From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA1FC04AB1 for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 00:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E39A2085A for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 00:16:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726858AbfEJAQn (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 May 2019 20:16:43 -0400 Received: from out30-54.freemail.mail.aliyun.com ([115.124.30.54]:43262 "EHLO out30-54.freemail.mail.aliyun.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726694AbfEJAQm (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 May 2019 20:16:42 -0400 X-Alimail-AntiSpam: AC=PASS;BC=-1|-1;BR=01201311R211e4;CH=green;DM=||false|;FP=0|-1|-1|-1|0|-1|-1|-1;HT=e01e04423;MF=yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com;NM=1;PH=DS;RN=10;SR=0;TI=SMTPD_---0TRHy6CV_1557447393; Received: from e19h19392.et15sqa.tbsite.net(mailfrom:yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com fp:SMTPD_---0TRHy6CV_1557447393) by smtp.aliyun-inc.com(127.0.0.1); Fri, 10 May 2019 08:16:39 +0800 From: Yang Shi To: ying.huang@intel.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, mhocko@suse.com, mgorman@techsingularity.net, kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, hughd@google.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] mm: vmscan: correct nr_reclaimed for THP Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 08:16:32 +0800 Message-Id: <1557447392-61607-1-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Since commit bd4c82c22c36 ("mm, THP, swap: delay splitting THP after swapped out"), THP can be swapped out in a whole. But, nr_reclaimed still gets inc'ed by one even though a whole THP (512 pages) gets swapped out. This doesn't make too much sense to memory reclaim. For example, direct reclaim may just need reclaim SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX pages, reclaiming one THP could fulfill it. But, if nr_reclaimed is not increased correctly, direct reclaim may just waste time to reclaim more pages, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 512 pages in worst case. This change may result in more reclaimed pages than scanned pages showed by /proc/vmstat since scanning one head page would reclaim 512 base pages. Cc: "Huang, Ying" Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Yang Shi --- I'm not quite sure if it was the intended behavior or just omission. I tried to dig into the review history, but didn't find any clue. I may miss some discussion. mm/vmscan.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index fd9de50..7e026ec 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1446,7 +1446,11 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, unlock_page(page); free_it: - nr_reclaimed++; + /* + * THP may get swapped out in a whole, need account + * all base pages. + */ + nr_reclaimed += (1 << compound_order(page)); /* * Is there need to periodically free_page_list? It would -- 1.8.3.1