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1 files changed, 45 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a9c74b409681..6ef484f0777f 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1540,19 +1540,18 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
* If dirty pages are scanned that are not queued for IO, it
* implies that flushers are not keeping up. In this case, flag
* the zone ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY and kswapd will start writing
- * pages from reclaim context. It will forcibly stall in the
- * next check.
+ * pages from reclaim context.
*/
if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken)
zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_TAIL_LRU_DIRTY);
/*
- * In addition, if kswapd scans pages marked marked for
- * immediate reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it
- * implies that pages are cycling through the LRU faster than
+ * If kswapd scans pages marked marked for immediate
+ * reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it implies
+ * that pages are cycling through the LRU faster than
* they are written so also forcibly stall.
*/
- if (nr_unqueued_dirty == nr_taken || nr_immediate)
+ if (nr_immediate)
congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
}
@@ -2502,10 +2501,17 @@ static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
for (i = 0; i <= ZONE_NORMAL; i++) {
zone = &pgdat->node_zones[i];
+ if (!populated_zone(zone))
+ continue;
+
pfmemalloc_reserve += min_wmark_pages(zone);
free_pages += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
}
+ /* If there are no reserves (unexpected config) then do not throttle */
+ if (!pfmemalloc_reserve)
+ return true;
+
wmark_ok = free_pages > pfmemalloc_reserve / 2;
/* kswapd must be awake if processes are being throttled */
@@ -2530,9 +2536,9 @@ static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
nodemask_t *nodemask)
{
+ struct zoneref *z;
struct zone *zone;
- int high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
- pg_data_t *pgdat;
+ pg_data_t *pgdat = NULL;
/*
* Kernel threads should not be throttled as they may be indirectly
@@ -2551,10 +2557,34 @@ static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
goto out;
- /* Check if the pfmemalloc reserves are ok */
- first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx, NULL, &zone);
- pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
- if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
+ /*
+ * Check if the pfmemalloc reserves are ok by finding the first node
+ * with a usable ZONE_NORMAL or lower zone. The expectation is that
+ * GFP_KERNEL will be required for allocating network buffers when
+ * swapping over the network so ZONE_HIGHMEM is unusable.
+ *
+ * Throttling is based on the first usable node and throttled processes
+ * wait on a queue until kswapd makes progress and wakes them. There
+ * is an affinity then between processes waking up and where reclaim
+ * progress has been made assuming the process wakes on the same node.
+ * More importantly, processes running on remote nodes will not compete
+ * for remote pfmemalloc reserves and processes on different nodes
+ * should make reasonable progress.
+ */
+ for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
+ gfp_mask, nodemask) {
+ if (zone_idx(zone) > ZONE_NORMAL)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Throttle based on the first usable node */
+ pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
+ if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
+ goto out;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* If no zone was usable by the allocation flags then do not throttle */
+ if (!pgdat)
goto out;
/* Account for the throttling */
@@ -3285,7 +3315,10 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
}
}
+ tsk->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD);
current->reclaim_state = NULL;
+ lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
+
return 0;
}