_is_file_cache(page
)) {
1597 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_active
);
1602 ClearPageActive(page
); /* we are de-activating */
1603 list_add(&page
->lru
, &l_inactive
);
1607 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1609 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1611 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1612 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1613 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1616 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[file
] += nr_rotated
;
1618 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone
, &l_active
,
1619 LRU_ACTIVE
+ file
* LRU_FILE
);
1620 move_active_pages_to_lru(zone
, &l_inactive
,
1621 LRU_BASE
+ file
* LRU_FILE
);
1622 __mod_zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ISOLATED_ANON
+ file
, -nr_taken
);
1623 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1627 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1629 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1631 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
);
1632 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1634 if (inactive
* zone
->inactive_ratio
< active
)
1641 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1642 * @zone: zone to check
1643 * @sc: scan control of this context
1645 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1646 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1648 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1653 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1656 if (!total_swap_pages
)
1659 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
))
1660 low
= inactive_anon_is_low_global(zone
);
1662 low
= mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(sc
->mem_cgroup
);
1666 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone
*zone
,
1667 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1673 static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone
*zone
)
1675 unsigned long active
, inactive
;
1677 active
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
1678 inactive
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1680 return (active
> inactive
);
1684 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1685 * @zone: zone to check
1686 * @sc: scan control of this context
1688 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1689 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1690 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1692 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1693 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1695 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1696 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1698 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
)
1702 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
))
1703 low
= inactive_file_is_low_global(zone
);
1705 low
= mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc
->mem_cgroup
);
1709 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1713 return inactive_file_is_low(zone
, sc
);
1715 return inactive_anon_is_low(zone
, sc
);
1718 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru
, unsigned long nr_to_scan
,
1719 struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
, int priority
)
1721 int file
= is_file_lru(lru
);
1723 if (is_active_lru(lru
)) {
1724 if (inactive_list_is_low(zone
, sc
, file
))
1725 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan
, zone
, sc
, priority
, file
);
1729 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan
, zone
, sc
, priority
, file
);
1733 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1734 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1735 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1736 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1738 * nr[0] = anon pages to scan; nr[1] = file pages to scan
1740 static void get_scan_count(struct zone
*zone
, struct scan_control
*sc
,
1741 unsigned long *nr
, int priority
)
1743 unsigned long anon
, file
, free
;
1744 unsigned long anon_prio
, file_prio
;
1745 unsigned long ap
, fp
;
1746 struct zone_reclaim_stat
*reclaim_stat
= get_reclaim_stat(zone
, sc
);
1747 u64 fraction
[2], denominator
;
1753 anon
= zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
1754 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
);
1755 file
= zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
1756 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1758 if (((anon
+ file
) >> priority
) < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
) {
1759 /* kswapd does zone balancing and need to scan this zone */
1760 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
) && current_is_kswapd())
1762 /* memcg may have small limit and need to avoid priority drop */
1763 if (!scanning_global_lru(sc
))
1767 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1768 if (!sc
->may_swap
|| (nr_swap_pages
<= 0)) {
1776 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
)) {
1777 free
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FREE_PAGES
);
1778 /* If we have very few page cache pages,
1779 force-scan anon pages. */
1780 if (unlikely(file
+ free
<= high_wmark_pages(zone
))) {
1789 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1790 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1792 anon_prio
= sc
->swappiness
;
1793 file_prio
= 200 - sc
->swappiness
;
1796 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1797 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1798 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1800 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1801 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1802 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1804 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1806 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1807 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] > anon
/ 4)) {
1808 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] /= 2;
1809 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] /= 2;
1812 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] > file
/ 4)) {
1813 reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] /= 2;
1814 reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] /= 2;
1818 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1819 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1820 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1822 ap
= (anon_prio
+ 1) * (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[0] + 1);
1823 ap
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[0] + 1;
1825 fp
= (file_prio
+ 1) * (reclaim_stat
->recent_scanned
[1] + 1);
1826 fp
/= reclaim_stat
->recent_rotated
[1] + 1;
1827 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
1831 denominator
= ap
+ fp
+ 1;
1833 for_each_evictable_lru(l
) {
1834 int file
= is_file_lru(l
);
1837 scan
= zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, l
);
1838 if (priority
|| noswap
) {
1840 scan
= div64_u64(scan
* fraction
[file
], denominator
);
1844 * If zone is small or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0.
1845 * This results no-scan on this priority and priority drop down.
1846 * For global direct reclaim, it can visit next zone and tend
1847 * not to have problems. For global kswapd, it's for zone
1848 * balancing and it need to scan a small amounts. When using
1849 * memcg, priority drop can cause big latency. So, it's better
1850 * to scan small amount. See may_noscan above.
1852 if (!scan
&& force_scan
) {
1854 scan
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1856 scan
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
;
1863 * Reclaim/compaction depends on a number of pages being freed. To avoid
1864 * disruption to the system, a small number of order-0 pages continue to be
1865 * rotated and reclaimed in the normal fashion. However, by the time we get
1866 * back to the allocator and call try_to_compact_zone(), we ensure that
1867 * there are enough free pages for it to be likely successful
1869 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
,
1870 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
,
1871 unsigned long nr_scanned
,
1872 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1874 unsigned long pages_for_compaction
;
1875 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages
;
1877 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
1878 if (!(sc
->reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_MODE_COMPACTION
))
1881 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
1882 if (sc
->gfp_mask
& __GFP_REPEAT
) {
1884 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
1885 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
1886 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
1887 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
1889 if (!nr_reclaimed
&& !nr_scanned
)
1893 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
1894 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
1895 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
1896 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
1897 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
1898 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
1905 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
1906 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
1908 pages_for_compaction
= (2UL << sc
->order
);
1909 inactive_lru_pages
= zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
) +
1910 zone_nr_lru_pages(zone
, sc
, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
);
1911 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
< pages_for_compaction
&&
1912 inactive_lru_pages
> pages_for_compaction
)
1915 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
1916 switch (compaction_suitable(zone
, sc
->order
)) {
1917 case COMPACT_PARTIAL
:
1918 case COMPACT_CONTINUE
:
1926 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1928 static void shrink_zone(int priority
, struct zone
*zone
,
1929 struct scan_control
*sc
)
1931 unsigned long nr
[NR_LRU_LISTS
];
1932 unsigned long nr_to_scan
;
1934 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
, nr_scanned
;
1935 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
;
1939 nr_scanned
= sc
->nr_scanned
;
1940 get_scan_count(zone
, sc
, nr
, priority
);
1942 while (nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON
] || nr
[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE
] ||
1943 nr
[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE
]) {
1944 for_each_evictable_lru(l
) {
1946 nr_to_scan
= min_t(unsigned long,
1947 nr
[l
], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
);
1948 nr
[l
] -= nr_to_scan
;
1950 nr_reclaimed
+= shrink_list(l
, nr_to_scan
,
1951 zone
, sc
, priority
);
1955 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
1956 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
1957 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
1958 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
1959 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
1960 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
1962 if (nr_reclaimed
>= nr_to_reclaim
&& priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
)
1965 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_reclaimed
;
1968 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
1969 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
1971 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone
, sc
))
1972 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, zone
, sc
, priority
, 0);
1974 /* reclaim/compaction might need reclaim to continue */
1975 if (should_continue_reclaim(zone
, nr_reclaimed
,
1976 sc
->nr_scanned
- nr_scanned
, sc
))
1979 throttle_vm_writeout(sc
->gfp_mask
);
1983 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
1984 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
1987 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
1989 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
1991 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
1992 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
1993 * zone defense algorithm.
1995 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
1996 * scan then give up on it.
1998 static void shrink_zones(int priority
, struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
1999 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2003 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2004 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2006 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2007 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2008 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2011 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2014 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
)) {
2015 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2017 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2018 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2020 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2021 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2022 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2023 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2025 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2026 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2027 sc
->order
, sc
->gfp_mask
,
2029 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2030 sc
->nr_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2031 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2034 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, sc
);
2038 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
2040 return zone
->pages_scanned
< zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
) * 6;
2043 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2044 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2045 struct scan_control
*sc
)
2050 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2051 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
), sc
->nodemask
) {
2052 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2054 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2056 if (!zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
2064 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2066 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2067 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2069 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2070 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2071 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2072 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2073 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2074 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2076 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2077 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2079 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
,
2080 struct scan_control
*sc
,
2081 struct shrink_control
*shrink
)
2084 unsigned long total_scanned
= 0;
2085 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2088 unsigned long writeback_threshold
;
2091 delayacct_freepages_start();
2093 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
))
2094 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL
);
2096 for (priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
; priority
>= 0; priority
--) {
2099 disable_swap_token(sc
->mem_cgroup
);
2100 shrink_zones(priority
, zonelist
, sc
);
2102 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2103 * over limit cgroups
2105 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
)) {
2106 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2107 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone
, z
, zonelist
,
2108 gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
)) {
2109 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2112 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2115 shrink_slab(shrink
, sc
->nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2116 if (reclaim_state
) {
2117 sc
->nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2118 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2121 total_scanned
+= sc
->nr_scanned
;
2122 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
>= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
)
2126 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2127 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2128 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2129 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2130 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2132 writeback_threshold
= sc
->nr_to_reclaim
+ sc
->nr_to_reclaim
/ 2;
2133 if (total_scanned
> writeback_threshold
) {
2134 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode
? 0 : total_scanned
);
2135 sc
->may_writepage
= 1;
2138 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2139 if (!sc
->hibernation_mode
&& sc
->nr_scanned
&&
2140 priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2) {
2141 struct zone
*preferred_zone
;
2143 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist
, gfp_zone(sc
->gfp_mask
),
2144 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed
,
2146 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone
, BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2151 delayacct_freepages_end();
2154 if (sc
->nr_reclaimed
)
2155 return sc
->nr_reclaimed
;
2158 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2159 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2162 if (oom_killer_disabled
)
2165 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2166 if (scanning_global_lru(sc
) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist
, sc
))
2172 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist
*zonelist
, int order
,
2173 gfp_t gfp_mask
, nodemask_t
*nodemask
)
2175 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2176 struct scan_control sc
= {
2177 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
2178 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2179 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2182 .swappiness
= vm_swappiness
,
2185 .nodemask
= nodemask
,
2187 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2188 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2191 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order
,
2195 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2197 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2199 return nr_reclaimed
;
2202 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR
2204 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup
*mem
,
2205 gfp_t gfp_mask
, bool noswap
,
2206 unsigned int swappiness
,
2208 unsigned long *nr_scanned
)
2210 struct scan_control sc
= {
2212 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2213 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2215 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2216 .swappiness
= swappiness
,
2221 sc
.gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2222 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
);
2224 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(0,
2229 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2230 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2231 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2232 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2233 * the priority and make it zero.
2235 shrink_zone(0, zone
, &sc
);
2237 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc
.nr_reclaimed
);
2239 *nr_scanned
= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2240 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
;
2243 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup
*mem_cont
,
2246 unsigned int swappiness
)
2248 struct zonelist
*zonelist
;
2249 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2251 struct scan_control sc
= {
2252 .may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
,
2254 .may_swap
= !noswap
,
2255 .nr_to_reclaim
= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
,
2256 .swappiness
= swappiness
,
2258 .mem_cgroup
= mem_cont
,
2259 .nodemask
= NULL
, /* we don't care the placement */
2260 .gfp_mask
= (gfp_mask
& GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
) |
2261 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
& ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK
),
2263 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2264 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2268 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2269 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2270 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2272 nid
= mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(mem_cont
);
2274 zonelist
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->node_zonelists
;
2276 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2280 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2282 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed
);
2284 return nr_reclaimed
;
2289 * pgdat_balanced is used when checking if a node is balanced for high-order
2290 * allocations. Only zones that meet watermarks and are in a zone allowed
2291 * by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The total of
2292 * balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by classzone_idx
2293 * for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to be balanced
2294 * for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are imbalanced zones.
2295 * The choice of 25% is due to
2296 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2297 * reasonable sized machine
2298 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2299 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2300 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2301 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2302 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2304 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, unsigned long balanced_pages
,
2307 unsigned long present_pages
= 0;
2310 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++)
2311 present_pages
+= pgdat
->node_zones
[i
].present_pages
;
2313 /* A special case here: if zone has no page, we think it's balanced */
2314 return balanced_pages
>= (present_pages
>> 2);
2317 /* is kswapd sleeping prematurely? */
2318 static bool sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, long remaining
,
2322 unsigned long balanced
= 0;
2323 bool all_zones_ok
= true;
2325 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2329 /* Check the watermark levels */
2330 for (i
= 0; i
<= classzone_idx
; i
++) {
2331 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2333 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2337 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2338 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2339 * they must be considered balanced here as well if kswapd
2342 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2343 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2347 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, high_wmark_pages(zone
),
2349 all_zones_ok
= false;
2351 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2355 * For high-order requests, the balanced zones must contain at least
2356 * 25% of the nodes pages for kswapd to sleep. For order-0, all zones
2360 return !pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, classzone_idx
);
2362 return !all_zones_ok
;
2366 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2367 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2369 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2371 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2372 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2373 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2374 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2375 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2376 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2377 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2379 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2380 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2381 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2382 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2383 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2384 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2386 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
,
2390 unsigned long balanced
;
2393 int end_zone
= 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2394 unsigned long total_scanned
;
2395 struct reclaim_state
*reclaim_state
= current
->reclaim_state
;
2396 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2397 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned
;
2398 struct scan_control sc
= {
2399 .gfp_mask
= GFP_KERNEL
,
2403 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2404 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2406 .nr_to_reclaim
= ULONG_MAX
,
2407 .swappiness
= vm_swappiness
,
2411 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2412 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2416 sc
.nr_reclaimed
= 0;
2417 sc
.may_writepage
= !laptop_mode
;
2418 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN
);
2420 for (priority
= DEF_PRIORITY
; priority
>= 0; priority
--) {
2421 unsigned long lru_pages
= 0;
2422 int has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 0;
2424 /* The swap token gets in the way of swapout... */
2426 disable_swap_token(NULL
);
2432 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2433 * zone which needs scanning
2435 for (i
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1; i
>= 0; i
--) {
2436 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2438 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2441 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2445 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2446 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2448 if (inactive_anon_is_low(zone
, &sc
))
2449 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
, zone
,
2452 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2453 high_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0)) {
2461 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2462 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2464 lru_pages
+= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
2468 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2469 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2471 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2472 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2473 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2474 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2476 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2477 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2479 unsigned long balance_gap
;
2481 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2484 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2489 nr_soft_scanned
= 0;
2491 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2493 nr_soft_reclaimed
= mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone
,
2496 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_soft_reclaimed
;
2497 total_scanned
+= nr_soft_scanned
;
2500 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2501 * one zone has way too many pages free
2502 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2503 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2504 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2505 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2507 balance_gap
= min(low_wmark_pages(zone
),
2508 (zone
->present_pages
+
2509 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
-1) /
2510 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO
);
2511 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2512 high_wmark_pages(zone
) + balance_gap
,
2514 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, &sc
);
2516 reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2517 nr_slab
= shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
);
2518 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= reclaim_state
->reclaimed_slab
;
2519 total_scanned
+= sc
.nr_scanned
;
2521 if (nr_slab
== 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone
))
2522 zone
->all_unreclaimable
= 1;
2526 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
2527 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
2528 * even in laptop mode
2530 if (total_scanned
> SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
* 2 &&
2531 total_scanned
> sc
.nr_reclaimed
+ sc
.nr_reclaimed
/ 2)
2532 sc
.may_writepage
= 1;
2534 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
) {
2535 if (end_zone
&& end_zone
== i
)
2540 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2541 high_wmark_pages(zone
), end_zone
, 0)) {
2544 * We are still under min water mark. This
2545 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
2546 * failure risk. Hurry up!
2548 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
,
2549 min_wmark_pages(zone
), end_zone
, 0))
2550 has_under_min_watermark_zone
= 1;
2553 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2554 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2555 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2556 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2557 * spectulatively avoid congestion waits
2559 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2560 if (i
<= *classzone_idx
)
2561 balanced
+= zone
->present_pages
;
2565 if (all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))
2566 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2568 * OK, kswapd is getting into trouble. Take a nap, then take
2569 * another pass across the zones.
2571 if (total_scanned
&& (priority
< DEF_PRIORITY
- 2)) {
2572 if (has_under_min_watermark_zone
)
2573 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_SKIP_CONGESTION_WAIT
);
2575 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
2579 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2580 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2581 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2582 * on zone->*_priority.
2584 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2590 * order-0: All zones must meet high watermark for a balanced node
2591 * high-order: Balanced zones must make up at least 25% of the node
2592 * for the node to be balanced
2594 if (!(all_zones_ok
|| (order
&& pgdat_balanced(pgdat
, balanced
, *classzone_idx
)))) {
2600 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2601 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2602 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2603 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2604 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2605 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2608 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2609 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2610 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2611 * reclaim if they wish.
2613 if (sc
.nr_reclaimed
< SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
)
2614 order
= sc
.order
= 0;
2620 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2621 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2622 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2623 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2624 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2625 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2628 for (i
= 0; i
<= end_zone
; i
++) {
2629 struct zone
*zone
= pgdat
->node_zones
+ i
;
2631 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2634 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
&& priority
!= DEF_PRIORITY
)
2637 /* Confirm the zone is balanced for order-0 */
2638 if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone
, 0,
2639 high_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0)) {
2640 order
= sc
.order
= 0;
2644 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2645 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_CONGESTED
);
2650 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so sleeping_prematurely()
2651 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2652 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2653 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2655 *classzone_idx
= end_zone
;
2659 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t
*pgdat
, int order
, int classzone_idx
)
2664 if (freezing(current
) || kthread_should_stop())
2667 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
2669 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2670 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
2671 remaining
= schedule_timeout(HZ
/10);
2672 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
2673 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
2677 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
2678 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
2680 if (!sleeping_prematurely(pgdat
, order
, remaining
, classzone_idx
)) {
2681 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat
->node_id
);
2684 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
2685 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
2686 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
2687 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
2688 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
2689 * them before going back to sleep.
2691 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_normal_threshold
);
2693 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat
, calculate_pressure_threshold
);
2696 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
2698 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY
);
2700 finish_wait(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
, &wait
);
2704 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
2705 * from the init process.
2707 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
2708 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
2709 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
2710 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
2711 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
2713 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
2714 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
2716 static int kswapd(void *p
)
2718 unsigned long order
, new_order
;
2719 int classzone_idx
, new_classzone_idx
;
2720 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= (pg_data_t
*)p
;
2721 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
2723 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
= {
2724 .reclaimed_slab
= 0,
2726 const struct cpumask
*cpumask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
2728 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL
);
2730 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask
))
2731 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk
, cpumask
);
2732 current
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
2735 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
2736 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
2737 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
2738 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
2740 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
2741 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
2742 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
2743 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
2744 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
2746 tsk
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
| PF_KSWAPD
;
2749 order
= new_order
= 0;
2750 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
2755 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
2756 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
2757 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
2759 if (classzone_idx
>= new_classzone_idx
&& order
== new_order
) {
2760 new_order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
2761 new_classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
2762 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
2763 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
2766 if (order
< new_order
|| classzone_idx
> new_classzone_idx
) {
2768 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
2769 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
2772 classzone_idx
= new_classzone_idx
;
2774 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat
, order
, classzone_idx
);
2775 order
= pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
;
2776 classzone_idx
= pgdat
->classzone_idx
;
2777 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= 0;
2778 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= pgdat
->nr_zones
- 1;
2781 ret
= try_to_freeze();
2782 if (kthread_should_stop())
2786 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
2787 * after returning from the refrigerator
2790 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat
->node_id
, order
);
2791 order
= balance_pgdat(pgdat
, order
, &classzone_idx
);
2798 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
2800 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone
*zone
, int order
, enum zone_type classzone_idx
)
2804 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
2807 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone
, GFP_KERNEL
))
2809 pgdat
= zone
->zone_pgdat
;
2810 if (pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
< order
) {
2811 pgdat
->kswapd_max_order
= order
;
2812 pgdat
->classzone_idx
= min(pgdat
->classzone_idx
, classzone_idx
);
2814 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
))
2816 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone
, order
, low_wmark_pages(zone
), 0, 0))
2819 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat
->node_id
, zone_idx(zone
), order
);
2820 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat
->kswapd_wait
);
2824 * The reclaimable count would be mostly accurate.
2825 * The less reclaimable pages may be
2826 * - mlocked pages, which will be moved to unevictable list when encountered
2827 * - mapped pages, which may require several travels to be reclaimed
2828 * - dirty pages, which is not "instantly" reclaimable
2830 unsigned long global_reclaimable_pages(void)
2834 nr
= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
2835 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
2837 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
2838 nr
+= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
2839 global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
2844 unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
2848 nr
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
) +
2849 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
2851 if (nr_swap_pages
> 0)
2852 nr
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_ANON
) +
2853 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
);
2858 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
2860 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
2863 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
2864 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
2865 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
2867 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim
)
2869 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
2870 struct scan_control sc
= {
2871 .gfp_mask
= GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
,
2875 .nr_to_reclaim
= nr_to_reclaim
,
2876 .hibernation_mode
= 1,
2877 .swappiness
= vm_swappiness
,
2880 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
2881 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
2883 struct zonelist
*zonelist
= node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc
.gfp_mask
);
2884 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
2885 unsigned long nr_reclaimed
;
2887 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
;
2888 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc
.gfp_mask
);
2889 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
2890 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
2892 nr_reclaimed
= do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist
, &sc
, &shrink
);
2894 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
2895 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
2896 p
->flags
&= ~PF_MEMALLOC
;
2898 return nr_reclaimed
;
2900 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
2902 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
2903 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
2904 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
2905 restore their cpu bindings. */
2906 static int __devinit
cpu_callback(struct notifier_block
*nfb
,
2907 unsigned long action
, void *hcpu
)
2911 if (action
== CPU_ONLINE
|| action
== CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN
) {
2912 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
) {
2913 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
2914 const struct cpumask
*mask
;
2916 mask
= cpumask_of_node(pgdat
->node_id
);
2918 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask
, mask
) < nr_cpu_ids
)
2919 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
2920 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat
->kswapd
, mask
);
2927 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
2928 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
2930 int kswapd_run(int nid
)
2932 pg_data_t
*pgdat
= NODE_DATA(nid
);
2938 pgdat
->kswapd
= kthread_run(kswapd
, pgdat
, "kswapd%d", nid
);
2939 if (IS_ERR(pgdat
->kswapd
)) {
2940 /* failure at boot is fatal */
2941 BUG_ON(system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
);
2942 printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid
);
2949 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined.
2951 void kswapd_stop(int nid
)
2953 struct task_struct
*kswapd
= NODE_DATA(nid
)->kswapd
;
2956 kthread_stop(kswapd
);
2959 static int __init
kswapd_init(void)
2964 for_each_node_state(nid
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
)
2966 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback
, 0);
2970 module_init(kswapd_init
)
2976 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
2979 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly
;
2981 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
2982 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
2983 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
2984 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
2987 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
2988 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
2991 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
2994 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
2997 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio
= 1;
3000 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3001 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3003 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio
= 5;
3005 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3007 unsigned long file_mapped
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_MAPPED
);
3008 unsigned long file_lru
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
) +
3009 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
3012 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3013 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3014 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3016 return (file_lru
> file_mapped
) ? (file_lru
- file_mapped
) : 0;
3019 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3020 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone
*zone
)
3022 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3026 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3027 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3028 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3031 if (zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
)
3032 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_PAGES
);
3034 nr_pagecache_reclaimable
= zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone
);
3036 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3037 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
))
3038 delta
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
3040 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3041 if (unlikely(delta
> nr_pagecache_reclaimable
))
3042 delta
= nr_pagecache_reclaimable
;
3044 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable
- delta
;
3048 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3050 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3052 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3053 const unsigned long nr_pages
= 1 << order
;
3054 struct task_struct
*p
= current
;
3055 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state
;
3057 struct scan_control sc
= {
3058 .may_writepage
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_WRITE
),
3059 .may_unmap
= !!(zone_reclaim_mode
& RECLAIM_SWAP
),
3061 .nr_to_reclaim
= max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages
,
3063 .gfp_mask
= gfp_mask
,
3064 .swappiness
= vm_swappiness
,
3067 struct shrink_control shrink
= {
3068 .gfp_mask
= sc
.gfp_mask
,
3070 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0
, nr_slab_pages1
;
3074 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3075 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3078 p
->flags
|= PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
;
3079 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask
);
3080 reclaim_state
.reclaimed_slab
= 0;
3081 p
->reclaim_state
= &reclaim_state
;
3083 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) > zone
->min_unmapped_pages
) {
3085 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3086 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3088 priority
= ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY
;
3090 shrink_zone(priority
, zone
, &sc
);
3092 } while (priority
>= 0 && sc
.nr_reclaimed
< nr_pages
);
3095 nr_slab_pages0
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3096 if (nr_slab_pages0
> zone
->min_slab_pages
) {
3098 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3099 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3100 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3101 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3104 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3108 unsigned long lru_pages
= zone_reclaimable_pages(zone
);
3110 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3111 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink
, sc
.nr_scanned
, lru_pages
))
3114 /* Freed enough memory */
3115 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
,
3116 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3117 if (nr_slab_pages1
+ nr_pages
<= nr_slab_pages0
)
3122 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3123 * reclaimed from this zone.
3125 nr_slab_pages1
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
);
3126 if (nr_slab_pages1
< nr_slab_pages0
)
3127 sc
.nr_reclaimed
+= nr_slab_pages0
- nr_slab_pages1
;
3130 p
->reclaim_state
= NULL
;
3131 current
->flags
&= ~(PF_MEMALLOC
| PF_SWAPWRITE
);
3132 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3133 return sc
.nr_reclaimed
>= nr_pages
;
3136 int zone_reclaim(struct zone
*zone
, gfp_t gfp_mask
, unsigned int order
)
3142 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3143 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3145 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3146 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3147 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3148 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3149 * unmapped file backed pages.
3151 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone
) <= zone
->min_unmapped_pages
&&
3152 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE
) <= zone
->min_slab_pages
)
3153 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3155 if (zone
->all_unreclaimable
)
3156 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL
;
3159 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3161 if (!(gfp_mask
& __GFP_WAIT
) || (current
->flags
& PF_MEMALLOC
))
3162 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3165 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3166 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3167 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3168 * as wide as possible.
3170 node_id
= zone_to_nid(zone
);
3171 if (node_state(node_id
, N_CPU
) && node_id
!= numa_node_id())
3172 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3174 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
))
3175 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN
;
3177 ret
= __zone_reclaim(zone
, gfp_mask
, order
);
3178 zone_clear_flag(zone
, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED
);
3181 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED
);
3188 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3189 * @page: the page to test
3190 * @vma: the VMA in which the page is or will be mapped, may be NULL
3192 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3193 * lists vs unevictable list. The vma argument is !NULL when called from the
3194 * fault path to determine how to instantate a new page.
3196 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3197 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3198 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3201 int page_evictable(struct page
*page
, struct vm_area_struct
*vma
)
3204 if (mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page
)))
3207 if (PageMlocked(page
) || (vma
&& is_mlocked_vma(vma
, page
)))
3214 * check_move_unevictable_page - check page for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3215 * @page: page to check evictability and move to appropriate lru list
3216 * @zone: zone page is in
3218 * Checks a page for evictability and moves the page to the appropriate
3221 * Restrictions: zone->lru_lock must be held, page must be on LRU and must
3222 * have PageUnevictable set.
3224 static void check_move_unevictable_page(struct page
*page
, struct zone
*zone
)
3226 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page
));
3229 ClearPageUnevictable(page
);
3230 if (page_evictable(page
, NULL
)) {
3231 enum lru_list l
= page_lru_base_type(page
);
3233 __dec_zone_state(zone
, NR_UNEVICTABLE
);
3234 list_move(&page
->lru
, &zone
->lru
[l
].list
);
3235 mem_cgroup_move_lists(page
, LRU_UNEVICTABLE
, l
);
3236 __inc_zone_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_ANON
+ l
);
3237 __count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED
);
3240 * rotate unevictable list
3242 SetPageUnevictable(page
);
3243 list_move(&page
->lru
, &zone
->lru
[LRU_UNEVICTABLE
].list
);
3244 mem_cgroup_rotate_lru_list(page
, LRU_UNEVICTABLE
);
3245 if (page_evictable(page
, NULL
))
3251 * scan_mapping_unevictable_pages - scan an address space for evictable pages
3252 * @mapping: struct address_space to scan for evictable pages
3254 * Scan all pages in mapping. Check unevictable pages for
3255 * evictability and move them to the appropriate zone lru list.
3257 void scan_mapping_unevictable_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
)
3260 pgoff_t end
= (i_size_read(mapping
->host
) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
- 1) >>
3263 struct pagevec pvec
;
3265 if (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)
3268 pagevec_init(&pvec
, 0);
3269 while (next
< end
&&
3270 pagevec_lookup(&pvec
, mapping
, next
, PAGEVEC_SIZE
)) {
3276 for (i
= 0; i
< pagevec_count(&pvec
); i
++) {
3277 struct page
*page
= pvec
.pages
[i
];
3278 pgoff_t page_index
= page
->index
;
3279 struct zone
*pagezone
= page_zone(page
);
3282 if (page_index
> next
)
3286 if (pagezone
!= zone
) {
3288 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3290 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3293 if (PageLRU(page
) && PageUnevictable(page
))
3294 check_move_unevictable_page(page
, zone
);
3297 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3298 pagevec_release(&pvec
);
3300 count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED
, pg_scanned
);
3306 * scan_zone_unevictable_pages - check unevictable list for evictable pages
3307 * @zone - zone of which to scan the unevictable list
3309 * Scan @zone's unevictable LRU lists to check for pages that have become
3310 * evictable. Move those that have to @zone's inactive list where they
3311 * become candidates for reclaim, unless shrink_inactive_zone() decides
3312 * to reactivate them. Pages that are still unevictable are rotated
3313 * back onto @zone's unevictable list.
3315 #define SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE 16UL /* arbitrary lock hold batch size */
3316 static void scan_zone_unevictable_pages(struct zone
*zone
)
3318 struct list_head
*l_unevictable
= &zone
->lru
[LRU_UNEVICTABLE
].list
;
3320 unsigned long nr_to_scan
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_UNEVICTABLE
);
3322 while (nr_to_scan
> 0) {
3323 unsigned long batch_size
= min(nr_to_scan
,
3324 SCAN_UNEVICTABLE_BATCH_SIZE
);
3326 spin_lock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3327 for (scan
= 0; scan
< batch_size
; scan
++) {
3328 struct page
*page
= lru_to_page(l_unevictable
);
3330 if (!trylock_page(page
))
3333 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page
, l_unevictable
, flags
);
3335 if (likely(PageLRU(page
) && PageUnevictable(page
)))
3336 check_move_unevictable_page(page
, zone
);
3340 spin_unlock_irq(&zone
->lru_lock
);
3342 nr_to_scan
-= batch_size
;
3348 * scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages - scan all unevictable lists for evictable pages
3350 * A really big hammer: scan all zones' unevictable LRU lists to check for
3351 * pages that have become evictable. Move those back to the zones'
3352 * inactive list where they become candidates for reclaim.
3353 * This occurs when, e.g., we have unswappable pages on the unevictable lists,
3354 * and we add swap to the system. As such, it runs in the context of a task
3355 * that has possibly/probably made some previously unevictable pages
3358 static void scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages(void)
3362 for_each_zone(zone
) {
3363 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone
);
3368 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3369 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3371 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages
;
3373 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
3374 void __user
*buffer
,
3375 size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
3377 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
3379 if (write
&& *(unsigned long *)table
->data
)
3380 scan_all_zones_unevictable_pages();
3382 scan_unevictable_pages
= 0;
3388 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3389 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3392 static ssize_t
read_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device
*dev
,
3393 struct sysdev_attribute
*attr
,
3396 return sprintf(buf
, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3399 static ssize_t
write_scan_unevictable_node(struct sys_device
*dev
,
3400 struct sysdev_attribute
*attr
,
3401 const char *buf
, size_t count
)
3403 struct zone
*node_zones
= NODE_DATA(dev
->id
)->node_zones
;
3406 unsigned long req
= strict_strtoul(buf
, 10, &res
);
3409 return 1; /* zero is no-op */
3411 for (zone
= node_zones
; zone
- node_zones
< MAX_NR_ZONES
; ++zone
) {
3412 if (!populated_zone(zone
))
3414 scan_zone_unevictable_pages(zone
);
3420 static SYSDEV_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages
, S_IRUGO
| S_IWUSR
,
3421 read_scan_unevictable_node
,
3422 write_scan_unevictable_node
);
3424 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node
*node
)
3426 return sysdev_create_file(&node
->sysdev
, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);
3429 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node
*node
)
3431 sysdev_remove_file(&node
->sysdev
, &attr_scan_unevictable_pages
);