Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/7] Per-container OOM killer and page reclamation

[Pavel Emelianov]

Balbir Singh wrote:
> Hi, Pavel,
> 
> Please find my patch to add LRU behaviour to your latest RSS controller.

Thanks for participation and additional testing :)
I'll include this into next generation of patches.

> Balbir Singh
> Linux Technology Center
> IBM, ISTL
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Add LRU behaviour to the RSS controller patches posted by Pavel Emelianov
> 
> 	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/3/6/198
> 
> which was in turn similar to the RSS controller posted by me
> 
> 	http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/26/8
> 
> Pavel's patches have a per container list of pages, which helps reduce
> reclaim time of the RSS controller but the per container list of pages is
> in FIFO order. I've implemented active and inactive lists per container to
> help select the right set of pages to reclaim when the container is under
> memory pressure.
> 
> I've tested these patches on a ppc64 machine and they work fine for
> the minimal testing I've done.
> 
> Pavel would you please include these patches in your next iteration.
> 
> Comments, suggestions and further improvements are as always welcome!
> 
> Signed-off-by: <balbir@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  include/linux/rss_container.h |    1 
>  mm/rss_container.c            |   47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  mm/swap.c                     |    5 ++++
>  mm/vmscan.c                   |    3 ++
>  4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN include/linux/rss_container.h~rss-container-lru2 include/linux/rss_container.h
> --- linux-2.6.20/include/linux/rss_container.h~rss-container-lru2	2007-03-09 22:52:56.000000000 +0530
> +++ linux-2.6.20-balbir/include/linux/rss_container.h	2007-03-10 00:39:59.000000000 +0530
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int container_rss_prepare(struct page *,
>  void container_rss_add(struct page_container *);
>  void container_rss_del(struct page_container *);
>  void container_rss_release(struct page_container *);
> +void container_rss_move_lists(struct page *pg, bool active);
>  
>  int mm_init_container(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk);
>  void mm_free_container(struct mm_struct *mm);
> diff -puN mm/rss_container.c~rss-container-lru2 mm/rss_container.c
> --- linux-2.6.20/mm/rss_container.c~rss-container-lru2	2007-03-09 22:52:56.000000000 +0530
> +++ linux-2.6.20-balbir/mm/rss_container.c	2007-03-10 02:42:54.000000000 +0530
> @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ static struct container_subsys rss_subsy
>  
>  struct rss_container {
>  	struct res_counter res;
> -	struct list_head page_list;
> +	struct list_head inactive_list;
> +	struct list_head active_list;
>  	struct container_subsys_state css;
>  };
>  
> @@ -96,6 +97,26 @@ void container_rss_release(struct page_c
>  	kfree(pc);
>  }
>  
> +void container_rss_move_lists(struct page *pg, bool active)
> +{
> +	struct rss_container *rss;
> +	struct page_container *pc;
> +
> +	if (!page_mapped(pg))
> +		return;
> +
> +	pc = page_container(pg);
> +	BUG_ON(!pc);
> +	rss = pc->cnt;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&rss->res.lock);
> +	if (active)
> +		list_move(&pc->list, &rss->active_list);
> +	else
> +		list_move(&pc->list, &rss->inactive_list);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&rss->res.lock);
> +}
> +
>  void container_rss_add(struct page_container *pc)
>  {
>  	struct page *pg;
> @@ -105,7 +126,7 @@ void container_rss_add(struct page_conta
>  	rss = pc->cnt;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&rss->res.lock);
> -	list_add(&pc->list, &rss->page_list);
> +	list_add(&pc->list, &rss->active_list);
>  	spin_unlock(&rss->res.lock);
>  
>  	page_container(pg) = pc;
> @@ -141,7 +162,10 @@ unsigned long container_isolate_pages(un
>  	struct zone *z;
>  
>  	spin_lock_irq(&rss->res.lock);
> -	src = &rss->page_list;
> +	if (active)
> +		src = &rss->active_list;
> +	else
> +		src = &rss->inactive_list;
>  
>  	for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
>  		pc = list_entry(src->prev, struct page_container, list);
> @@ -152,13 +176,10 @@ unsigned long container_isolate_pages(un
>  
>  		spin_lock(&z->lru_lock);
>  		if (PageLRU(page)) {
> -			if ((active && PageActive(page)) ||
> -					(!active && !PageActive(page))) {
> -				if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
> -					ClearPageLRU(page);
> -					nr_taken++;
> -					list_move(&page->lru, dst);
> -				}
> +			if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
> +				ClearPageLRU(page);
> +				nr_taken++;
> +				list_move(&page->lru, dst);
>  			}
>  		}
>  		spin_unlock(&z->lru_lock);
> @@ -212,7 +233,8 @@ static int rss_create(struct container_s
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	res_counter_init(&rss->res);
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->page_list);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->inactive_list);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->active_list);
>  	cont->subsys[rss_subsys.subsys_id] = &rss->css;
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -284,7 +306,8 @@ static __init int rss_create_early(struc
>  
>  	rss = &init_rss_container;
>  	res_counter_init(&rss->res);
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->page_list);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->inactive_list);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rss->active_list);
>  	cont->subsys[rss_subsys.subsys_id] = &rss->css;
>  	ss->create = rss_create;
>  	return 0;
> diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~rss-container-lru2 mm/vmscan.c
> --- linux-2.6.20/mm/vmscan.c~rss-container-lru2	2007-03-09 22:52:56.000000000 +0530
> +++ linux-2.6.20-balbir/mm/vmscan.c	2007-03-10 00:42:35.000000000 +0530
> @@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ static unsigned long container_shrink_pa
>  			else
>  				add_page_to_inactive_list(z, page);
>  			spin_unlock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
> +			container_rss_move_lists(page, false);
>  
>  			put_page(page);
>  		}
> @@ -1191,6 +1192,7 @@ static void container_shrink_pages_activ
>  		list_move(&page->lru, &z->inactive_list);
>  		z->nr_inactive++;
>  		spin_unlock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
> +		container_rss_move_lists(page, false);
>  
>  		put_page(page);
>  	}
> @@ -1206,6 +1208,7 @@ static void container_shrink_pages_activ
>  		list_move(&page->lru, &z->active_list);
>  		z->nr_active++;
>  		spin_unlock_irq(&z->lru_lock);
> +		container_rss_move_lists(page, true);
>  
>  		put_page(page);
>  	}
> diff -puN mm/swap.c~rss-container-lru2 mm/swap.c
> --- linux-2.6.20/mm/swap.c~rss-container-lru2	2007-03-10 00:42:38.000000000 +0530
> +++ linux-2.6.20-balbir/mm/swap.c	2007-03-10 01:20:39.000000000 +0530
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>  #include <linux/cpu.h>
>  #include <linux/notifier.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/rss_container.h>
>  
>  /* How many pages do we try to swap or page in/out together? */
>  int page_cluster;
> @@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ int rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page 
>  void fastcall activate_page(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
> +	bool moved = false;
>  
>  	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
>  	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
> @@ -147,8 +149,11 @@ void fastcall activate_page(struct page 
>  		SetPageActive(page);
>  		add_page_to_active_list(zone, page);
>  		__count_vm_event(PGACTIVATE);
> +		moved = true;
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
> +	if (moved)
> +		container_rss_move_lists(page, true);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> _

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