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The initial MGLRU patchset didn't include the memcg LRU support, and it
relied on should_abort_scan(), added by commit f76c833 ("mm:
multi-gen LRU: optimize multiple memcgs"), to "backoff to avoid
overshooting their aggregate reclaim target by too much".
Later on when the memcg LRU was added, should_abort_scan() was deemed
unnecessary, and the test results [1] showed no side effects after it was
removed by commit a579086 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: remove eviction
fairness safeguard").
However, that test used memory.reclaim, which sets nr_to_reclaim to
SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX. So it can overshoot only by SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX-1 pages,
i.e., from nr_reclaimed=nr_to_reclaim-1 to
nr_reclaimed=nr_to_reclaim+SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX-1. Compared with the batch
size kswapd sets to nr_to_reclaim, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX is tiny. Therefore
that test isn't able to reproduce the worst case scenario, i.e., kswapd
overshooting GBs on large systems and "consuming 100% CPU" (see the Closes
tag).
Bring back a simplified version of should_abort_scan() on top of the memcg
LRU, so that kswapd stops when all eligible zones are above their
respective high watermarks plus a small delta to lower the chance of
KSWAPD_HIGH_WMARK_HIT_QUICKLY. Note that this only applies to order-0
reclaim, meaning compaction-induced reclaim can still run wild (which is a
different problem).
On Android, launching 55 apps sequentially:
Before After Change
pgpgin 838377172 802955040 -4%
pgpgout 38037080 34336300 -10%
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: a579086 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: remove eviction fairness safeguard")
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Charan Teja Kalla <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Jaroslav Pulchart <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CAK8fFZ4DY+GtBA40Pm7Nn5xCHy+51w3sfxPqkqpqakSXYyX+Wg@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Jaroslav Pulchart <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Kalesh Singh <[email protected]>
Cc: Hillf Danton <[email protected]>
Cc: Kairui Song <[email protected]>
Cc: T.J. Mercier <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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