Re: [v2 1/2] mm: khugepaged: recalculate min_free_kbytes after memory hotplug as expected by khugepaged

[Michal Hocko]

On Tue 15-09-20 14:10:57, Vijay Balakrishna wrote:
> When memory is hotplug added or removed the min_free_kbytes must be
> recalculated based on what is expected by khugepaged.  Currently
> after hotplug, min_free_kbytes will be set to a lower default and higher
> default set when THP enabled is lost. This leaves the system with small
> min_free_kbytes which isn't suitable for systems especially with network
> intensive loads.  Typical failure symptoms include HW WATCHDOG reset,
> soft lockup hang notices, NETDEVICE WATCHDOG timeouts, and OOM process
> kills.

This changelog still doesn't explain the underlying problem IMO. It
sounds it is papering over some other problem. I do agree that the
current behavior is non intuitive and surprising. Justifying the change
by that inconsistency is likely much better than arguing with soft
lockups and OOMs which shouldn't be a result of this inconsistency.
 
> Fixes: f000565adb77 ("thp: set recommended min free kbytes")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vijay Balakrishna <vijayb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/khugepaged.h |  5 +++++
>  mm/khugepaged.c            | 13 +++++++++++--
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c        |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> index bc45ea1efbf7..c941b7377321 100644
> --- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> +++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern int __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm);
>  extern void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm);
>  extern int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  				      unsigned long vm_flags);
> +extern void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SHMEM
>  extern void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr);
>  #else
> @@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ static inline void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  					   unsigned long addr)
>  {
>  }
> +
> +static inline void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
> +{
> +}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
>  
>  #endif /* _LINUX_KHUGEPAGED_H */
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index cfa0dba5fd3b..4f7107476a6f 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ enum scan_result {
>  #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>  #include <trace/events/huge_memory.h>
>  
> +static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
> +
>  /* default scan 8*512 pte (or vmas) every 30 second */
>  static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_to_scan __read_mostly;
>  static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_collapsed;
> @@ -2292,8 +2295,6 @@ static void set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
>  
>  int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
>  {
> -	static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
> -	static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
>  	int err = 0;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> @@ -2320,3 +2321,11 @@ int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
>  	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
>  	return err;
>  }
> +
> +void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> +	if (khugepaged_enabled() && khugepaged_thread)
> +		set_recommended_min_free_kbytes();
> +	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
> +}
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> index e9d5ab5d3ca0..3e19272c1fad 100644
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  #include <linux/memblock.h>
>  #include <linux/compaction.h>
>  #include <linux/rmap.h>
> +#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>  
> @@ -857,6 +858,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
>  	zone_pcp_update(zone);
>  
>  	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
> +	khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update();
>  
>  	kswapd_run(nid);
>  	kcompactd_run(nid);
> @@ -1600,6 +1602,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
>  	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
>  
>  	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
> +	khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update();
>  
>  	if (!populated_zone(zone)) {
>  		zone_pcp_reset(zone);
> -- 
> 2.28.0

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs