Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] mm: vmscan: do not scan anon pages if memcg swap limit is hit

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Jan 13 2016 - 11:54:57 EST


On Thu 17-12-15 15:29:58, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> We don't scan anonymous memory if we ran out of swap, neither should we
> do it in case memcg swap limit is hit, because swap out is impossible
> anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Do not check swap limit on the legacy hierarchy.
>
> include/linux/swap.h | 6 ++++++
> mm/memcontrol.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> mm/vmscan.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index f8fb4e06c4bd..c544998dfbe7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ static inline int mem_cgroup_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> extern void mem_cgroup_swapout(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry);
> extern int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry);
> extern void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry);
> +extern long mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
> #else
> static inline void mem_cgroup_swapout(struct page *page, swp_entry_t entry)
> {
> @@ -565,6 +566,11 @@ static inline int mem_cgroup_try_charge_swap(struct page *page,
> static inline void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry)
> {
> }
> +
> +static inline long mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> + return get_nr_swap_pages();
> +}
> #endif
>
> #endif /* __KERNEL__*/
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 567b56da2c23..e0e498f5ca32 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -5736,6 +5736,19 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t entry)
> rcu_read_unlock();
> }
>
> +long mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
> +{
> + long nr_swap_pages = get_nr_swap_pages();
> +
> + if (!do_swap_account || !cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys))
> + return nr_swap_pages;
> + for (; memcg != root_mem_cgroup; memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg))
> + nr_swap_pages = min_t(long, nr_swap_pages,
> + READ_ONCE(memcg->swap.limit) -
> + page_counter_read(&memcg->swap));
> + return nr_swap_pages;
> +}
> +
> /* for remember boot option*/
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED
> static int really_do_swap_account __initdata = 1;
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index b220e6cda25d..ab52d865d922 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> force_scan = true;
>
> /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
> - if (!sc->may_swap || (get_nr_swap_pages() <= 0)) {
> + if (!sc->may_swap || mem_cgroup_get_nr_swap_pages(memcg) <= 0) {
> scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
> goto out;
> }
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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Michal Hocko
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