[patch -v4 1/8] memcg: integrate soft reclaim tighter with zone shrinking code

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Jun 03 2013 - 06:21:11 EST

Memcg soft reclaim has been traditionally triggered from the global
reclaim paths before calling shrink_zone. mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim
then picked up a group which exceeds the soft limit the most and
reclaimed it with 0 priority to reclaim at least SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX pages.

The infrastructure requires per-node-zone trees which hold over-limit
groups and keep them up-to-date (via memcg_check_events) which is not
cost free. Although this overhead hasn't turned out to be a bottle neck
the implementation is suboptimal because mem_cgroup_update_tree has no
idea which zones consumed memory over the limit so we could easily end
up having a group on a node-zone tree having only few pages from that
node-zone.

This patch doesn't try to fix node-zone trees management because it
seems that integrating soft reclaim into zone shrinking sounds much
easier and more appropriate for several reasons.
First of all 0 priority reclaim was a crude hack which might lead to
big stalls if the group's LRUs are big and hard to reclaim (e.g. a lot
of dirty/writeback pages).
Soft reclaim should be applicable also to the targeted reclaim which is
awkward right now without additional hacks.
Last but not least the whole infrastructure eats quite some code.

After this patch shrink_zone is done in 2 passes. First it tries to do the
soft reclaim if appropriate (only for global reclaim for now to keep
compatible with the original state) and fall back to ignoring soft limit
if no group is eligible to soft reclaim or nothing has been scanned
during the first pass. Only groups which are over their soft limit or
any of their parents up the hierarchy is over the limit are considered
eligible during the first pass.

Soft limit tree which is not necessary anymore will be removed in the
follow up patch to make this patch smaller and easier to review.

Changes since v2
- Do not try soft reclaim pass if mem_cgroup_disabled
Changes since v1
- __shrink_zone doesn't return the number of shrunk groups as nr_scanned
test covers both no groups scanned and no pages from the required zone
as pointed by Johannes

Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 10 +--
mm/memcontrol.c | 161 ++++++--------------------------------------
mm/vmscan.c | 62 ++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index d6183f0..1833c95 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(struct page *page,
mem_cgroup_update_page_stat(page, idx, -1);
}

-unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
- gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long *total_scanned);
+bool mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);

void __mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(struct mm_struct *mm, enum vm_event_item idx);
static inline void mem_cgroup_count_vm_event(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -358,11 +356,9 @@ static inline void mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(struct page *page,
}

static inline
-unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
- gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long *total_scanned)
+bool mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
{
- return 0;
+ return false;
}

static inline void mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup(struct page *head)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index fe4f123..7e5d7a9 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2083,57 +2083,28 @@ static bool mem_cgroup_reclaimable(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool noswap)
}
#endif

-static int mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *root_memcg,
- struct zone *zone,
- gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long *total_scanned)
-{
- struct mem_cgroup *victim = NULL;
- int total = 0;
- int loop = 0;
- unsigned long excess;
- unsigned long nr_scanned;
- struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie reclaim = {
- .zone = zone,
- .priority = 0,
- };
+/*
+ * A group is eligible for the soft limit reclaim if it is
+ * a) is over its soft limit
+ * b) any parent up the hierarchy is over its soft limit
+ */
+bool mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *parent = memcg;

- excess = res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&root_memcg->res) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
- while (1) {
- victim = mem_cgroup_iter(root_memcg, victim, &reclaim);
- if (!victim) {
- loop++;
- if (loop >= 2) {
- /*
- * If we have not been able to reclaim
- * anything, it might because there are
- * no reclaimable pages under this hierarchy
- */
- if (!total)
- break;
- /*
- * We want to do more targeted reclaim.
- * excess >> 2 is not to excessive so as to
- * reclaim too much, nor too less that we keep
- * coming back to reclaim from this cgroup
- */
- if (total >= (excess >> 2) ||
- (loop > MEM_CGROUP_MAX_RECLAIM_LOOPS))
- break;
- }
- continue;
- }
- if (!mem_cgroup_reclaimable(victim, false))
- continue;
- total += mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(victim, gfp_mask, false,
- zone, &nr_scanned);
- *total_scanned += nr_scanned;
- if (!res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&root_memcg->res))
- break;
+ if (res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&memcg->res))
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * If any parent up the hierarchy is over its soft limit then we
+ * have to obey and reclaim from this group as well.
+ */
+ while((parent = parent_mem_cgroup(parent))) {
+ if (res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&parent->res))
+ return true;
}
- mem_cgroup_iter_break(root_memcg, victim);
- return total;
+
+ return false;
}

/*
@@ -4751,98 +4722,6 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_memsw_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
return ret;
}

-unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(struct zone *zone, int order,
- gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long *total_scanned)
-{
- unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
- struct mem_cgroup_per_zone *mz, *next_mz = NULL;
- unsigned long reclaimed;
- int loop = 0;
- struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_zone *mctz;
- unsigned long long excess;
- unsigned long nr_scanned;
-
- if (order > 0)
- return 0;
-
- mctz = soft_limit_tree_node_zone(zone_to_nid(zone), zone_idx(zone));
- /*
- * This loop can run a while, specially if mem_cgroup's continuously
- * keep exceeding their soft limit and putting the system under
- * pressure
- */
- do {
- if (next_mz)
- mz = next_mz;
- else
- mz = mem_cgroup_largest_soft_limit_node(mctz);
- if (!mz)
- break;
-
- nr_scanned = 0;
- reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim(mz->memcg, zone,
- gfp_mask, &nr_scanned);
- nr_reclaimed += reclaimed;
- *total_scanned += nr_scanned;
- spin_lock(&mctz->lock);
-
- /*
- * If we failed to reclaim anything from this memory cgroup
- * it is time to move on to the next cgroup
- */
- next_mz = NULL;
- if (!reclaimed) {
- do {
- /*
- * Loop until we find yet another one.
- *
- * By the time we get the soft_limit lock
- * again, someone might have aded the
- * group back on the RB tree. Iterate to
- * make sure we get a different mem.
- * mem_cgroup_largest_soft_limit_node returns
- * NULL if no other cgroup is present on
- * the tree
- */
- next_mz =
- __mem_cgroup_largest_soft_limit_node(mctz);
- if (next_mz == mz)
- css_put(&next_mz->memcg->css);
- else /* next_mz == NULL or other memcg */
- break;
- } while (1);
- }
- __mem_cgroup_remove_exceeded(mz->memcg, mz, mctz);
- excess = res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&mz->memcg->res);
- /*
- * One school of thought says that we should not add
- * back the node to the tree if reclaim returns 0.
- * But our reclaim could return 0, simply because due
- * to priority we are exposing a smaller subset of
- * memory to reclaim from. Consider this as a longer
- * term TODO.
- */
- /* If excess == 0, no tree ops */
- __mem_cgroup_insert_exceeded(mz->memcg, mz, mctz, excess);
- spin_unlock(&mctz->lock);
- css_put(&mz->memcg->css);
- loop++;
- /*
- * Could not reclaim anything and there are no more
- * mem cgroups to try or we seem to be looping without
- * reclaiming anything.
- */
- if (!nr_reclaimed &&
- (next_mz == NULL ||
- loop > MEM_CGROUP_MAX_SOFT_LIMIT_RECLAIM_LOOPS))
- break;
- } while (!nr_reclaimed);
- if (next_mz)
- css_put(&next_mz->memcg->css);
- return nr_reclaimed;
-}
-
/**
* mem_cgroup_force_empty_list - clears LRU of a group
* @memcg: group to clear
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index fa6a853..6682277 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -139,11 +139,21 @@ static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
{
return !sc->target_mem_cgroup;
}
+
+static bool mem_cgroup_should_soft_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+ return !mem_cgroup_disabled() && global_reclaim(sc);
+}
#else
static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
{
return true;
}
+
+static bool mem_cgroup_should_soft_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif

static unsigned long get_lru_size(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru)
@@ -1943,7 +1953,8 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
}
}

-static void shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+static void
+__shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, bool soft_reclaim)
{
unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;

@@ -1962,6 +1973,12 @@ static void shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
do {
struct lruvec *lruvec;

+ if (soft_reclaim &&
+ !mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim_eligible(memcg)) {
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(root, memcg, &reclaim);
+ continue;
+ }
+
lruvec = mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone, memcg);

shrink_lruvec(lruvec, sc);
@@ -1992,6 +2009,24 @@ static void shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc));
}

+
+static void shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+ bool do_soft_reclaim = mem_cgroup_should_soft_reclaim(sc);
+ unsigned long nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
+
+ __shrink_zone(zone, sc, do_soft_reclaim);
+
+ /*
+ * No group is over the soft limit or those that are do not have
+ * pages in the zone we are reclaiming so we have to reclaim everybody
+ */
+ if (do_soft_reclaim && (sc->nr_scanned == nr_scanned)) {
+ __shrink_zone(zone, sc, false);
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
/* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */
static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
{
@@ -2053,8 +2088,6 @@ static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
{
struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
- unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
- unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
bool aborted_reclaim = false;

/*
@@ -2094,18 +2127,6 @@ static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
continue;
}
}
- /*
- * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
- * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
- * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
- * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
- */
- nr_soft_scanned = 0;
- nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
- sc->order, sc->gfp_mask,
- &nr_soft_scanned);
- sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
- sc->nr_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
/* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
}

@@ -2628,8 +2649,6 @@ static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
int i;
int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
- unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
- unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
struct scan_control sc = {
.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
.may_unmap = 1,
@@ -2728,15 +2747,6 @@ loop_again:

sc.nr_scanned = 0;

- nr_soft_scanned = 0;
- /*
- * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
- */
- nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
- order, sc.gfp_mask,
- &nr_soft_scanned);
- sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
-
/*
* We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
* one zone has way too many pages free
--
1.7.10.4

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