Re: [PATCH -mm] split_lru: fix pagevec_move_tail() doesn't treat unevictable page

[MinChan Kim]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:56 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Kim-san,
>
> Thank you for good question.

Thanks for good explaining.
I guess your scenario have a possibility.

If I don't have a test HPC, I will dig in source. :)

>> > even under writebacking, page can move to unevictable list.
>> > so shouldn't pagevec_move_tail() check unevictable?
>> >
>> Hi, Kosaki-san.
>>
>> I can't understand this race situation.
>> How the page can move to unevictable list while it is under writeback?
>>
>> Could you explain for me ? :)
>
> Actually, I added below assertion and tested on stress workload.
> then system crashed after 4H runnings.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> static void pagevec_move_tail(struct pagevec *pvec)
> {
> (snip)
>                if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
>                        int lru = page_is_file_cache(page);
>                        list_move_tail(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
>                        BUG_ON(page_lru(page) != lru);  // !!here
>                        pgmoved++;
>                }
>        }
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> So, I guess below race exist (but I hope Rik's review)
>
>
>    CPU1                                       CPU2
> ==================================================================
> 1. rotate_reclaimable_page()
> 2. PageUnevictable(page) return 0
> 3. local_irq_save()
> 4. pagevec_move_tail()
>                                       SetPageUnevictable()   //mlock?
>                                       move to unevictable list
> 5. spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
> 6. list_move_tail(); (move to inactive list)
>
> then page have PageUnevictable() and is chained inactive lru.
> Or, I misunderstand it?
>
>
> abstraction of related function
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> void  rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page)
> {
>        if (!PageLocked(page) && !PageDirty(page) && !PageActive(page) &&
>            !PageUnevictable(page) && PageLRU(page)) {
>                local_irq_save(flags);
>                pagevec_move_tail(pvec);
>                local_irq_restore(flags);
>        }
> }
>
> pagevec_move_tail(){
>        spin_lock(&zone->lru_lock);
>        if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page)) {
>                list_move_tail(&page->lru, &zone->lru[lru].list);
>        }
>        spin_unlock(&zone->lru_lock);
> }
>
>
>
>
>



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Kinds regards,
MinChan Kim
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