Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: DRY cleanup for do_try_to_free_pages()

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 18-12-20 21:51:48, Jacob Wen wrote:
> 
> On 12/18/20 6:51 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 18-12-20 18:22:17, Jacob Wen wrote:
> > > This patch reduces repetition of set_task_reclaim_state() around
> > > do_try_to_free_pages().
> > The changelog really should be talking about why this is needed/useful.
> >  From the above it is not really clear whether you aimed at doing
> > a clean up or this is a fix for some misbehavior. I do assume the former
> > but this should be clearly articulated.
> 
> How about this?
> 
> mm/vmscan: remove duplicate code around do_try_to_free_pages()
> 
> This patch moves set_task_reclaim_state() into do_try_to_free_pages()
> to avoid unnecessary repetition. It doesn't introduce functional
> change.

This is still more about what is changed more than why it is changed. I
would go with something like the following:
"
reclaim_state has to be set for all reclaim paths because it acts as a
storage to collect reclaim feedback. Currently set_task_reclaim_state is
called from each highlevel reclaim function. Simplify the code flow by
moving set_task_reclaim_state into core direct reclaim function
(do_try_to_free_pages) for all direct reclaim paths.
"

To the patch itself. I am not opposed but I do not see an urgent reason
to take it either. The net LOC increases slightly, it makes
do_try_to_free_pages slightly more tricky due to different early return
paths. Highlevel direct reclaim functions do not tend to change a lot.

> > > Signed-off-by: Jacob Wen <jian.w.wen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   mm/vmscan.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
> > >   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > index 257cba79a96d..4bc244b23686 100644
> > > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > @@ -3023,6 +3023,10 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
> > >   	pg_data_t *last_pgdat;
> > >   	struct zoneref *z;
> > >   	struct zone *zone;
> > > +	unsigned long ret;
> > > +
> > > +	set_task_reclaim_state(current, &sc->reclaim_state);
> > > +
> > >   retry:
> > >   	delayacct_freepages_start();
> > > @@ -3069,12 +3073,16 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
> > >   	delayacct_freepages_end();
> > > -	if (sc->nr_reclaimed)
> > > -		return sc->nr_reclaimed;
> > > +	if (sc->nr_reclaimed) {
> > > +		ret = sc->nr_reclaimed;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> > >   	/* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
> > > -	if (sc->compaction_ready)
> > > -		return 1;
> > > +	if (sc->compaction_ready) {
> > > +		ret = 1;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> > >   	/*
> > >   	 * We make inactive:active ratio decisions based on the node's
> > > @@ -3101,7 +3109,10 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
> > >   		goto retry;
> > >   	}
> > > -	return 0;
> > > +	ret = 0;
> > > +out:
> > > +	set_task_reclaim_state(current, NULL);
> > > +	return ret;
> > >   }
> > >   static bool allow_direct_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> > > @@ -3269,13 +3280,11 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
> > >   	if (throttle_direct_reclaim(sc.gfp_mask, zonelist, nodemask))
> > >   		return 1;
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, &sc.reclaim_state);
> > >   	trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order, sc.gfp_mask);
> > >   	nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
> > >   	trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, NULL);
> > >   	return nr_reclaimed;
> > >   }
> > > @@ -3347,7 +3356,6 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> > >   	 */
> > >   	struct zonelist *zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc.gfp_mask);
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, &sc.reclaim_state);
> > >   	trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0, sc.gfp_mask);
> > >   	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
> > > @@ -3355,7 +3363,6 @@ unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> > >   	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);
> > >   	trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, NULL);
> > >   	return nr_reclaimed;
> > >   }
> > > @@ -4023,11 +4030,9 @@ unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
> > >   	fs_reclaim_acquire(sc.gfp_mask);
> > >   	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, &sc.reclaim_state);
> > >   	nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc);
> > > -	set_task_reclaim_state(current, NULL);
> > >   	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);
> > >   	fs_reclaim_release(sc.gfp_mask);
> > > -- 
> > > 2.25.1
> > > 

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs