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authorJohannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>2014-10-10 02:28:56 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-10 06:25:59 +0400
commitb70a2a21dc9d4ad455931b53131a0cb4fc01fafe (patch)
tree95ad6c804009a5867ac991cc1edf414e163b40b4 /mm/memcontrol.c
parent3fbe724424fb104aaca9973389b4a9df428c3e2a (diff)
downloadlinux-b70a2a21dc9d4ad455931b53131a0cb4fc01fafe.tar.xz
mm: memcontrol: fix transparent huge page allocations under pressure
In a memcg with even just moderate cache pressure, success rates for transparent huge page allocations drop to zero, wasting a lot of effort that the allocator puts into assembling these pages. The reason for this is that the memcg reclaim code was never designed for higher-order charges. It reclaims in small batches until there is room for at least one page. Huge page charges only succeed when these batches add up over a series of huge faults, which is unlikely under any significant load involving order-0 allocations in the group. Remove that loop on the memcg side in favor of passing the actual reclaim goal to direct reclaim, which is already set up and optimized to meet higher-order goals efficiently. This brings memcg's THP policy in line with the system policy: if the allocator painstakingly assembles a hugepage, memcg will at least make an honest effort to charge it. As a result, transparent hugepage allocation rates amid cache activity are drastically improved: vanilla patched pgalloc 4717530.80 ( +0.00%) 4451376.40 ( -5.64%) pgfault 491370.60 ( +0.00%) 225477.40 ( -54.11%) pgmajfault 2.00 ( +0.00%) 1.80 ( -6.67%) thp_fault_alloc 0.00 ( +0.00%) 531.60 (+100.00%) thp_fault_fallback 749.00 ( +0.00%) 217.40 ( -70.88%) [ Note: this may in turn increase memory consumption from internal fragmentation, which is an inherent risk of transparent hugepages. Some setups may have to adjust the memcg limits accordingly to accomodate this - or, if the machine is already packed to capacity, disable the transparent huge page feature. ] Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@parallels.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memcontrol.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/memcontrol.c69
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 52 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 9cda99dfac4f..c86cc442ada4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -481,14 +481,6 @@ enum res_type {
#define OOM_CONTROL (0)
/*
- * Reclaim flags for mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim
- */
-#define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP_BIT 0x0
-#define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP (1 << MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP_BIT)
-#define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK_BIT 0x1
-#define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK (1 << MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK_BIT)
-
-/*
* The memcg_create_mutex will be held whenever a new cgroup is created.
* As a consequence, any change that needs to protect against new child cgroups
* appearing has to hold it as well.
@@ -1805,40 +1797,6 @@ static void mem_cgroup_out_of_memory(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
NULL, "Memory cgroup out of memory");
}
-static unsigned long mem_cgroup_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
- gfp_t gfp_mask,
- unsigned long flags)
-{
- unsigned long total = 0;
- bool noswap = false;
- int loop;
-
- if (flags & MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP)
- noswap = true;
-
- for (loop = 0; loop < MEM_CGROUP_MAX_RECLAIM_LOOPS; loop++) {
- if (loop)
- drain_all_stock_async(memcg);
- total += try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, gfp_mask, noswap);
- /*
- * Allow limit shrinkers, which are triggered directly
- * by userspace, to catch signals and stop reclaim
- * after minimal progress, regardless of the margin.
- */
- if (total && (flags & MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK))
- break;
- if (mem_cgroup_margin(memcg))
- break;
- /*
- * If nothing was reclaimed after two attempts, there
- * may be no reclaimable pages in this hierarchy.
- */
- if (loop && !total)
- break;
- }
- return total;
-}
-
/**
* test_mem_cgroup_node_reclaimable
* @memcg: the target memcg
@@ -2541,8 +2499,9 @@ static int try_charge(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, gfp_t gfp_mask,
struct mem_cgroup *mem_over_limit;
struct res_counter *fail_res;
unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
- unsigned long flags = 0;
unsigned long long size;
+ bool may_swap = true;
+ bool drained = false;
int ret = 0;
if (mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
@@ -2561,7 +2520,7 @@ retry:
mem_over_limit = mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(fail_res, res);
} else {
mem_over_limit = mem_cgroup_from_res_counter(fail_res, memsw);
- flags |= MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP;
+ may_swap = false;
}
if (batch > nr_pages) {
@@ -2586,11 +2545,18 @@ retry:
if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT))
goto nomem;
- nr_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_reclaim(mem_over_limit, gfp_mask, flags);
+ nr_reclaimed = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(mem_over_limit, nr_pages,
+ gfp_mask, may_swap);
if (mem_cgroup_margin(mem_over_limit) >= nr_pages)
goto retry;
+ if (!drained) {
+ drain_all_stock_async(mem_over_limit);
+ drained = true;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
goto nomem;
/*
@@ -3666,8 +3632,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (!ret)
break;
- mem_cgroup_reclaim(memcg, GFP_KERNEL,
- MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK);
+ try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, 1, GFP_KERNEL, true);
+
curusage = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_USAGE);
/* Usage is reduced ? */
if (curusage >= oldusage)
@@ -3717,9 +3683,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_resize_memsw_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
if (!ret)
break;
- mem_cgroup_reclaim(memcg, GFP_KERNEL,
- MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_NOSWAP |
- MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_SHRINK);
+ try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, 1, GFP_KERNEL, false);
+
curusage = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, RES_USAGE);
/* Usage is reduced ? */
if (curusage >= oldusage)
@@ -3968,8 +3933,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_force_empty(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
if (signal_pending(current))
return -EINTR;
- progress = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, GFP_KERNEL,
- false);
+ progress = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, 1,
+ GFP_KERNEL, true);
if (!progress) {
nr_retries--;
/* maybe some writeback is necessary */