[RFC PATCH 0/4] mm/vmscan: honour node reclaim limits per type

[Ridong Chen]

From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>

min_unmapped_pages and min_slab_pages are documented as per-type limits,
but node reclaim treats them as one combined gate: once either is
exceeded, shrink_node() reclaims slab, file and anon together and pushes
the other type below its limit. Per-node proactive reclaim reuses the
same gate and fares worse -- with page cache and slab both under their
limits it reclaims nothing and returns -EAGAIN on an anon-heavy node [1].

This series gates each type separately via two scan_control flags
(skip_slab_reclaim, skip_file_reclaim) set only on the node reclaim path,
drops the combined gate, and extends node_reclaim()'s early bail to check
anon. The flags default to zero, so kswapd, direct, memcg and drop_caches
are unaffected.

Tested on QEMU (x86_64, 2 NUMA nodes), A/B kernels differing only in this
series.

Proactive reclaim (echo to node/reclaim) on an anon-heavy node, file and
slab under their limits:

  metric              before   after
  -----------------   ------   -----------
  pages reclaimed     0 MiB    254 MiB anon
  return value        -EAGAIN  0

Node reclaim (zone_reclaim_mode) with one type under its limit -- the type
under its limit must be left alone:

  type under limit    before          after
  -----------------   -------------   --------
  slab                645 scans       0 scans
  page cache          83 MiB scanned  0 MiB

[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260723045718.2052070-1-ridong.chen@xxxxxxxxx

Ridong Chen (4):
  mm/vmscan: only reclaim slab in node reclaim when over min_slab_pages
  mm/vmscan: only reclaim file pages in node reclaim when over
    min_unmapped_pages
  mm/vmscan: drop the combined limit gate in __node_reclaim()
  mm/vmscan: do not skip node reclaim when only anon is reclaimable

 mm/vmscan.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

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