4 * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
6 * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie.
7 * kswapd added: 7.1.96 sct
8 * Removed kswapd_ctl limits, and swap out as many pages as needed
9 * to bring the system back to freepages.high: 2.4.97, Rik van Riel.
10 * Zone aware kswapd started 02/00, Kanoj Sarcar (kanoj@sgi.com).
11 * Multiqueue VM started 5.8.00, Rik van Riel.
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/gfp.h>
17 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
20 #include <linux/init.h>
21 #include <linux/highmem.h>
22 #include <linux/vmpressure.h>
23 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
24 #include <linux/file.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for try_to_release_page(),
28 buffer_heads_over_limit */
29 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
30 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
31 #include <linux/rmap.h>
32 #include <linux/topology.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
35 #include <linux/compaction.h>
36 #include <linux/notifier.h>
37 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
38 #include <linux/delay.h>
39 #include <linux/kthread.h>
40 #include <linux/freezer.h>
41 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
42 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
43 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
44 #include <linux/oom.h>
45 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
47 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
48 #include <asm/div64.h>
50 #include <linux/swapops.h>
51 #include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
55 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
56 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
59 /* Incremented by the number of inactive pages that were scanned */
60 unsigned long nr_scanned;
62 /* Number of pages freed so far during a call to shrink_zones() */
63 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
65 /* How many pages shrink_list() should reclaim */
66 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim;
68 unsigned long hibernation_mode;
70 /* This context's GFP mask */
75 /* Can mapped pages be reclaimed? */
78 /* Can pages be swapped as part of reclaim? */
83 /* Scan (total_size >> priority) pages at once */
87 * The memory cgroup that hit its limit and as a result is the
88 * primary target of this reclaim invocation.
90 struct mem_cgroup *target_mem_cgroup;
93 * Nodemask of nodes allowed by the caller. If NULL, all nodes
99 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
101 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
102 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
104 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
107 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
108 prefetch(&prev->_field); \
112 #define prefetch_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
115 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
116 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) \
118 if ((_page)->lru.prev != _base) { \
121 prev = lru_to_page(&(_page->lru)); \
122 prefetchw(&prev->_field); \
126 #define prefetchw_prev_lru_page(_page, _base, _field) do { } while (0)
130 * From 0 .. 100. Higher means more swappy.
132 int vm_swappiness = 60;
133 unsigned long vm_total_pages; /* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
135 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
136 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
139 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
141 return !sc->target_mem_cgroup;
144 static bool global_reclaim(struct scan_control *sc)
150 static unsigned long get_lru_size(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru)
152 if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
153 return mem_cgroup_get_lru_size(lruvec, lru);
155 return zone_page_state(lruvec_zone(lruvec), NR_LRU_BASE + lru);
159 * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
161 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
163 atomic_long_set(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
164 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
165 list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
166 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
168 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
173 void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
175 down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
176 list_del(&shrinker->list);
177 up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
179 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
181 static inline int do_shrinker_shrink(struct shrinker *shrinker,
182 struct shrink_control *sc,
183 unsigned long nr_to_scan)
185 sc->nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
186 return (*shrinker->shrink)(shrinker, sc);
189 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
191 * Call the shrink functions to age shrinkable caches
193 * Here we assume it costs one seek to replace a lru page and that it also
194 * takes a seek to recreate a cache object. With this in mind we age equal
195 * percentages of the lru and ageable caches. This should balance the seeks
196 * generated by these structures.
198 * If the vm encountered mapped pages on the LRU it increase the pressure on
199 * slab to avoid swapping.
201 * We do weird things to avoid (scanned*seeks*entries) overflowing 32 bits.
203 * `lru_pages' represents the number of on-LRU pages in all the zones which
204 * are eligible for the caller's allocation attempt. It is used for balancing
205 * slab reclaim versus page reclaim.
207 * Returns the number of slab objects which we shrunk.
209 unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
210 unsigned long nr_pages_scanned,
211 unsigned long lru_pages)
213 struct shrinker *shrinker;
214 unsigned long ret = 0;
216 if (nr_pages_scanned == 0)
217 nr_pages_scanned = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
219 if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
220 /* Assume we'll be able to shrink next time */
225 list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
226 unsigned long long delta;
232 long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
235 max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
240 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
241 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
242 * don't also do this scanning work.
244 nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
247 delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
249 do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);
251 if (total_scan < 0) {
252 printk(KERN_ERR "shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to "
254 shrinker->shrink, total_scan);
255 total_scan = max_pass;
259 * We need to avoid excessive windup on filesystem shrinkers
260 * due to large numbers of GFP_NOFS allocations causing the
261 * shrinkers to return -1 all the time. This results in a large
262 * nr being built up so when a shrink that can do some work
263 * comes along it empties the entire cache due to nr >>>
264 * max_pass. This is bad for sustaining a working set in
267 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
268 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
270 if (delta < max_pass / 4)
271 total_scan = min(total_scan, max_pass / 2);
274 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
275 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
278 if (total_scan > max_pass * 2)
279 total_scan = max_pass * 2;
281 trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrink, nr,
282 nr_pages_scanned, lru_pages,
283 max_pass, delta, total_scan);
285 while (total_scan >= batch_size) {
288 nr_before = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
289 shrink_ret = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink,
291 if (shrink_ret == -1)
293 if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
294 ret += nr_before - shrink_ret;
295 count_vm_events(SLABS_SCANNED, batch_size);
296 total_scan -= batch_size;
302 * move the unused scan count back into the shrinker in a
303 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
304 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
307 new_nr = atomic_long_add_return(total_scan,
308 &shrinker->nr_in_batch);
310 new_nr = atomic_long_read(&shrinker->nr_in_batch);
312 trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker, shrink_ret, nr, new_nr);
314 up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
320 static inline int is_page_cache_freeable(struct page *page)
323 * A freeable page cache page is referenced only by the caller
324 * that isolated the page, the page cache radix tree and
325 * optional buffer heads at page->private.
327 return page_count(page) - page_has_private(page) == 2;
330 static int may_write_to_queue(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
331 struct scan_control *sc)
333 if (current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE)
335 if (!bdi_write_congested(bdi))
337 if (bdi == current->backing_dev_info)
343 * We detected a synchronous write error writing a page out. Probably
344 * -ENOSPC. We need to propagate that into the address_space for a subsequent
345 * fsync(), msync() or close().
347 * The tricky part is that after writepage we cannot touch the mapping: nothing
348 * prevents it from being freed up. But we have a ref on the page and once
349 * that page is locked, the mapping is pinned.
351 * We're allowed to run sleeping lock_page() here because we know the caller has
354 static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
355 struct page *page, int error)
358 if (page_mapping(page) == mapping)
359 mapping_set_error(mapping, error);
363 /* possible outcome of pageout() */
365 /* failed to write page out, page is locked */
367 /* move page to the active list, page is locked */
369 /* page has been sent to the disk successfully, page is unlocked */
371 /* page is clean and locked */
376 * pageout is called by shrink_page_list() for each dirty page.
377 * Calls ->writepage().
379 static pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
380 struct scan_control *sc)
383 * If the page is dirty, only perform writeback if that write
384 * will be non-blocking. To prevent this allocation from being
385 * stalled by pagecache activity. But note that there may be
386 * stalls if we need to run get_block(). We could test
387 * PagePrivate for that.
389 * If this process is currently in __generic_file_aio_write() against
390 * this page's queue, we can perform writeback even if that
393 * If the page is swapcache, write it back even if that would
394 * block, for some throttling. This happens by accident, because
395 * swap_backing_dev_info is bust: it doesn't reflect the
396 * congestion state of the swapdevs. Easy to fix, if needed.
398 if (!is_page_cache_freeable(page))
402 * Some data journaling orphaned pages can have
403 * page->mapping == NULL while being dirty with clean buffers.
405 if (page_has_private(page)) {
406 if (try_to_free_buffers(page)) {
407 ClearPageDirty(page);
408 printk("%s: orphaned page\n", __func__);
414 if (mapping->a_ops->writepage == NULL)
415 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
416 if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info, sc))
419 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
421 struct writeback_control wbc = {
422 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
423 .nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
425 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
429 SetPageReclaim(page);
430 res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
432 handle_write_error(mapping, page, res);
433 if (res == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
434 ClearPageReclaim(page);
435 return PAGE_ACTIVATE;
438 if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
439 /* synchronous write or broken a_ops? */
440 ClearPageReclaim(page);
442 trace_mm_vmscan_writepage(page, trace_reclaim_flags(page));
443 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE);
451 * Same as remove_mapping, but if the page is removed from the mapping, it
452 * gets returned with a refcount of 0.
454 static int __remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
456 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
457 BUG_ON(mapping != page_mapping(page));
459 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
461 * The non racy check for a busy page.
463 * Must be careful with the order of the tests. When someone has
464 * a ref to the page, it may be possible that they dirty it then
465 * drop the reference. So if PageDirty is tested before page_count
466 * here, then the following race may occur:
468 * get_user_pages(&page);
469 * [user mapping goes away]
471 * !PageDirty(page) [good]
472 * SetPageDirty(page);
474 * !page_count(page) [good, discard it]
476 * [oops, our write_to data is lost]
478 * Reversing the order of the tests ensures such a situation cannot
479 * escape unnoticed. The smp_rmb is needed to ensure the page->flags
480 * load is not satisfied before that of page->_count.
482 * Note that if SetPageDirty is always performed via set_page_dirty,
483 * and thus under tree_lock, then this ordering is not required.
485 if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 2))
487 /* note: atomic_cmpxchg in page_freeze_refs provides the smp_rmb */
488 if (unlikely(PageDirty(page))) {
489 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 2);
493 if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
494 swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page_private(page) };
495 __delete_from_swap_cache(page);
496 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
497 swapcache_free(swap, page);
499 void (*freepage)(struct page *);
501 freepage = mapping->a_ops->freepage;
503 __delete_from_page_cache(page);
504 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
505 mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
507 if (freepage != NULL)
514 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
519 * Attempt to detach a locked page from its ->mapping. If it is dirty or if
520 * someone else has a ref on the page, abort and return 0. If it was
521 * successfully detached, return 1. Assumes the caller has a single ref on
524 int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page)
526 if (__remove_mapping(mapping, page)) {
528 * Unfreezing the refcount with 1 rather than 2 effectively
529 * drops the pagecache ref for us without requiring another
532 page_unfreeze_refs(page, 1);
539 * putback_lru_page - put previously isolated page onto appropriate LRU list
540 * @page: page to be put back to appropriate lru list
542 * Add previously isolated @page to appropriate LRU list.
543 * Page may still be unevictable for other reasons.
545 * lru_lock must not be held, interrupts must be enabled.
547 void putback_lru_page(struct page *page)
550 int active = !!TestClearPageActive(page);
551 int was_unevictable = PageUnevictable(page);
553 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
556 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
558 if (page_evictable(page)) {
560 * For evictable pages, we can use the cache.
561 * In event of a race, worst case is we end up with an
562 * unevictable page on [in]active list.
563 * We know how to handle that.
565 lru = active + page_lru_base_type(page);
566 lru_cache_add_lru(page, lru);
569 * Put unevictable pages directly on zone's unevictable
572 lru = LRU_UNEVICTABLE;
573 add_page_to_unevictable_list(page);
575 * When racing with an mlock or AS_UNEVICTABLE clearing
576 * (page is unlocked) make sure that if the other thread
577 * does not observe our setting of PG_lru and fails
578 * isolation/check_move_unevictable_pages,
579 * we see PG_mlocked/AS_UNEVICTABLE cleared below and move
580 * the page back to the evictable list.
582 * The other side is TestClearPageMlocked() or shmem_lock().
588 * page's status can change while we move it among lru. If an evictable
589 * page is on unevictable list, it never be freed. To avoid that,
590 * check after we added it to the list, again.
592 if (lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE && page_evictable(page)) {
593 if (!isolate_lru_page(page)) {
597 /* This means someone else dropped this page from LRU
598 * So, it will be freed or putback to LRU again. There is
599 * nothing to do here.
603 if (was_unevictable && lru != LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
604 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED);
605 else if (!was_unevictable && lru == LRU_UNEVICTABLE)
606 count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED);
608 put_page(page); /* drop ref from isolate */
611 enum page_references {
613 PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN,
618 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
619 struct scan_control *sc)
621 int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
622 unsigned long vm_flags;
624 referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
626 referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
629 * Mlock lost the isolation race with us. Let try_to_unmap()
630 * move the page to the unevictable list.
632 if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
633 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
635 if (referenced_ptes) {
636 if (PageSwapBacked(page))
637 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
639 * All mapped pages start out with page table
640 * references from the instantiating fault, so we need
641 * to look twice if a mapped file page is used more
644 * Mark it and spare it for another trip around the
645 * inactive list. Another page table reference will
646 * lead to its activation.
648 * Note: the mark is set for activated pages as well
649 * so that recently deactivated but used pages are
652 SetPageReferenced(page);
654 if (referenced_page || referenced_ptes > 1)
655 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
658 * Activate file-backed executable pages after first usage.
660 if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
661 return PAGEREF_ACTIVATE;
666 /* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
667 if (referenced_page && !PageSwapBacked(page))
668 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
670 return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
674 * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
676 static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
678 struct scan_control *sc,
679 enum ttu_flags ttu_flags,
680 unsigned long *ret_nr_dirty,
681 unsigned long *ret_nr_writeback,
684 LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
685 LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
687 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
688 unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
689 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
690 unsigned long nr_writeback = 0;
694 mem_cgroup_uncharge_start();
695 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
696 struct address_space *mapping;
699 enum page_references references = PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
703 page = lru_to_page(page_list);
704 list_del(&page->lru);
706 if (!trylock_page(page))
709 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
710 VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
714 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page)))
717 if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page))
720 /* Double the slab pressure for mapped and swapcache pages */
721 if (page_mapped(page) || PageSwapCache(page))
724 may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
725 (PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
727 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
729 * memcg doesn't have any dirty pages throttling so we
730 * could easily OOM just because too many pages are in
731 * writeback and there is nothing else to reclaim.
733 * Check __GFP_IO, certainly because a loop driver
734 * thread might enter reclaim, and deadlock if it waits
735 * on a page for which it is needed to do the write
736 * (loop masks off __GFP_IO|__GFP_FS for this reason);
737 * but more thought would probably show more reasons.
739 * Don't require __GFP_FS, since we're not going into
740 * the FS, just waiting on its writeback completion.
741 * Worryingly, ext4 gfs2 and xfs allocate pages with
742 * grab_cache_page_write_begin(,,AOP_FLAG_NOFS), so
743 * testing may_enter_fs here is liable to OOM on them.
745 if (global_reclaim(sc) ||
746 !PageReclaim(page) || !(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) {
748 * This is slightly racy - end_page_writeback()
749 * might have just cleared PageReclaim, then
750 * setting PageReclaim here end up interpreted
751 * as PageReadahead - but that does not matter
752 * enough to care. What we do want is for this
753 * page to have PageReclaim set next time memcg
754 * reclaim reaches the tests above, so it will
755 * then wait_on_page_writeback() to avoid OOM;
756 * and it's also appropriate in global reclaim.
758 SetPageReclaim(page);
762 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
766 references = page_check_references(page, sc);
768 switch (references) {
769 case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
770 goto activate_locked;
773 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM:
774 case PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN:
775 ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
779 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
780 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
782 if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
783 if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
785 if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list))
786 goto activate_locked;
790 mapping = page_mapping(page);
793 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
794 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
796 if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
797 switch (try_to_unmap(page, ttu_flags)) {
799 goto activate_locked;
805 ; /* try to free the page below */
809 if (PageDirty(page)) {
813 * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
814 * avoid risk of stack overflow but do not writeback
815 * unless under significant pressure.
817 if (page_is_file_cache(page) &&
818 (!current_is_kswapd() ||
819 sc->priority >= DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
821 * Immediately reclaim when written back.
822 * Similar in principal to deactivate_page()
823 * except we already have the page isolated
824 * and know it's dirty
826 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE);
827 SetPageReclaim(page);
832 if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
836 if (!sc->may_writepage)
839 /* Page is dirty, try to write it out here */
840 switch (pageout(page, mapping, sc)) {
845 goto activate_locked;
847 if (PageWriteback(page))
853 * A synchronous write - probably a ramdisk. Go
854 * ahead and try to reclaim the page.
856 if (!trylock_page(page))
858 if (PageDirty(page) || PageWriteback(page))
860 mapping = page_mapping(page);
862 ; /* try to free the page below */
867 * If the page has buffers, try to free the buffer mappings
868 * associated with this page. If we succeed we try to free
871 * We do this even if the page is PageDirty().
872 * try_to_release_page() does not perform I/O, but it is
873 * possible for a page to have PageDirty set, but it is actually
874 * clean (all its buffers are clean). This happens if the
875 * buffers were written out directly, with submit_bh(). ext3
876 * will do this, as well as the blockdev mapping.
877 * try_to_release_page() will discover that cleanness and will
878 * drop the buffers and mark the page clean - it can be freed.
880 * Rarely, pages can have buffers and no ->mapping. These are
881 * the pages which were not successfully invalidated in
882 * truncate_complete_page(). We try to drop those buffers here
883 * and if that worked, and the page is no longer mapped into
884 * process address space (page_count == 1) it can be freed.
885 * Otherwise, leave the page on the LRU so it is swappable.
887 if (page_has_private(page)) {
888 if (!try_to_release_page(page, sc->gfp_mask))
889 goto activate_locked;
890 if (!mapping && page_count(page) == 1) {
892 if (put_page_testzero(page))
896 * rare race with speculative reference.
897 * the speculative reference will free
898 * this page shortly, so we may
899 * increment nr_reclaimed here (and
900 * leave it off the LRU).
908 if (!mapping || !__remove_mapping(mapping, page))
912 * At this point, we have no other references and there is
913 * no way to pick any more up (removed from LRU, removed
914 * from pagecache). Can use non-atomic bitops now (and
915 * we obviously don't have to worry about waking up a process
916 * waiting on the page lock, because there are no references.
918 __clear_page_locked(page);
923 * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would
924 * appear not as the counts should be low
926 list_add(&page->lru, &free_pages);
930 if (PageSwapCache(page))
931 try_to_free_swap(page);
933 putback_lru_page(page);
937 /* Not a candidate for swapping, so reclaim swap space. */
938 if (PageSwapCache(page) && vm_swap_full())
939 try_to_free_swap(page);
940 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
946 list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
947 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page));
951 * Tag a zone as congested if all the dirty pages encountered were
952 * backed by a congested BDI. In this case, reclaimers should just
953 * back off and wait for congestion to clear because further reclaim
954 * will encounter the same problem
956 if (nr_dirty && nr_dirty == nr_congested && global_reclaim(sc))
957 zone_set_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
959 free_hot_cold_page_list(&free_pages, 1);
961 list_splice(&ret_pages, page_list);
962 count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, pgactivate);
963 mem_cgroup_uncharge_end();
964 *ret_nr_dirty += nr_dirty;
965 *ret_nr_writeback += nr_writeback;
969 unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
970 struct list_head *page_list)
972 struct scan_control sc = {
973 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
974 .priority = DEF_PRIORITY,
977 unsigned long ret, dummy1, dummy2;
978 struct page *page, *next;
979 LIST_HEAD(clean_pages);
981 list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, page_list, lru) {
982 if (page_is_file_cache(page) && !PageDirty(page) &&
983 !isolated_balloon_page(page)) {
984 ClearPageActive(page);
985 list_move(&page->lru, &clean_pages);
989 ret = shrink_page_list(&clean_pages, zone, &sc,
990 TTU_UNMAP|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS,
991 &dummy1, &dummy2, true);
992 list_splice(&clean_pages, page_list);
993 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -ret);
998 * Attempt to remove the specified page from its LRU. Only take this page
999 * if it is of the appropriate PageActive status. Pages which are being
1000 * freed elsewhere are also ignored.
1002 * page: page to consider
1003 * mode: one of the LRU isolation modes defined above
1005 * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
1007 int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
1011 /* Only take pages on the LRU. */
1015 /* Compaction should not handle unevictable pages but CMA can do so */
1016 if (PageUnevictable(page) && !(mode & ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE))
1022 * To minimise LRU disruption, the caller can indicate that it only
1023 * wants to isolate pages it will be able to operate on without
1024 * blocking - clean pages for the most part.
1026 * ISOLATE_CLEAN means that only clean pages should be isolated. This
1027 * is used by reclaim when it is cannot write to backing storage
1029 * ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE is used to indicate that it only wants to pages
1030 * that it is possible to migrate without blocking
1032 if (mode & (ISOLATE_CLEAN|ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE)) {
1033 /* All the caller can do on PageWriteback is block */
1034 if (PageWriteback(page))
1037 if (PageDirty(page)) {
1038 struct address_space *mapping;
1040 /* ISOLATE_CLEAN means only clean pages */
1041 if (mode & ISOLATE_CLEAN)
1045 * Only pages without mappings or that have a
1046 * ->migratepage callback are possible to migrate
1049 mapping = page_mapping(page);
1050 if (mapping && !mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
1055 if ((mode & ISOLATE_UNMAPPED) && page_mapped(page))
1058 if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
1060 * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
1061 * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
1062 * page release code relies on it.
1072 * zone->lru_lock is heavily contended. Some of the functions that
1073 * shrink the lists perform better by taking out a batch of pages
1074 * and working on them outside the LRU lock.
1076 * For pagecache intensive workloads, this function is the hottest
1077 * spot in the kernel (apart from copy_*_user functions).
1079 * Appropriate locks must be held before calling this function.
1081 * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to look through on the list.
1082 * @lruvec: The LRU vector to pull pages from.
1083 * @dst: The temp list to put pages on to.
1084 * @nr_scanned: The number of pages that were scanned.
1085 * @sc: The scan_control struct for this reclaim session
1086 * @mode: One of the LRU isolation modes
1087 * @lru: LRU list id for isolating
1089 * returns how many pages were moved onto *@dst.
1091 static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1092 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *dst,
1093 unsigned long *nr_scanned, struct scan_control *sc,
1094 isolate_mode_t mode, enum lru_list lru)
1096 struct list_head *src = &lruvec->lists[lru];
1097 unsigned long nr_taken = 0;
1100 for (scan = 0; scan < nr_to_scan && !list_empty(src); scan++) {
1104 page = lru_to_page(src);
1105 prefetchw_prev_lru_page(page, src, flags);
1107 VM_BUG_ON(!PageLRU(page));
1109 switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode)) {
1111 nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1112 mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, -nr_pages);
1113 list_move(&page->lru, dst);
1114 nr_taken += nr_pages;
1118 /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
1119 list_move(&page->lru, src);
1128 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate(sc->order, nr_to_scan, scan,
1129 nr_taken, mode, is_file_lru(lru));
1134 * isolate_lru_page - tries to isolate a page from its LRU list
1135 * @page: page to isolate from its LRU list
1137 * Isolates a @page from an LRU list, clears PageLRU and adjusts the
1138 * vmstat statistic corresponding to whatever LRU list the page was on.
1140 * Returns 0 if the page was removed from an LRU list.
1141 * Returns -EBUSY if the page was not on an LRU list.
1143 * The returned page will have PageLRU() cleared. If it was found on
1144 * the active list, it will have PageActive set. If it was found on
1145 * the unevictable list, it will have the PageUnevictable bit set. That flag
1146 * may need to be cleared by the caller before letting the page go.
1148 * The vmstat statistic corresponding to the list on which the page was
1149 * found will be decremented.
1152 * (1) Must be called with an elevated refcount on the page. This is a
1153 * fundamentnal difference from isolate_lru_pages (which is called
1154 * without a stable reference).
1155 * (2) the lru_lock must not be held.
1156 * (3) interrupts must be enabled.
1158 int isolate_lru_page(struct page *page)
1162 VM_BUG_ON(!page_count(page));
1164 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1165 struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
1166 struct lruvec *lruvec;
1168 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1169 lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone);
1170 if (PageLRU(page)) {
1171 int lru = page_lru(page);
1174 del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
1177 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1183 * A direct reclaimer may isolate SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX pages from the LRU list and
1184 * then get resheduled. When there are massive number of tasks doing page
1185 * allocation, such sleeping direct reclaimers may keep piling up on each CPU,
1186 * the LRU list will go small and be scanned faster than necessary, leading to
1187 * unnecessary swapping, thrashing and OOM.
1189 static int too_many_isolated(struct zone *zone, int file,
1190 struct scan_control *sc)
1192 unsigned long inactive, isolated;
1194 if (current_is_kswapd())
1197 if (!global_reclaim(sc))
1201 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1202 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE);
1204 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1205 isolated = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON);
1209 * GFP_NOIO/GFP_NOFS callers are allowed to isolate more pages, so they
1210 * won't get blocked by normal direct-reclaimers, forming a circular
1213 if ((sc->gfp_mask & GFP_IOFS) == GFP_IOFS)
1216 return isolated > inactive;
1219 static noinline_for_stack void
1220 putback_inactive_pages(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *page_list)
1222 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
1223 struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec);
1224 LIST_HEAD(pages_to_free);
1227 * Put back any unfreeable pages.
1229 while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
1230 struct page *page = lru_to_page(page_list);
1233 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1234 list_del(&page->lru);
1235 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page))) {
1236 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1237 putback_lru_page(page);
1238 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1242 lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone);
1245 lru = page_lru(page);
1246 add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
1248 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1249 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1250 int numpages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1251 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += numpages;
1253 if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
1254 __ClearPageLRU(page);
1255 __ClearPageActive(page);
1256 del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
1258 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) {
1259 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1260 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page))(page);
1261 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1263 list_add(&page->lru, &pages_to_free);
1268 * To save our caller's stack, now use input list for pages to free.
1270 list_splice(&pages_to_free, page_list);
1274 * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_zone(). It returns the number
1275 * of reclaimed pages
1277 static noinline_for_stack unsigned long
1278 shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
1279 struct scan_control *sc, enum lru_list lru)
1281 LIST_HEAD(page_list);
1282 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1283 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1284 unsigned long nr_taken;
1285 unsigned long nr_dirty = 0;
1286 unsigned long nr_writeback = 0;
1287 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = 0;
1288 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1289 struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec);
1290 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
1292 while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(zone, file, sc))) {
1293 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1295 /* We are about to die and free our memory. Return now. */
1296 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
1297 return SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
1303 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED;
1304 if (!sc->may_writepage)
1305 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_CLEAN;
1307 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1309 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan, lruvec, &page_list,
1310 &nr_scanned, sc, isolate_mode, lru);
1312 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, -nr_taken);
1313 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, nr_taken);
1315 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
1316 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1317 if (current_is_kswapd())
1318 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_KSWAPD, zone, nr_scanned);
1320 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSCAN_DIRECT, zone, nr_scanned);
1322 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1327 nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, zone, sc, TTU_UNMAP,
1328 &nr_dirty, &nr_writeback, false);
1330 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1332 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_taken;
1334 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
1335 if (current_is_kswapd())
1336 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_KSWAPD, zone,
1339 __count_zone_vm_events(PGSTEAL_DIRECT, zone,
1343 putback_inactive_pages(lruvec, &page_list);
1345 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
1347 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1349 free_hot_cold_page_list(&page_list, 1);
1352 * If reclaim is isolating dirty pages under writeback, it implies
1353 * that the long-lived page allocation rate is exceeding the page
1354 * laundering rate. Either the global limits are not being effective
1355 * at throttling processes due to the page distribution throughout
1356 * zones or there is heavy usage of a slow backing device. The
1357 * only option is to throttle from reclaim context which is not ideal
1358 * as there is no guarantee the dirtying process is throttled in the
1359 * same way balance_dirty_pages() manages.
1361 * This scales the number of dirty pages that must be under writeback
1362 * before throttling depending on priority. It is a simple backoff
1363 * function that has the most effect in the range DEF_PRIORITY to
1364 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 which is the priority reclaim is considered to be
1365 * in trouble and reclaim is considered to be in trouble.
1367 * DEF_PRIORITY 100% isolated pages must be PageWriteback to throttle
1368 * DEF_PRIORITY-1 50% must be PageWriteback
1369 * DEF_PRIORITY-2 25% must be PageWriteback, kswapd in trouble
1371 * DEF_PRIORITY-6 For SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX isolated pages, throttle if any
1372 * isolated page is PageWriteback
1374 if (nr_writeback && nr_writeback >=
1375 (nr_taken >> (DEF_PRIORITY - sc->priority)))
1376 wait_iff_congested(zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
1378 trace_mm_vmscan_lru_shrink_inactive(zone->zone_pgdat->node_id,
1380 nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed,
1382 trace_shrink_flags(file));
1383 return nr_reclaimed;
1387 * This moves pages from the active list to the inactive list.
1389 * We move them the other way if the page is referenced by one or more
1390 * processes, from rmap.
1392 * If the pages are mostly unmapped, the processing is fast and it is
1393 * appropriate to hold zone->lru_lock across the whole operation. But if
1394 * the pages are mapped, the processing is slow (page_referenced()) so we
1395 * should drop zone->lru_lock around each page. It's impossible to balance
1396 * this, so instead we remove the pages from the LRU while processing them.
1397 * It is safe to rely on PG_active against the non-LRU pages in here because
1398 * nobody will play with that bit on a non-LRU page.
1400 * The downside is that we have to touch page->_count against each page.
1401 * But we had to alter page->flags anyway.
1404 static void move_active_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
1405 struct list_head *list,
1406 struct list_head *pages_to_free,
1409 struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec);
1410 unsigned long pgmoved = 0;
1414 while (!list_empty(list)) {
1415 page = lru_to_page(list);
1416 lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone);
1418 VM_BUG_ON(PageLRU(page));
1421 nr_pages = hpage_nr_pages(page);
1422 mem_cgroup_update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, nr_pages);
1423 list_move(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
1424 pgmoved += nr_pages;
1426 if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
1427 __ClearPageLRU(page);
1428 __ClearPageActive(page);
1429 del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
1431 if (unlikely(PageCompound(page))) {
1432 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1433 (*get_compound_page_dtor(page))(page);
1434 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1436 list_add(&page->lru, pages_to_free);
1439 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, pgmoved);
1440 if (!is_active_lru(lru))
1441 __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, pgmoved);
1444 static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1445 struct lruvec *lruvec,
1446 struct scan_control *sc,
1449 unsigned long nr_taken;
1450 unsigned long nr_scanned;
1451 unsigned long vm_flags;
1452 LIST_HEAD(l_hold); /* The pages which were snipped off */
1453 LIST_HEAD(l_active);
1454 LIST_HEAD(l_inactive);
1456 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
1457 unsigned long nr_rotated = 0;
1458 isolate_mode_t isolate_mode = 0;
1459 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1460 struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec);
1465 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_UNMAPPED;
1466 if (!sc->may_writepage)
1467 isolate_mode |= ISOLATE_CLEAN;
1469 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1471 nr_taken = isolate_lru_pages(nr_to_scan, lruvec, &l_hold,
1472 &nr_scanned, sc, isolate_mode, lru);
1473 if (global_reclaim(sc))
1474 zone->pages_scanned += nr_scanned;
1476 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[file] += nr_taken;
1478 __count_zone_vm_events(PGREFILL, zone, nr_scanned);
1479 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_LRU_BASE + lru, -nr_taken);
1480 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, nr_taken);
1481 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1483 while (!list_empty(&l_hold)) {
1485 page = lru_to_page(&l_hold);
1486 list_del(&page->lru);
1488 if (unlikely(!page_evictable(page))) {
1489 putback_lru_page(page);
1493 if (unlikely(buffer_heads_over_limit)) {
1494 if (page_has_private(page) && trylock_page(page)) {
1495 if (page_has_private(page))
1496 try_to_release_page(page, 0);
1501 if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
1503 nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
1505 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
1506 * give them one more trip around the active list. So
1507 * that executable code get better chances to stay in
1508 * memory under moderate memory pressure. Anon pages
1509 * are not likely to be evicted by use-once streaming
1510 * IO, plus JVM can create lots of anon VM_EXEC pages,
1511 * so we ignore them here.
1513 if ((vm_flags & VM_EXEC) && page_is_file_cache(page)) {
1514 list_add(&page->lru, &l_active);
1519 ClearPageActive(page); /* we are de-activating */
1520 list_add(&page->lru, &l_inactive);
1524 * Move pages back to the lru list.
1526 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1528 * Count referenced pages from currently used mappings as rotated,
1529 * even though only some of them are actually re-activated. This
1530 * helps balance scan pressure between file and anonymous pages in
1533 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file] += nr_rotated;
1535 move_active_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_active, &l_hold, lru);
1536 move_active_pages_to_lru(lruvec, &l_inactive, &l_hold, lru - LRU_ACTIVE);
1537 __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + file, -nr_taken);
1538 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1540 free_hot_cold_page_list(&l_hold, 1);
1544 static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
1546 unsigned long active, inactive;
1548 active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON);
1549 inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1551 if (inactive * zone->inactive_ratio < active)
1558 * inactive_anon_is_low - check if anonymous pages need to be deactivated
1559 * @lruvec: LRU vector to check
1561 * Returns true if the zone does not have enough inactive anon pages,
1562 * meaning some active anon pages need to be deactivated.
1564 static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec)
1567 * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
1570 if (!total_swap_pages)
1573 if (!mem_cgroup_disabled())
1574 return mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec);
1576 return inactive_anon_is_low_global(lruvec_zone(lruvec));
1579 static inline int inactive_anon_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec)
1586 * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
1587 * @lruvec: LRU vector to check
1589 * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
1590 * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
1591 * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
1593 * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
1594 * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
1596 * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
1597 * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
1599 static int inactive_file_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec)
1601 unsigned long inactive;
1602 unsigned long active;
1604 inactive = get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1605 active = get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
1607 return active > inactive;
1610 static int inactive_list_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru)
1612 if (is_file_lru(lru))
1613 return inactive_file_is_low(lruvec);
1615 return inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec);
1618 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
1619 struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
1621 if (is_active_lru(lru)) {
1622 if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, lru))
1623 shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
1627 return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
1630 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc)
1632 if (global_reclaim(sc))
1633 return vm_swappiness;
1634 return mem_cgroup_swappiness(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
1645 * Determine how aggressively the anon and file LRU lists should be
1646 * scanned. The relative value of each set of LRU lists is determined
1647 * by looking at the fraction of the pages scanned we did rotate back
1648 * onto the active list instead of evict.
1650 * nr[0] = anon inactive pages to scan; nr[1] = anon active pages to scan
1651 * nr[2] = file inactive pages to scan; nr[3] = file active pages to scan
1653 static void get_scan_count(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc,
1656 struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
1658 u64 denominator = 0; /* gcc */
1659 struct zone *zone = lruvec_zone(lruvec);
1660 unsigned long anon_prio, file_prio;
1661 enum scan_balance scan_balance;
1662 unsigned long anon, file, free;
1663 bool force_scan = false;
1664 unsigned long ap, fp;
1668 * If the zone or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0. This
1669 * results in no scanning on this priority and a potential
1670 * priority drop. Global direct reclaim can go to the next
1671 * zone and tends to have no problems. Global kswapd is for
1672 * zone balancing and it needs to scan a minimum amount. When
1673 * reclaiming for a memcg, a priority drop can cause high
1674 * latencies, so it's better to scan a minimum amount there as
1677 if (current_is_kswapd() && zone->all_unreclaimable)
1679 if (!global_reclaim(sc))
1682 /* If we have no swap space, do not bother scanning anon pages. */
1683 if (!sc->may_swap || (get_nr_swap_pages() <= 0)) {
1684 scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
1689 * Global reclaim will swap to prevent OOM even with no
1690 * swappiness, but memcg users want to use this knob to
1691 * disable swapping for individual groups completely when
1692 * using the memory controller's swap limit feature would be
1695 if (!global_reclaim(sc) && !vmscan_swappiness(sc)) {
1696 scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
1701 * Do not apply any pressure balancing cleverness when the
1702 * system is close to OOM, scan both anon and file equally
1703 * (unless the swappiness setting disagrees with swapping).
1705 if (!sc->priority && vmscan_swappiness(sc)) {
1706 scan_balance = SCAN_EQUAL;
1710 anon = get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON) +
1711 get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_ANON);
1712 file = get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) +
1713 get_lru_size(lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
1716 * If it's foreseeable that reclaiming the file cache won't be
1717 * enough to get the zone back into a desirable shape, we have
1718 * to swap. Better start now and leave the - probably heavily
1719 * thrashing - remaining file pages alone.
1721 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
1722 free = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
1723 if (unlikely(file + free <= high_wmark_pages(zone))) {
1724 scan_balance = SCAN_ANON;
1730 * There is enough inactive page cache, do not reclaim
1731 * anything from the anonymous working set right now.
1733 if (!inactive_file_is_low(lruvec)) {
1734 scan_balance = SCAN_FILE;
1738 scan_balance = SCAN_FRACT;
1741 * With swappiness at 100, anonymous and file have the same priority.
1742 * This scanning priority is essentially the inverse of IO cost.
1744 anon_prio = vmscan_swappiness(sc);
1745 file_prio = 200 - anon_prio;
1748 * OK, so we have swap space and a fair amount of page cache
1749 * pages. We use the recently rotated / recently scanned
1750 * ratios to determine how valuable each cache is.
1752 * Because workloads change over time (and to avoid overflow)
1753 * we keep these statistics as a floating average, which ends
1754 * up weighing recent references more than old ones.
1756 * anon in [0], file in [1]
1758 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1759 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] > anon / 4)) {
1760 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] /= 2;
1761 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] /= 2;
1764 if (unlikely(reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] > file / 4)) {
1765 reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] /= 2;
1766 reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] /= 2;
1770 * The amount of pressure on anon vs file pages is inversely
1771 * proportional to the fraction of recently scanned pages on
1772 * each list that were recently referenced and in active use.
1774 ap = anon_prio * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[0] + 1);
1775 ap /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[0] + 1;
1777 fp = file_prio * (reclaim_stat->recent_scanned[1] + 1);
1778 fp /= reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[1] + 1;
1779 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
1783 denominator = ap + fp + 1;
1785 for_each_evictable_lru(lru) {
1786 int file = is_file_lru(lru);
1790 size = get_lru_size(lruvec, lru);
1791 scan = size >> sc->priority;
1793 if (!scan && force_scan)
1794 scan = min(size, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
1796 switch (scan_balance) {
1798 /* Scan lists relative to size */
1802 * Scan types proportional to swappiness and
1803 * their relative recent reclaim efficiency.
1805 scan = div64_u64(scan * fraction[file], denominator);
1809 /* Scan one type exclusively */
1810 if ((scan_balance == SCAN_FILE) != file)
1814 /* Look ma, no brain */
1822 * This is a basic per-zone page freer. Used by both kswapd and direct reclaim.
1824 static void shrink_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
1826 unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
1827 unsigned long nr_to_scan;
1829 unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
1830 unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
1831 struct blk_plug plug;
1833 get_scan_count(lruvec, sc, nr);
1835 blk_start_plug(&plug);
1836 while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||
1837 nr[LRU_INACTIVE_FILE]) {
1838 for_each_evictable_lru(lru) {
1840 nr_to_scan = min(nr[lru], SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX);
1841 nr[lru] -= nr_to_scan;
1843 nr_reclaimed += shrink_list(lru, nr_to_scan,
1848 * On large memory systems, scan >> priority can become
1849 * really large. This is fine for the starting priority;
1850 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
1851 * However, if the VM has a harder time of freeing pages,
1852 * with multiple processes reclaiming pages, the total
1853 * freeing target can get unreasonably large.
1855 if (nr_reclaimed >= nr_to_reclaim &&
1856 sc->priority < DEF_PRIORITY)
1859 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
1860 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_reclaimed;
1863 * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
1864 * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
1866 if (inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec))
1867 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
1868 sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
1870 throttle_vm_writeout(sc->gfp_mask);
1873 /* Use reclaim/compaction for costly allocs or under memory pressure */
1874 static bool in_reclaim_compaction(struct scan_control *sc)
1876 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION) && sc->order &&
1877 (sc->order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER ||
1878 sc->priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2))
1885 * Reclaim/compaction is used for high-order allocation requests. It reclaims
1886 * order-0 pages before compacting the zone. should_continue_reclaim() returns
1887 * true if more pages should be reclaimed such that when the page allocator
1888 * calls try_to_compact_zone() that it will have enough free pages to succeed.
1889 * It will give up earlier than that if there is difficulty reclaiming pages.
1891 static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct zone *zone,
1892 unsigned long nr_reclaimed,
1893 unsigned long nr_scanned,
1894 struct scan_control *sc)
1896 unsigned long pages_for_compaction;
1897 unsigned long inactive_lru_pages;
1899 /* If not in reclaim/compaction mode, stop */
1900 if (!in_reclaim_compaction(sc))
1903 /* Consider stopping depending on scan and reclaim activity */
1904 if (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_REPEAT) {
1906 * For __GFP_REPEAT allocations, stop reclaiming if the
1907 * full LRU list has been scanned and we are still failing
1908 * to reclaim pages. This full LRU scan is potentially
1909 * expensive but a __GFP_REPEAT caller really wants to succeed
1911 if (!nr_reclaimed && !nr_scanned)
1915 * For non-__GFP_REPEAT allocations which can presumably
1916 * fail without consequence, stop if we failed to reclaim
1917 * any pages from the last SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX number of
1918 * pages that were scanned. This will return to the
1919 * caller faster at the risk reclaim/compaction and
1920 * the resulting allocation attempt fails
1927 * If we have not reclaimed enough pages for compaction and the
1928 * inactive lists are large enough, continue reclaiming
1930 pages_for_compaction = (2UL << sc->order);
1931 inactive_lru_pages = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
1932 if (get_nr_swap_pages() > 0)
1933 inactive_lru_pages += zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
1934 if (sc->nr_reclaimed < pages_for_compaction &&
1935 inactive_lru_pages > pages_for_compaction)
1938 /* If compaction would go ahead or the allocation would succeed, stop */
1939 switch (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order)) {
1940 case COMPACT_PARTIAL:
1941 case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
1948 static void shrink_zone(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
1950 unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
1953 struct mem_cgroup *root = sc->target_mem_cgroup;
1954 struct mem_cgroup_reclaim_cookie reclaim = {
1956 .priority = sc->priority,
1958 struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
1960 nr_reclaimed = sc->nr_reclaimed;
1961 nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
1963 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(root, NULL, &reclaim);
1965 struct lruvec *lruvec;
1967 lruvec = mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone, memcg);
1969 shrink_lruvec(lruvec, sc);
1972 * Direct reclaim and kswapd have to scan all memory
1973 * cgroups to fulfill the overall scan target for the
1976 * Limit reclaim, on the other hand, only cares about
1977 * nr_to_reclaim pages to be reclaimed and it will
1978 * retry with decreasing priority if one round over the
1979 * whole hierarchy is not sufficient.
1981 if (!global_reclaim(sc) &&
1982 sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim) {
1983 mem_cgroup_iter_break(root, memcg);
1986 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(root, memcg, &reclaim);
1989 vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
1990 sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned,
1991 sc->nr_reclaimed - nr_reclaimed);
1993 } while (should_continue_reclaim(zone, sc->nr_reclaimed - nr_reclaimed,
1994 sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, sc));
1997 /* Returns true if compaction should go ahead for a high-order request */
1998 static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
2000 unsigned long balance_gap, watermark;
2003 /* Do not consider compaction for orders reclaim is meant to satisfy */
2004 if (sc->order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
2008 * Compaction takes time to run and there are potentially other
2009 * callers using the pages just freed. Continue reclaiming until
2010 * there is a buffer of free pages available to give compaction
2011 * a reasonable chance of completing and allocating the page
2013 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2014 (zone->managed_pages + KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2015 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2016 watermark = high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap + (2UL << sc->order);
2017 watermark_ok = zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0);
2020 * If compaction is deferred, reclaim up to a point where
2021 * compaction will have a chance of success when re-enabled
2023 if (compaction_deferred(zone, sc->order))
2024 return watermark_ok;
2026 /* If compaction is not ready to start, keep reclaiming */
2027 if (!compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order))
2030 return watermark_ok;
2034 * This is the direct reclaim path, for page-allocating processes. We only
2035 * try to reclaim pages from zones which will satisfy the caller's allocation
2038 * We reclaim from a zone even if that zone is over high_wmark_pages(zone).
2040 * a) The caller may be trying to free *extra* pages to satisfy a higher-order
2042 * b) The target zone may be at high_wmark_pages(zone) but the lower zones
2043 * must go *over* high_wmark_pages(zone) to satisfy the `incremental min'
2044 * zone defense algorithm.
2046 * If a zone is deemed to be full of pinned pages then just give it a light
2047 * scan then give up on it.
2049 * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
2050 * high-order allocation and compaction is ready to begin. This indicates to
2051 * the caller that it should consider retrying the allocation instead of
2054 static bool shrink_zones(struct zonelist *zonelist, struct scan_control *sc)
2058 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2059 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2060 bool aborted_reclaim = false;
2063 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine exceeds the maximum
2064 * allowed level, force direct reclaim to scan the highmem zone as
2065 * highmem pages could be pinning lowmem pages storing buffer_heads
2067 if (buffer_heads_over_limit)
2068 sc->gfp_mask |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
2070 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2071 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2072 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2075 * Take care memory controller reclaiming has small influence
2078 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
2079 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2081 if (zone->all_unreclaimable &&
2082 sc->priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2083 continue; /* Let kswapd poll it */
2084 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION)) {
2086 * If we already have plenty of memory free for
2087 * compaction in this zone, don't free any more.
2088 * Even though compaction is invoked for any
2089 * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
2090 * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
2091 * noticeable problem, like transparent huge
2094 if (compaction_ready(zone, sc)) {
2095 aborted_reclaim = true;
2100 * This steals pages from memory cgroups over softlimit
2101 * and returns the number of reclaimed pages and
2102 * scanned pages. This works for global memory pressure
2103 * and balancing, not for a memcg's limit.
2105 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2106 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2107 sc->order, sc->gfp_mask,
2109 sc->nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2110 sc->nr_scanned += nr_soft_scanned;
2111 /* need some check for avoid more shrink_zone() */
2114 shrink_zone(zone, sc);
2117 return aborted_reclaim;
2120 static unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone)
2124 nr = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE) +
2125 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
2127 if (get_nr_swap_pages() > 0)
2128 nr += zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_ANON) +
2129 zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_ANON);
2134 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
2136 return zone->pages_scanned < zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) * 6;
2139 /* All zones in zonelist are unreclaimable? */
2140 static bool all_unreclaimable(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2141 struct scan_control *sc)
2146 for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
2147 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
2148 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2150 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2152 if (!zone->all_unreclaimable)
2160 * This is the main entry point to direct page reclaim.
2162 * If a full scan of the inactive list fails to free enough memory then we
2163 * are "out of memory" and something needs to be killed.
2165 * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably
2166 * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this
2167 * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit
2168 * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the
2169 * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not
2170 * work, and the allocation attempt will fail.
2172 * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed
2173 * else, the number of pages reclaimed
2175 static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
2176 struct scan_control *sc,
2177 struct shrink_control *shrink)
2179 unsigned long total_scanned = 0;
2180 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2183 unsigned long writeback_threshold;
2184 bool aborted_reclaim;
2186 delayacct_freepages_start();
2188 if (global_reclaim(sc))
2189 count_vm_event(ALLOCSTALL);
2192 vmpressure_prio(sc->gfp_mask, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
2195 aborted_reclaim = shrink_zones(zonelist, sc);
2198 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
2199 * over limit cgroups
2201 if (global_reclaim(sc)) {
2202 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2203 for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist,
2204 gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask)) {
2205 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
2208 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2211 shrink_slab(shrink, sc->nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2212 if (reclaim_state) {
2213 sc->nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2214 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2217 total_scanned += sc->nr_scanned;
2218 if (sc->nr_reclaimed >= sc->nr_to_reclaim)
2222 * If we're getting trouble reclaiming, start doing
2223 * writepage even in laptop mode.
2225 if (sc->priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
2226 sc->may_writepage = 1;
2229 * Try to write back as many pages as we just scanned. This
2230 * tends to cause slow streaming writers to write data to the
2231 * disk smoothly, at the dirtying rate, which is nice. But
2232 * that's undesirable in laptop mode, where we *want* lumpy
2233 * writeout. So in laptop mode, write out the whole world.
2235 writeback_threshold = sc->nr_to_reclaim + sc->nr_to_reclaim / 2;
2236 if (total_scanned > writeback_threshold) {
2237 wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned,
2238 WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES);
2239 sc->may_writepage = 1;
2242 /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */
2243 if (!sc->hibernation_mode && sc->nr_scanned &&
2244 sc->priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2) {
2245 struct zone *preferred_zone;
2247 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask),
2248 &cpuset_current_mems_allowed,
2250 wait_iff_congested(preferred_zone, BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
2252 } while (--sc->priority >= 0);
2255 delayacct_freepages_end();
2257 if (sc->nr_reclaimed)
2258 return sc->nr_reclaimed;
2261 * As hibernation is going on, kswapd is freezed so that it can't mark
2262 * the zone into all_unreclaimable. Thus bypassing all_unreclaimable
2265 if (oom_killer_disabled)
2268 /* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
2269 if (aborted_reclaim)
2272 /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */
2273 if (global_reclaim(sc) && !all_unreclaimable(zonelist, sc))
2279 static bool pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pg_data_t *pgdat)
2282 unsigned long pfmemalloc_reserve = 0;
2283 unsigned long free_pages = 0;
2287 for (i = 0; i <= ZONE_NORMAL; i++) {
2288 zone = &pgdat->node_zones[i];
2289 pfmemalloc_reserve += min_wmark_pages(zone);
2290 free_pages += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
2293 wmark_ok = free_pages > pfmemalloc_reserve / 2;
2295 /* kswapd must be awake if processes are being throttled */
2296 if (!wmark_ok && waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait)) {
2297 pgdat->classzone_idx = min(pgdat->classzone_idx,
2298 (enum zone_type)ZONE_NORMAL);
2299 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
2306 * Throttle direct reclaimers if backing storage is backed by the network
2307 * and the PFMEMALLOC reserve for the preferred node is getting dangerously
2308 * depleted. kswapd will continue to make progress and wake the processes
2309 * when the low watermark is reached.
2311 * Returns true if a fatal signal was delivered during throttling. If this
2312 * happens, the page allocator should not consider triggering the OOM killer.
2314 static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
2315 nodemask_t *nodemask)
2318 int high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask);
2322 * Kernel threads should not be throttled as they may be indirectly
2323 * responsible for cleaning pages necessary for reclaim to make forward
2324 * progress. kjournald for example may enter direct reclaim while
2325 * committing a transaction where throttling it could forcing other
2326 * processes to block on log_wait_commit().
2328 if (current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
2332 * If a fatal signal is pending, this process should not throttle.
2333 * It should return quickly so it can exit and free its memory
2335 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
2338 /* Check if the pfmemalloc reserves are ok */
2339 first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, high_zoneidx, NULL, &zone);
2340 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
2341 if (pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
2344 /* Account for the throttling */
2345 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_DIRECT_THROTTLE);
2348 * If the caller cannot enter the filesystem, it's possible that it
2349 * is due to the caller holding an FS lock or performing a journal
2350 * transaction in the case of a filesystem like ext[3|4]. In this case,
2351 * it is not safe to block on pfmemalloc_wait as kswapd could be
2352 * blocked waiting on the same lock. Instead, throttle for up to a
2353 * second before continuing.
2355 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)) {
2356 wait_event_interruptible_timeout(pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
2357 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat), HZ);
2362 /* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
2363 wait_event_killable(zone->zone_pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
2364 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat));
2367 if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
2374 unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
2375 gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask)
2377 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2378 struct scan_control sc = {
2379 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask)),
2380 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2381 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2385 .priority = DEF_PRIORITY,
2386 .target_mem_cgroup = NULL,
2387 .nodemask = nodemask,
2389 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2390 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2394 * Do not enter reclaim if fatal signal was delivered while throttled.
2395 * 1 is returned so that the page allocator does not OOM kill at this
2398 if (throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_mask, zonelist, nodemask))
2401 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(order,
2405 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2407 trace_mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2409 return nr_reclaimed;
2414 unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
2415 gfp_t gfp_mask, bool noswap,
2417 unsigned long *nr_scanned)
2419 struct scan_control sc = {
2421 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2422 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2424 .may_swap = !noswap,
2427 .target_mem_cgroup = memcg,
2429 struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone, memcg);
2431 sc.gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2432 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
2434 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_begin(sc.order,
2439 * NOTE: Although we can get the priority field, using it
2440 * here is not a good idea, since it limits the pages we can scan.
2441 * if we don't reclaim here, the shrink_zone from balance_pgdat
2442 * will pick up pages from other mem cgroup's as well. We hack
2443 * the priority and make it zero.
2445 shrink_lruvec(lruvec, &sc);
2447 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_softlimit_reclaim_end(sc.nr_reclaimed);
2449 *nr_scanned = sc.nr_scanned;
2450 return sc.nr_reclaimed;
2453 unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
2457 struct zonelist *zonelist;
2458 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
2460 struct scan_control sc = {
2461 .may_writepage = !laptop_mode,
2463 .may_swap = !noswap,
2464 .nr_to_reclaim = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2466 .priority = DEF_PRIORITY,
2467 .target_mem_cgroup = memcg,
2468 .nodemask = NULL, /* we don't care the placement */
2469 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK) |
2470 (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~GFP_RECLAIM_MASK),
2472 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2473 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2477 * Unlike direct reclaim via alloc_pages(), memcg's reclaim doesn't
2478 * take care of from where we get pages. So the node where we start the
2479 * scan does not need to be the current node.
2481 nid = mem_cgroup_select_victim_node(memcg);
2483 zonelist = NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zonelists;
2485 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_begin(0,
2489 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
2491 trace_mm_vmscan_memcg_reclaim_end(nr_reclaimed);
2493 return nr_reclaimed;
2497 static void age_active_anon(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
2499 struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
2501 if (!total_swap_pages)
2504 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
2506 struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_zone_lruvec(zone, memcg);
2508 if (inactive_anon_is_low(lruvec))
2509 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
2510 sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
2512 memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL);
2516 static bool zone_balanced(struct zone *zone, int order,
2517 unsigned long balance_gap, int classzone_idx)
2519 if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, high_wmark_pages(zone) +
2520 balance_gap, classzone_idx, 0))
2523 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION) && order &&
2524 !compaction_suitable(zone, order))
2531 * pgdat_balanced() is used when checking if a node is balanced.
2533 * For order-0, all zones must be balanced!
2535 * For high-order allocations only zones that meet watermarks and are in a
2536 * zone allowed by the callers classzone_idx are added to balanced_pages. The
2537 * total of balanced pages must be at least 25% of the zones allowed by
2538 * classzone_idx for the node to be considered balanced. Forcing all zones to
2539 * be balanced for high orders can cause excessive reclaim when there are
2541 * The choice of 25% is due to
2542 * o a 16M DMA zone that is balanced will not balance a zone on any
2543 * reasonable sized machine
2544 * o On all other machines, the top zone must be at least a reasonable
2545 * percentage of the middle zones. For example, on 32-bit x86, highmem
2546 * would need to be at least 256M for it to be balance a whole node.
2547 * Similarly, on x86-64 the Normal zone would need to be at least 1G
2548 * to balance a node on its own. These seemed like reasonable ratios.
2550 static bool pgdat_balanced(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
2552 unsigned long managed_pages = 0;
2553 unsigned long balanced_pages = 0;
2556 /* Check the watermark levels */
2557 for (i = 0; i <= classzone_idx; i++) {
2558 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2560 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2563 managed_pages += zone->managed_pages;
2566 * A special case here:
2568 * balance_pgdat() skips over all_unreclaimable after
2569 * DEF_PRIORITY. Effectively, it considers them balanced so
2570 * they must be considered balanced here as well!
2572 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2573 balanced_pages += zone->managed_pages;
2577 if (zone_balanced(zone, order, 0, i))
2578 balanced_pages += zone->managed_pages;
2584 return balanced_pages >= (managed_pages >> 2);
2590 * Prepare kswapd for sleeping. This verifies that there are no processes
2591 * waiting in throttle_direct_reclaim() and that watermarks have been met.
2593 * Returns true if kswapd is ready to sleep
2595 static bool prepare_kswapd_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, long remaining,
2598 /* If a direct reclaimer woke kswapd within HZ/10, it's premature */
2603 * There is a potential race between when kswapd checks its watermarks
2604 * and a process gets throttled. There is also a potential race if
2605 * processes get throttled, kswapd wakes, a large process exits therby
2606 * balancing the zones that causes kswapd to miss a wakeup. If kswapd
2607 * is going to sleep, no process should be sleeping on pfmemalloc_wait
2608 * so wake them now if necessary. If necessary, processes will wake
2609 * kswapd and get throttled again
2611 if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait)) {
2612 wake_up(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait);
2616 return pgdat_balanced(pgdat, order, classzone_idx);
2620 * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will work across all this node's zones until
2621 * they are all at high_wmark_pages(zone).
2623 * Returns the final order kswapd was reclaiming at
2625 * There is special handling here for zones which are full of pinned pages.
2626 * This can happen if the pages are all mlocked, or if they are all used by
2627 * device drivers (say, ZONE_DMA). Or if they are all in use by hugetlb.
2628 * What we do is to detect the case where all pages in the zone have been
2629 * scanned twice and there has been zero successful reclaim. Mark the zone as
2630 * dead and from now on, only perform a short scan. Basically we're polling
2631 * the zone for when the problem goes away.
2633 * kswapd scans the zones in the highmem->normal->dma direction. It skips
2634 * zones which have free_pages > high_wmark_pages(zone), but once a zone is
2635 * found to have free_pages <= high_wmark_pages(zone), we scan that zone and the
2636 * lower zones regardless of the number of free pages in the lower zones. This
2637 * interoperates with the page allocator fallback scheme to ensure that aging
2638 * of pages is balanced across the zones.
2640 static unsigned long balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
2643 bool pgdat_is_balanced = false;
2645 int end_zone = 0; /* Inclusive. 0 = ZONE_DMA */
2646 struct reclaim_state *reclaim_state = current->reclaim_state;
2647 unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
2648 unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
2649 struct scan_control sc = {
2650 .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
2654 * kswapd doesn't want to be bailed out while reclaim. because
2655 * we want to put equal scanning pressure on each zone.
2657 .nr_to_reclaim = ULONG_MAX,
2659 .target_mem_cgroup = NULL,
2661 struct shrink_control shrink = {
2662 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
2665 sc.priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
2666 sc.nr_reclaimed = 0;
2667 sc.may_writepage = !laptop_mode;
2668 count_vm_event(PAGEOUTRUN);
2671 unsigned long lru_pages = 0;
2674 * Scan in the highmem->dma direction for the highest
2675 * zone which needs scanning
2677 for (i = pgdat->nr_zones - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
2678 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2680 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2683 if (zone->all_unreclaimable &&
2684 sc.priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2688 * Do some background aging of the anon list, to give
2689 * pages a chance to be referenced before reclaiming.
2691 age_active_anon(zone, &sc);
2694 * If the number of buffer_heads in the machine
2695 * exceeds the maximum allowed level and this node
2696 * has a highmem zone, force kswapd to reclaim from
2697 * it to relieve lowmem pressure.
2699 if (buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) {
2704 if (!zone_balanced(zone, order, 0, 0)) {
2708 /* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
2709 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2714 pgdat_is_balanced = true;
2718 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2719 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2721 lru_pages += zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
2725 * Now scan the zone in the dma->highmem direction, stopping
2726 * at the last zone which needs scanning.
2728 * We do this because the page allocator works in the opposite
2729 * direction. This prevents the page allocator from allocating
2730 * pages behind kswapd's direction of progress, which would
2731 * cause too much scanning of the lower zones.
2733 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2734 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2735 int nr_slab, testorder;
2736 unsigned long balance_gap;
2738 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2741 if (zone->all_unreclaimable &&
2742 sc.priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
2747 nr_soft_scanned = 0;
2749 * Call soft limit reclaim before calling shrink_zone.
2751 nr_soft_reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(zone,
2754 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_soft_reclaimed;
2757 * We put equal pressure on every zone, unless
2758 * one zone has way too many pages free
2759 * already. The "too many pages" is defined
2760 * as the high wmark plus a "gap" where the
2761 * gap is either the low watermark or 1%
2762 * of the zone, whichever is smaller.
2764 balance_gap = min(low_wmark_pages(zone),
2765 (zone->managed_pages +
2766 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO-1) /
2767 KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
2769 * Kswapd reclaims only single pages with compaction
2770 * enabled. Trying too hard to reclaim until contiguous
2771 * free pages have become available can hurt performance
2772 * by evicting too much useful data from memory.
2773 * Do not reclaim more than needed for compaction.
2776 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_COMPACTION) && order &&
2777 compaction_suitable(zone, order) !=
2781 if ((buffer_heads_over_limit && is_highmem_idx(i)) ||
2782 !zone_balanced(zone, testorder,
2783 balance_gap, end_zone)) {
2784 shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
2786 reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
2787 nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
2788 sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
2790 if (nr_slab == 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone))
2791 zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
2795 * If we're getting trouble reclaiming, start doing
2796 * writepage even in laptop mode.
2798 if (sc.priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)
2799 sc.may_writepage = 1;
2801 if (zone->all_unreclaimable) {
2802 if (end_zone && end_zone == i)
2807 if (zone_balanced(zone, testorder, 0, end_zone))
2809 * If a zone reaches its high watermark,
2810 * consider it to be no longer congested. It's
2811 * possible there are dirty pages backed by
2812 * congested BDIs but as pressure is relieved,
2813 * speculatively avoid congestion waits
2815 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
2819 * If the low watermark is met there is no need for processes
2820 * to be throttled on pfmemalloc_wait as they should not be
2821 * able to safely make forward progress. Wake them
2823 if (waitqueue_active(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait) &&
2824 pfmemalloc_watermark_ok(pgdat))
2825 wake_up(&pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait);
2827 if (pgdat_balanced(pgdat, order, *classzone_idx)) {
2828 pgdat_is_balanced = true;
2829 break; /* kswapd: all done */
2833 * We do this so kswapd doesn't build up large priorities for
2834 * example when it is freeing in parallel with allocators. It
2835 * matches the direct reclaim path behaviour in terms of impact
2836 * on zone->*_priority.
2838 if (sc.nr_reclaimed >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2840 } while (--sc.priority >= 0);
2843 if (!pgdat_is_balanced) {
2849 * Fragmentation may mean that the system cannot be
2850 * rebalanced for high-order allocations in all zones.
2851 * At this point, if nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
2852 * it means the zones have been fully scanned and are still
2853 * not balanced. For high-order allocations, there is
2854 * little point trying all over again as kswapd may
2857 * Instead, recheck all watermarks at order-0 as they
2858 * are the most important. If watermarks are ok, kswapd will go
2859 * back to sleep. High-order users can still perform direct
2860 * reclaim if they wish.
2862 if (sc.nr_reclaimed < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
2863 order = sc.order = 0;
2869 * If kswapd was reclaiming at a higher order, it has the option of
2870 * sleeping without all zones being balanced. Before it does, it must
2871 * ensure that the watermarks for order-0 on *all* zones are met and
2872 * that the congestion flags are cleared. The congestion flag must
2873 * be cleared as kswapd is the only mechanism that clears the flag
2874 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
2877 int zones_need_compaction = 1;
2879 for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
2880 struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
2882 if (!populated_zone(zone))
2885 /* Check if the memory needs to be defragmented. */
2886 if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
2887 low_wmark_pages(zone), *classzone_idx, 0))
2888 zones_need_compaction = 0;
2891 if (zones_need_compaction)
2892 compact_pgdat(pgdat, order);
2896 * Return the order we were reclaiming at so prepare_kswapd_sleep()
2897 * makes a decision on the order we were last reclaiming at. However,
2898 * if another caller entered the allocator slow path while kswapd
2899 * was awake, order will remain at the higher level
2901 *classzone_idx = end_zone;
2905 static void kswapd_try_to_sleep(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx)
2910 if (freezing(current) || kthread_should_stop())
2913 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2915 /* Try to sleep for a short interval */
2916 if (prepare_kswapd_sleep(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2917 remaining = schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
2918 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2919 prepare_to_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
2923 * After a short sleep, check if it was a premature sleep. If not, then
2924 * go fully to sleep until explicitly woken up.
2926 if (prepare_kswapd_sleep(pgdat, order, remaining, classzone_idx)) {
2927 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_sleep(pgdat->node_id);
2930 * vmstat counters are not perfectly accurate and the estimated
2931 * value for counters such as NR_FREE_PAGES can deviate from the
2932 * true value by nr_online_cpus * threshold. To avoid the zone
2933 * watermarks being breached while under pressure, we reduce the
2934 * per-cpu vmstat threshold while kswapd is awake and restore
2935 * them before going back to sleep.
2937 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_normal_threshold);
2940 * Compaction records what page blocks it recently failed to
2941 * isolate pages from and skips them in the future scanning.
2942 * When kswapd is going to sleep, it is reasonable to assume
2943 * that pages and compaction may succeed so reset the cache.
2945 reset_isolation_suitable(pgdat);
2947 if (!kthread_should_stop())
2950 set_pgdat_percpu_threshold(pgdat, calculate_pressure_threshold);
2953 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_LOW_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2955 count_vm_event(KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY);
2957 finish_wait(&pgdat->kswapd_wait, &wait);
2961 * The background pageout daemon, started as a kernel thread
2962 * from the init process.
2964 * This basically trickles out pages so that we have _some_
2965 * free memory available even if there is no other activity
2966 * that frees anything up. This is needed for things like routing
2967 * etc, where we otherwise might have all activity going on in
2968 * asynchronous contexts that cannot page things out.
2970 * If there are applications that are active memory-allocators
2971 * (most normal use), this basically shouldn't matter.
2973 static int kswapd(void *p)
2975 unsigned long order, new_order;
2976 unsigned balanced_order;
2977 int classzone_idx, new_classzone_idx;
2978 int balanced_classzone_idx;
2979 pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
2980 struct task_struct *tsk = current;
2982 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state = {
2983 .reclaimed_slab = 0,
2985 const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
2987 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(GFP_KERNEL);
2989 if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask))
2990 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask);
2991 current->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
2994 * Tell the memory management that we're a "memory allocator",
2995 * and that if we need more memory we should get access to it
2996 * regardless (see "__alloc_pages()"). "kswapd" should
2997 * never get caught in the normal page freeing logic.
2999 * (Kswapd normally doesn't need memory anyway, but sometimes
3000 * you need a small amount of memory in order to be able to
3001 * page out something else, and this flag essentially protects
3002 * us from recursively trying to free more memory as we're
3003 * trying to free the first piece of memory in the first place).
3005 tsk->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE | PF_KSWAPD;
3008 order = new_order = 0;
3010 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3011 balanced_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3016 * If the last balance_pgdat was unsuccessful it's unlikely a
3017 * new request of a similar or harder type will succeed soon
3018 * so consider going to sleep on the basis we reclaimed at
3020 if (balanced_classzone_idx >= new_classzone_idx &&
3021 balanced_order == new_order) {
3022 new_order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
3023 new_classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
3024 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
3025 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3028 if (order < new_order || classzone_idx > new_classzone_idx) {
3030 * Don't sleep if someone wants a larger 'order'
3031 * allocation or has tigher zone constraints
3034 classzone_idx = new_classzone_idx;
3036 kswapd_try_to_sleep(pgdat, balanced_order,
3037 balanced_classzone_idx);
3038 order = pgdat->kswapd_max_order;
3039 classzone_idx = pgdat->classzone_idx;
3041 new_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3042 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = 0;
3043 pgdat->classzone_idx = pgdat->nr_zones - 1;
3046 ret = try_to_freeze();
3047 if (kthread_should_stop())
3051 * We can speed up thawing tasks if we don't call balance_pgdat
3052 * after returning from the refrigerator
3055 trace_mm_vmscan_kswapd_wake(pgdat->node_id, order);
3056 balanced_classzone_idx = classzone_idx;
3057 balanced_order = balance_pgdat(pgdat, order,
3058 &balanced_classzone_idx);
3062 current->reclaim_state = NULL;
3067 * A zone is low on free memory, so wake its kswapd task to service it.
3069 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone, int order, enum zone_type classzone_idx)
3073 if (!populated_zone(zone))
3076 if (!cpuset_zone_allowed_hardwall(zone, GFP_KERNEL))
3078 pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
3079 if (pgdat->kswapd_max_order < order) {
3080 pgdat->kswapd_max_order = order;
3081 pgdat->classzone_idx = min(pgdat->classzone_idx, classzone_idx);
3083 if (!waitqueue_active(&pgdat->kswapd_wait))
3085 if (zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order, low_wmark_pages(zone), 0, 0))
3088 trace_mm_vmscan_wakeup_kswapd(pgdat->node_id, zone_idx(zone), order);
3089 wake_up_interruptible(&pgdat->kswapd_wait);
3092 #ifdef CONFIG_HIBERNATION
3094 * Try to free `nr_to_reclaim' of memory, system-wide, and return the number of
3097 * Rather than trying to age LRUs the aim is to preserve the overall
3098 * LRU order by reclaiming preferentially
3099 * inactive > active > active referenced > active mapped
3101 unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_to_reclaim)
3103 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
3104 struct scan_control sc = {
3105 .gfp_mask = GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE,
3109 .nr_to_reclaim = nr_to_reclaim,
3110 .hibernation_mode = 1,
3112 .priority = DEF_PRIORITY,
3114 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3115 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3117 struct zonelist *zonelist = node_zonelist(numa_node_id(), sc.gfp_mask);
3118 struct task_struct *p = current;
3119 unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
3121 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
3122 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(sc.gfp_mask);
3123 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3124 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3126 nr_reclaimed = do_try_to_free_pages(zonelist, &sc, &shrink);
3128 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3129 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3130 p->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
3132 return nr_reclaimed;
3134 #endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
3136 /* It's optimal to keep kswapds on the same CPUs as their memory, but
3137 not required for correctness. So if the last cpu in a node goes
3138 away, we get changed to run anywhere: as the first one comes back,
3139 restore their cpu bindings. */
3140 static int cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action,
3145 if (action == CPU_ONLINE || action == CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN) {
3146 for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
3147 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
3148 const struct cpumask *mask;
3150 mask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
3152 if (cpumask_any_and(cpu_online_mask, mask) < nr_cpu_ids)
3153 /* One of our CPUs online: restore mask */
3154 set_cpus_allowed_ptr(pgdat->kswapd, mask);
3161 * This kswapd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
3162 * On node-hot-add, kswapd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
3164 int kswapd_run(int nid)
3166 pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
3172 pgdat->kswapd = kthread_run(kswapd, pgdat, "kswapd%d", nid);
3173 if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
3174 /* failure at boot is fatal */
3175 BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
3176 pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid);
3177 ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kswapd);
3178 pgdat->kswapd = NULL;
3184 * Called by memory hotplug when all memory in a node is offlined. Caller must
3185 * hold lock_memory_hotplug().
3187 void kswapd_stop(int nid)
3189 struct task_struct *kswapd = NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd;
3192 kthread_stop(kswapd);
3193 NODE_DATA(nid)->kswapd = NULL;
3197 static int __init kswapd_init(void)
3202 for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY)
3204 hotcpu_notifier(cpu_callback, 0);
3208 module_init(kswapd_init)
3214 * If non-zero call zone_reclaim when the number of free pages falls below
3217 int zone_reclaim_mode __read_mostly;
3219 #define RECLAIM_OFF 0
3220 #define RECLAIM_ZONE (1<<0) /* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
3221 #define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1) /* Writeout pages during reclaim */
3222 #define RECLAIM_SWAP (1<<2) /* Swap pages out during reclaim */
3225 * Priority for ZONE_RECLAIM. This determines the fraction of pages
3226 * of a node considered for each zone_reclaim. 4 scans 1/16th of
3229 #define ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY 4
3232 * Percentage of pages in a zone that must be unmapped for zone_reclaim to
3235 int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio = 1;
3238 * If the number of slab pages in a zone grows beyond this percentage then
3239 * slab reclaim needs to occur.
3241 int sysctl_min_slab_ratio = 5;
3243 static inline unsigned long zone_unmapped_file_pages(struct zone *zone)
3245 unsigned long file_mapped = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
3246 unsigned long file_lru = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE) +
3247 zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
3250 * It's possible for there to be more file mapped pages than
3251 * accounted for by the pages on the file LRU lists because
3252 * tmpfs pages accounted for as ANON can also be FILE_MAPPED
3254 return (file_lru > file_mapped) ? (file_lru - file_mapped) : 0;
3257 /* Work out how many page cache pages we can reclaim in this reclaim_mode */
3258 static long zone_pagecache_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
3260 long nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3264 * If RECLAIM_SWAP is set, then all file pages are considered
3265 * potentially reclaimable. Otherwise, we have to worry about
3266 * pages like swapcache and zone_unmapped_file_pages() provides
3269 if (zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP)
3270 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_PAGES);
3272 nr_pagecache_reclaimable = zone_unmapped_file_pages(zone);
3274 /* If we can't clean pages, remove dirty pages from consideration */
3275 if (!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE))
3276 delta += zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
3278 /* Watch for any possible underflows due to delta */
3279 if (unlikely(delta > nr_pagecache_reclaimable))
3280 delta = nr_pagecache_reclaimable;
3282 return nr_pagecache_reclaimable - delta;
3286 * Try to free up some pages from this zone through reclaim.
3288 static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3290 /* Minimum pages needed in order to stay on node */
3291 const unsigned long nr_pages = 1 << order;
3292 struct task_struct *p = current;
3293 struct reclaim_state reclaim_state;
3294 struct scan_control sc = {
3295 .may_writepage = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_WRITE),
3296 .may_unmap = !!(zone_reclaim_mode & RECLAIM_SWAP),
3298 .nr_to_reclaim = max(nr_pages, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
3299 .gfp_mask = (gfp_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask)),
3301 .priority = ZONE_RECLAIM_PRIORITY,
3303 struct shrink_control shrink = {
3304 .gfp_mask = sc.gfp_mask,
3306 unsigned long nr_slab_pages0, nr_slab_pages1;
3310 * We need to be able to allocate from the reserves for RECLAIM_SWAP
3311 * and we also need to be able to write out pages for RECLAIM_WRITE
3314 p->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE;
3315 lockdep_set_current_reclaim_state(gfp_mask);
3316 reclaim_state.reclaimed_slab = 0;
3317 p->reclaim_state = &reclaim_state;
3319 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) > zone->min_unmapped_pages) {
3321 * Free memory by calling shrink zone with increasing
3322 * priorities until we have enough memory freed.
3325 shrink_zone(zone, &sc);
3326 } while (sc.nr_reclaimed < nr_pages && --sc.priority >= 0);
3329 nr_slab_pages0 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3330 if (nr_slab_pages0 > zone->min_slab_pages) {
3332 * shrink_slab() does not currently allow us to determine how
3333 * many pages were freed in this zone. So we take the current
3334 * number of slab pages and shake the slab until it is reduced
3335 * by the same nr_pages that we used for reclaiming unmapped
3338 * Note that shrink_slab will free memory on all zones and may
3342 unsigned long lru_pages = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone);
3344 /* No reclaimable slab or very low memory pressure */
3345 if (!shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages))
3348 /* Freed enough memory */
3349 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone,
3350 NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3351 if (nr_slab_pages1 + nr_pages <= nr_slab_pages0)
3356 * Update nr_reclaimed by the number of slab pages we
3357 * reclaimed from this zone.
3359 nr_slab_pages1 = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE);
3360 if (nr_slab_pages1 < nr_slab_pages0)
3361 sc.nr_reclaimed += nr_slab_pages0 - nr_slab_pages1;
3364 p->reclaim_state = NULL;
3365 current->flags &= ~(PF_MEMALLOC | PF_SWAPWRITE);
3366 lockdep_clear_current_reclaim_state();
3367 return sc.nr_reclaimed >= nr_pages;
3370 int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
3376 * Zone reclaim reclaims unmapped file backed pages and
3377 * slab pages if we are over the defined limits.
3379 * A small portion of unmapped file backed pages is needed for
3380 * file I/O otherwise pages read by file I/O will be immediately
3381 * thrown out if the zone is overallocated. So we do not reclaim
3382 * if less than a specified percentage of the zone is used by
3383 * unmapped file backed pages.
3385 if (zone_pagecache_reclaimable(zone) <= zone->min_unmapped_pages &&
3386 zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE) <= zone->min_slab_pages)
3387 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3389 if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
3390 return ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL;
3393 * Do not scan if the allocation should not be delayed.
3395 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) || (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
3396 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3399 * Only run zone reclaim on the local zone or on zones that do not
3400 * have associated processors. This will favor the local processor
3401 * over remote processors and spread off node memory allocations
3402 * as wide as possible.
3404 node_id = zone_to_nid(zone);
3405 if (node_state(node_id, N_CPU) && node_id != numa_node_id())
3406 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3408 if (zone_test_and_set_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED))
3409 return ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;
3411 ret = __zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
3412 zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_RECLAIM_LOCKED);
3415 count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED);
3422 * page_evictable - test whether a page is evictable
3423 * @page: the page to test
3425 * Test whether page is evictable--i.e., should be placed on active/inactive
3426 * lists vs unevictable list.
3428 * Reasons page might not be evictable:
3429 * (1) page's mapping marked unevictable
3430 * (2) page is part of an mlocked VMA
3433 int page_evictable(struct page *page)
3435 return !mapping_unevictable(page_mapping(page)) && !PageMlocked(page);
3440 * check_move_unevictable_pages - check pages for evictability and move to appropriate zone lru list
3441 * @pages: array of pages to check
3442 * @nr_pages: number of pages to check
3444 * Checks pages for evictability and moves them to the appropriate lru list.
3446 * This function is only used for SysV IPC SHM_UNLOCK.
3448 void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
3450 struct lruvec *lruvec;
3451 struct zone *zone = NULL;
3456 for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
3457 struct page *page = pages[i];
3458 struct zone *pagezone;
3461 pagezone = page_zone(page);
3462 if (pagezone != zone) {
3464 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3466 spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3468 lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone);
3470 if (!PageLRU(page) || !PageUnevictable(page))
3473 if (page_evictable(page)) {
3474 enum lru_list lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
3476 VM_BUG_ON(PageActive(page));
3477 ClearPageUnevictable(page);
3478 del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
3479 add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
3485 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED, pgrescued);
3486 __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pgscanned);
3487 spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
3490 #endif /* CONFIG_SHMEM */
3492 static void warn_scan_unevictable_pages(void)
3494 printk_once(KERN_WARNING
3495 "%s: The scan_unevictable_pages sysctl/node-interface has been "
3496 "disabled for lack of a legitimate use case. If you have "
3497 "one, please send an email to linux-mm@kvack.org.\n",
3502 * scan_unevictable_pages [vm] sysctl handler. On demand re-scan of
3503 * all nodes' unevictable lists for evictable pages
3505 unsigned long scan_unevictable_pages;
3507 int scan_unevictable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
3508 void __user *buffer,
3509 size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
3511 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3512 proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
3513 scan_unevictable_pages = 0;
3519 * per node 'scan_unevictable_pages' attribute. On demand re-scan of
3520 * a specified node's per zone unevictable lists for evictable pages.
3523 static ssize_t read_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
3524 struct device_attribute *attr,
3527 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3528 return sprintf(buf, "0\n"); /* always zero; should fit... */
3531 static ssize_t write_scan_unevictable_node(struct device *dev,
3532 struct device_attribute *attr,
3533 const char *buf, size_t count)
3535 warn_scan_unevictable_pages();
3540 static DEVICE_ATTR(scan_unevictable_pages, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
3541 read_scan_unevictable_node,
3542 write_scan_unevictable_node);
3544 int scan_unevictable_register_node(struct node *node)
3546 return device_create_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);
3549 void scan_unevictable_unregister_node(struct node *node)
3551 device_remove_file(&node->dev, &dev_attr_scan_unevictable_pages);