Re: [PATCH 4.18] Revert "mm: slowly shrink slabs with a relatively small number of objects"

[Sasha Levin]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 07:18:59AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> This reverts commit 62aad93f09c1952ede86405894df1b22012fd5ab.
>
> Which was upstream commit 172b06c32b94 ("mm: slowly shrink slabs with a
> relatively small number of objects").
>
> The upstream commit was found to cause regressions. While there is a
> proposed fix upstream, revent this patch from stable trees for now as
> testing the fix will take some time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 11 -----------
> 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index fc0436407471..03822f86f288 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -386,17 +386,6 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> 	delta = freeable >> priority;
> 	delta *= 4;
> 	do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Make sure we apply some minimal pressure on default priority
> -	 * even on small cgroups. Stale objects are not only consuming memory
> -	 * by themselves, but can also hold a reference to a dying cgroup,
> -	 * preventing it from being reclaimed. A dying cgroup with all
> -	 * corresponding structures like per-cpu stats and kmem caches
> -	 * can be really big, so it may lead to a significant waste of memory.
> -	 */
> -	delta = max_t(unsigned long long, delta, min(freeable, batch_size));
> -
> 	total_scan += delta;
> 	if (total_scan < 0) {
> 		pr_err("shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",

I've queued it up for 4.18.

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Thanks,
Sasha