[PATCH v4 4/6] mm: rename and change semantics of nr_indirectly_reclaimable_bytes

[Vlastimil Babka]

The vmstat counter NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES was introduced by commit
eb59254608bc ("mm: introduce NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES") with the goal of
accounting objects that can be reclaimed, but cannot be allocated via a
SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT cache. This is now possible via kmalloc() with
__GFP_RECLAIMABLE flag, and the dcache external names user is converted.

The counter is however still useful for accounting direct page allocations
(i.e. not slab) with a shrinker, such as the ION page pool. So keep it, and:

- change granularity to pages to be more like other counters; sub-page
  allocations should be able to use kmalloc
- rename the counter to NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE
- expose the counter again in vmstat as "nr_kernel_misc_reclaimable"; we can
  again remove the check for not printing "hidden" counters

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@xxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c |  8 ++++----
 include/linux/mmzone.h                      |  2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c                             | 19 +++++++------------
 mm/util.c                                   |  3 +--
 mm/vmstat.c                                 |  6 +-----
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
index 9bc56eb48d2a..0d2a95957ee8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_page_pool.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static void ion_page_pool_add(struct ion_page_pool *pool, struct page *page)
 		pool->low_count++;
 	}
 
-	mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES,
-			    (1 << (PAGE_SHIFT + pool->order)));
+	mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE,
+							1 << pool->order);
 	mutex_unlock(&pool->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ static struct page *ion_page_pool_remove(struct ion_page_pool *pool, bool high)
 	}
 
 	list_del(&page->lru);
-	mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES,
-			    -(1 << (PAGE_SHIFT + pool->order)));
+	mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE,
+							-(1 << pool->order));
 	return page;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 32699b2dc52a..c2f6bc4c9e8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ enum node_stat_item {
 	NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE,	/* Prioritise for reclaim when writeback ends */
 	NR_DIRTIED,		/* page dirtyings since bootup */
 	NR_WRITTEN,		/* page writings since bootup */
-	NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES, /* measured in bytes */
+	NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE,	/* reclaimable non-slab kernel pages */
 	NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 5d800d61ddb7..91f75bf4404d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4704,6 +4704,7 @@ long si_mem_available(void)
 	unsigned long pagecache;
 	unsigned long wmark_low = 0;
 	unsigned long pages[NR_LRU_LISTS];
+	unsigned long reclaimable;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	int lru;
 
@@ -4729,19 +4730,13 @@ long si_mem_available(void)
 	available += pagecache;
 
 	/*
-	 * Part of the reclaimable slab consists of items that are in use,
-	 * and cannot be freed. Cap this estimate at the low watermark.
+	 * Part of the reclaimable slab and other kernel memory consists of
+	 * items that are in use, and cannot be freed. Cap this estimate at the
+	 * low watermark.
 	 */
-	available += global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) -
-		     min(global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) / 2,
-			 wmark_low);
-
-	/*
-	 * Part of the kernel memory, which can be released under memory
-	 * pressure.
-	 */
-	available += global_node_page_state(NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES) >>
-		PAGE_SHIFT;
+	reclaimable = global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) +
+			global_node_page_state(NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE);
+	available += reclaimable - min(reclaimable / 2, wmark_low);
 
 	if (available < 0)
 		available = 0;
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 3351659200e6..891f0654e7b5 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -675,8 +675,7 @@ int __vm_enough_memory(struct mm_struct *mm, long pages, int cap_sys_admin)
 		 * Part of the kernel memory, which can be released
 		 * under memory pressure.
 		 */
-		free += global_node_page_state(
-			NR_INDIRECTLY_RECLAIMABLE_BYTES) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		free += global_node_page_state(NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE);
 
 		/*
 		 * Leave reserved pages. The pages are not for anonymous pages.
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 8ba0870ecddd..c5e52f94ba5f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_vmscan_immediate_reclaim",
 	"nr_dirtied",
 	"nr_written",
-	"", /* nr_indirectly_reclaimable */
+	"nr_kernel_misc_reclaimable",
 
 	/* enum writeback_stat_item counters */
 	"nr_dirty_threshold",
@@ -1704,10 +1704,6 @@ static int vmstat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 	unsigned long *l = arg;
 	unsigned long off = l - (unsigned long *)m->private;
 
-	/* Skip hidden vmstat items. */
-	if (*vmstat_text[off] == '\0')
-		return 0;
-
 	seq_puts(m, vmstat_text[off]);
 	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, " ", *l);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-- 
2.18.0