[PATCH V3 2/3] mm: add max swappiness arg to lru_gen for anonymous memory only
From: Zhongkun He
Date: Wed Apr 09 2025 - 03:09:54 EST
The MGLRU already supports reclaiming only from anonymous memory
via the /sys/kernel/debug/lru_gen interface. Now, memory.reclaim
also supports the swappiness=max parameter to enable reclaiming
solely from anonymous memory. To unify the semantics of proactive
reclaiming from anonymous folios, the max parameter is introduced.
Additionally, the use of SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY in place of
'MAX_SWAPPINESS + 1' improves code clarity and makes the intention
more explicit.
Signed-off-by: Zhongkun He <hezhongkun.hzk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.rst | 5 ++--
mm/vmscan.c | 26 ++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.rst
index 33e068830497..9cb54b4ff5d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/multigen_lru.rst
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ generations less than or equal to ``min_gen_nr``.
``min_gen_nr`` should be less than ``max_gen_nr-1``, since
``max_gen_nr`` and ``max_gen_nr-1`` are not fully aged (equivalent to
the active list) and therefore cannot be evicted. ``swappiness``
-overrides the default value in ``/proc/sys/vm/swappiness``.
-``nr_to_reclaim`` limits the number of pages to evict.
+overrides the default value in ``/proc/sys/vm/swappiness`` and the valid
+range is [0-200, max], with max being exclusively used for the reclamation
+of anonymous memory. ``nr_to_reclaim`` limits the number of pages to evict.
A typical use case is that a job scheduler runs this command before it
tries to land a new job on a server. If it fails to materialize enough
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index c99a6a48d0bc..18a175752b57 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2697,8 +2697,11 @@ static bool should_clear_pmd_young(void)
READ_ONCE((lruvec)->lrugen.min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE]), \
}
+#define max_evictable_type(swappiness) \
+ ((swappiness) != SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY)
+
#define evictable_min_seq(min_seq, swappiness) \
- min((min_seq)[!(swappiness)], (min_seq)[(swappiness) <= MAX_SWAPPINESS])
+ min((min_seq)[!(swappiness)], (min_seq)[max_evictable_type(swappiness)])
#define for_each_gen_type_zone(gen, type, zone) \
for ((gen) = 0; (gen) < MAX_NR_GENS; (gen)++) \
@@ -2706,7 +2709,7 @@ static bool should_clear_pmd_young(void)
for ((zone) = 0; (zone) < MAX_NR_ZONES; (zone)++)
#define for_each_evictable_type(type, swappiness) \
- for ((type) = !(swappiness); (type) <= ((swappiness) <= MAX_SWAPPINESS); (type)++)
+ for ((type) = !(swappiness); (type) <= max_evictable_type(swappiness); (type)++)
#define get_memcg_gen(seq) ((seq) % MEMCG_NR_GENS)
#define get_memcg_bin(bin) ((bin) % MEMCG_NR_BINS)
@@ -3857,7 +3860,7 @@ static bool inc_min_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, int type, int swappiness)
int hist = lru_hist_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type]);
int new_gen, old_gen = lru_gen_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type]);
- if (type ? swappiness > MAX_SWAPPINESS : !swappiness)
+ if (type ? (swappiness == SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY) : !swappiness)
goto done;
/* prevent cold/hot inversion if the type is evictable */
@@ -5523,7 +5526,7 @@ static int run_cmd(char cmd, int memcg_id, int nid, unsigned long seq,
if (swappiness < MIN_SWAPPINESS)
swappiness = get_swappiness(lruvec, sc);
- else if (swappiness > MAX_SWAPPINESS + 1)
+ else if (swappiness > SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY)
goto done;
switch (cmd) {
@@ -5580,7 +5583,7 @@ static ssize_t lru_gen_seq_write(struct file *file, const char __user *src,
while ((cur = strsep(&next, ",;\n"))) {
int n;
int end;
- char cmd;
+ char cmd, swap_string[5];
unsigned int memcg_id;
unsigned int nid;
unsigned long seq;
@@ -5591,13 +5594,22 @@ static ssize_t lru_gen_seq_write(struct file *file, const char __user *src,
if (!*cur)
continue;
- n = sscanf(cur, "%c %u %u %lu %n %u %n %lu %n", &cmd, &memcg_id, &nid,
- &seq, &end, &swappiness, &end, &opt, &end);
+ n = sscanf(cur, "%c %u %u %lu %n %4s %n %lu %n", &cmd, &memcg_id, &nid,
+ &seq, &end, swap_string, &end, &opt, &end);
if (n < 4 || cur[end]) {
err = -EINVAL;
break;
}
+ /* set by userspace for anonymous memory only */
+ if (!strncmp("max", swap_string, sizeof("max"))) {
+ swappiness = SWAPPINESS_ANON_ONLY;
+ } else {
+ err = kstrtouint(swap_string, 0, &swappiness);
+ if (err)
+ break;
+ }
+
err = run_cmd(cmd, memcg_id, nid, seq, &sc, swappiness, opt);
if (err)
break;
--
2.39.5