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authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2018-10-01 17:58:57 +0300
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2018-10-01 17:58:57 +0300
commitc0aac682fa6590cb660cb083dbc09f55e799d2d2 (patch)
tree28ded5b660c42661c29e1d4abdeb1a5e92a258ed /mm/vmscan.c
parent451bb7c3319739997d2e5a2527aef62d1f9200ac (diff)
parent17b57b1883c1285f3d0dc2266e8f79286a7bef38 (diff)
downloadlinux-c0aac682fa6590cb660cb083dbc09f55e799d2d2.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v4.19-rc6' into for-4.20/block
Merge -rc6 in, for two reasons: 1) Resolve a trivial conflict in the blk-mq-tag.c documentation 2) A few important regression fixes went into upstream directly, so they aren't in the 4.20 branch. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> * tag 'v4.19-rc6': (780 commits) Linux 4.19-rc6 MAINTAINERS: fix reference to moved drivers/{misc => auxdisplay}/panel.c cpufreq: qcom-kryo: Fix section annotations perf/core: Add sanity check to deal with pinned event failure xen/blkfront: correct purging of persistent grants Revert "xen/blkfront: When purging persistent grants, keep them in the buffer" selftests/powerpc: Fix Makefiles for headers_install change blk-mq: I/O and timer unplugs are inverted in blktrace dax: Fix deadlock in dax_lock_mapping_entry() x86/boot: Fix kexec booting failure in the SEV bit detection code bcache: add separate workqueue for journal_write to avoid deadlock drm/amd/display: Fix Edid emulation for linux drm/amd/display: Fix Vega10 lightup on S3 resume drm/amdgpu: Fix vce work queue was not cancelled when suspend Revert "drm/panel: Add device_link from panel device to DRM device" xen/blkfront: When purging persistent grants, keep them in the buffer clocksource/drivers/timer-atmel-pit: Properly handle error cases block: fix deadline elevator drain for zoned block devices ACPI / hotplug / PCI: Don't scan for non-hotplug bridges if slot is not bridge drm/syncobj: Don't leak fences when WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT is set ... Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmscan.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmscan.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7e7d25504651..c7ce2c161225 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -476,6 +476,17 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
delta = freeable >> priority;
delta *= 4;
do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we apply some minimal pressure on default priority
+ * even on small cgroups. Stale objects are not only consuming memory
+ * by themselves, but can also hold a reference to a dying cgroup,
+ * preventing it from being reclaimed. A dying cgroup with all
+ * corresponding structures like per-cpu stats and kmem caches
+ * can be really big, so it may lead to a significant waste of memory.
+ */
+ delta = max_t(unsigned long long, delta, min(freeable, batch_size));
+
total_scan += delta;
if (total_scan < 0) {
pr_err("shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",