linux/mm
Yu Zhao 081488051d mm/mglru: fix underprotected page cache
Unmapped folios accessed through file descriptors can be underprotected. 
Those folios are added to the oldest generation based on:

1. The fact that they are less costly to reclaim (no need to walk the
   rmap and flush the TLB) and have less impact on performance (don't
   cause major PFs and can be non-blocking if needed again).
2. The observation that they are likely to be single-use. E.g., for
   client use cases like Android, its apps parse configuration files
   and store the data in heap (anon); for server use cases like MySQL,
   it reads from InnoDB files and holds the cached data for tables in
   buffer pools (anon).

However, the oldest generation can be very short lived, and if so, it
doesn't provide the PID controller with enough time to respond to a surge
of refaults.  (Note that the PID controller uses weighted refaults and
those from evicted generations only take a half of the whole weight.) In
other words, for a short lived generation, the moving average smooths out
the spike quickly.

To fix the problem:
1. For folios that are already on LRU, if they can be beyond the
   tracking range of tiers, i.e., five accesses through file
   descriptors, move them to the second oldest generation to give them
   more time to age. (Note that tiers are used by the PID controller
   to statistically determine whether folios accessed multiple times
   through file descriptors are worth protecting.)
2. When adding unmapped folios to LRU, adjust the placement of them so
   that they are not too close to the tail. The effect of this is
   similar to the above.

On Android, launching 55 apps sequentially:
                           Before     After      Change
  workingset_refault_anon  25641024   25598972   0%
  workingset_refault_file  115016834  106178438  -8%

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231208061407.2125867-1-yuzhao@google.com
Fixes: ac35a49023 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: minimal implementation")
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Reported-by: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@quicinc.com>
Tested-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
Cc: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <ryncsn@gmail.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Pulchart <jaroslav.pulchart@gooddata.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2023-12-12 17:20:19 -08:00
..
damon mm/damon/core: make damon_start() waits until kdamond_fn() starts 2023-12-12 17:20:17 -08:00
kasan Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
kfence LoongArch changes for v6.6 2023-09-08 12:16:52 -07:00
kmsan mm: kmsan: panic on failure to allocate early boot metadata 2023-10-25 16:47:10 -07:00
backing-dev.c writeback: remove redundant checks for root memcg 2023-08-21 13:37:48 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c
bootmem_info.c bootmem: use kmemleak_free_part_phys in put_page_bootmem 2023-10-25 16:47:13 -07:00
cma_debug.c
cma_sysfs.c mm: cma: make kobj_type structure constant 2023-03-28 16:20:06 -07:00
cma.c mm/cma: use nth_page() in place of direct struct page manipulation 2023-10-04 10:32:29 -07:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm/compaction: factor out code to test if we should run compaction for target order 2023-10-04 10:32:19 -07:00
debug_page_alloc.c mm: page_alloc: split out DEBUG_PAGEALLOC 2023-06-09 16:25:23 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm: fix multiple typos in multiple files 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
debug.c mm: update validate_mm() to use vma iterator 2023-06-09 16:25:31 -07:00
dmapool_test.c dmapool: add alloc/free performance test 2023-04-05 19:42:38 -07:00
dmapool.c dmapool: create/destroy cleanup 2023-06-09 16:25:17 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap.c: improve the execution efficiency of early_ioremap_setup() 2023-06-09 16:25:56 -07:00
fadvise.c mm: remove unnecessary pagevec includes 2023-06-23 16:59:31 -07:00
fail_page_alloc.c mm: page_alloc: split out FAIL_PAGE_ALLOC 2023-06-09 16:25:23 -07:00
failslab.c
filemap.c mm: fix oops when filemap_map_pmd() without prealloc_pte 2023-12-06 16:12:45 -08:00
folio-compat.c filemap: Add fgf_t typedef 2023-07-24 18:04:30 -04:00
gup_test.c Merge mm-hotfixes-stable into mm-stable to pick up depended-upon changes. 2023-06-23 16:58:19 -07:00
gup_test.h
gup.c mm/gup: make failure to pin an error if FOLL_NOWAIT not specified 2023-10-18 14:34:15 -07:00
highmem.c mm: ptep_get() conversion 2023-06-19 16:19:25 -07:00
hmm.c mm: enable page walking API to lock vmas during the walk 2023-08-21 13:07:20 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm: fix for negative counter: nr_file_hugepages 2023-11-15 15:30:09 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm, hugetlb: remove HUGETLB_CGROUP_MIN_ORDER 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
hugetlb_vmemmap.c hugetlb_vmemmap: use folio argument for hugetlb_vmemmap_* functions 2023-10-25 16:47:08 -07:00
hugetlb_vmemmap.h mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: fix reference to nonexistent file 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
hugetlb.c hugetlb: fix null-ptr-deref in hugetlb_vma_lock_write 2023-12-06 16:12:43 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c
init-mm.c mm: move dummy_vm_ops out of a header 2023-08-21 13:37:46 -07:00
internal.h mm: add page_rmappable_folio() wrapper 2023-10-25 16:47:16 -07:00
interval_tree.c
io-mapping.c
ioremap.c mm: ioremap: remove unneeded ioremap_allowed and iounmap_allowed 2023-08-18 10:12:36 -07:00
Kconfig mm/Kconfig: make userfaultfd a menuconfig 2023-12-06 16:12:47 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm: page_table_check: Make it dependent on EXCLUSIVE_SYSTEM_RAM 2023-05-29 16:14:28 +01:00
khugepaged.c As usual, lots of singleton and doubleton patches all over the tree and 2023-11-02 20:53:31 -10:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak: move set_track_prepare() outside raw_spinlocks 2023-12-06 16:12:44 -08:00
ksm.c mm: more ptep_get() conversion 2023-11-15 15:30:09 -08:00
list_lru.c
maccess.c mm: Fix copy_from_user_nofault(). 2023-04-12 17:36:23 -07:00
madvise.c mm/madvise: add cond_resched() in madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range() 2023-12-06 16:12:50 -08:00
Makefile mm: vmscan: move shrinker-related code into a separate file 2023-10-04 10:32:23 -07:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm: fix clean_record_shared_mapping_range kernel-doc 2023-08-24 16:20:30 -07:00
memblock.c memblock: report failures when memblock_can_resize is not set 2023-11-08 09:40:13 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: kmem: properly initialize local objcg variable in current_obj_cgroup() 2023-12-06 16:12:44 -08:00
memfd.c memfd: drop warning for missing exec-related flags 2023-10-04 10:32:22 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug: fix error handling in add_memory_resource() 2023-12-06 16:12:46 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm: convert DAX lock/unlock page to lock/unlock folio 2023-10-04 10:32:20 -07:00
memory-tiers.c dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface 2023-10-16 15:44:39 -07:00
memory.c mm/memory.c:zap_pte_range() print bad swap entry 2023-12-06 16:12:43 -08:00
mempolicy.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
mempool.c mempool: do not use ksize() for poisoning 2022-11-30 15:58:41 -08:00
memremap.c mm/memremap.c: fix outdated comment in devm_memremap_pages 2023-02-09 16:51:46 -08:00
memtest.c mm: memtest: convert to memtest_report_meminfo() 2023-08-21 13:37:47 -07:00
migrate_device.c Add x86 shadow stack support 2023-08-31 12:20:12 -07:00
migrate.c mm: migrate: record the mlocked page status to remove unnecessary lru drain 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
mincore.c mm: enable page walking API to lock vmas during the walk 2023-08-21 13:07:20 -07:00
mlock.c mm: mlock: avoid folio_within_range() on KSM pages 2023-10-25 16:47:14 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: hugetlb: skip initialization of gigantic tail struct pages if freed by HVO 2023-10-04 10:32:30 -07:00
mm_slot.h
mmap_lock.c
mmap.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
mmu_gather.c mm: fix kernel-doc warning from tlb_flush_rmaps() 2023-08-24 16:20:30 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mmu_notifiers: rename invalidate_range notifier 2023-08-18 10:12:41 -07:00
mmzone.c mm: remove page_cpupid_xchg_last() 2023-10-25 16:47:13 -07:00
mprotect.c mm: mprotect: use a folio in change_pte_range() 2023-10-25 16:47:12 -07:00
mremap.c mm: abstract VMA merge and extend into vma_merge_extend() helper 2023-10-18 14:34:18 -07:00
msync.c
nommu.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
oom_kill.c mm/oom_killer: simplify OOM killer info dump helper 2023-10-25 16:47:10 -07:00
page_alloc.c mm: add page_rmappable_folio() wrapper 2023-10-25 16:47:16 -07:00
page_counter.c
page_ext.c mm/page_ext: move functions around for minor cleanups to page_ext 2023-08-18 10:12:31 -07:00
page_idle.c mm: page_idle: convert page idle to use a folio 2023-01-18 17:12:52 -08:00
page_io.c mm: memcg: add THP swap out info for anonymous reclaim 2023-10-04 10:32:27 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm/hugetlb: get rid of page_hstate() 2023-08-18 10:12:39 -07:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: remove free_ts from page_owner output 2023-10-18 14:34:19 -07:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison: remove unused page_ext.h from page_poison 2023-08-21 13:37:30 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm, treewide: redefine MAX_ORDER sanely 2023-04-05 19:42:46 -07:00
page_reporting.h
page_table_check.c mm: convert page_table_check_pte_set() to page_table_check_ptes_set() 2023-08-24 16:20:18 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm: correct stale comment of function check_pte 2023-08-18 10:12:13 -07:00
page-writeback.c filemap: add a per-mapping stable writes flag 2023-11-20 15:05:18 +01:00
pagewalk.c mm/pagewalk: fix bootstopping regression from extra pte_unmap() 2023-09-02 08:39:21 -07:00
percpu-internal.h percpu-internal/pcpu_chunk: re-layout pcpu_chunk structure to reduce false sharing 2023-06-19 16:19:29 -07:00
percpu-km.c
percpu-stats.c
percpu-vm.c
percpu.c Many singleton patches against the MM code. The patch series which are 2023-11-02 19:38:47 -10:00
pgalloc-track.h
pgtable-generic.c mm/pgtable: notes on pte_offset_map[_lock]() 2023-08-18 10:12:25 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm/gup: remove unused vmas parameter from pin_user_pages_remote() 2023-06-09 16:25:25 -07:00
ptdump.c mm: ptdump should use ptep_get_lockless() 2023-06-19 16:19:24 -07:00
readahead.c vfs: fix readahead(2) on block devices 2023-10-19 11:02:49 +02:00
rmap.c mm/rmap: convert page_move_anon_rmap() to folio_move_anon_rmap() 2023-10-18 14:34:14 -07:00
rodata_test.c
secretmem.c mm/secretmem: use a folio in secretmem_fault() 2023-08-21 13:38:02 -07:00
shmem_quota.c shmem: Add default quota limit mount options 2023-08-09 09:15:40 +02:00
shmem.c mm/shmem: fix race in shmem_undo_range w/THP 2023-12-12 17:20:19 -08:00
show_mem.c mm: refactor si_mem_available() 2023-10-04 10:32:19 -07:00
shrinker_debug.c mm: shrinker: convert shrinker_rwsem to mutex 2023-10-04 10:32:26 -07:00
shrinker.c mm: shrinker: convert shrinker_rwsem to mutex 2023-10-04 10:32:26 -07:00
shuffle.c
shuffle.h mm, treewide: redefine MAX_ORDER sanely 2023-04-05 19:42:46 -07:00
slab_common.c RCU pull request for v6.7 2023-10-30 18:01:41 -10:00
slab.c Randomized slab caches for kmalloc() 2023-07-18 10:07:47 +02:00
slab.h mm: kmem: scoped objcg protection 2023-10-25 16:47:11 -07:00
slub.c mm/slub: refactor calculate_order() and calc_slab_order() 2023-10-02 11:55:47 +02:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/vmemmap: allow architectures to override how vmemmap optimization works 2023-08-18 10:12:53 -07:00
sparse.c mm/sparse: remove redundant judgments from macro for_each_present_section_nr 2023-08-18 10:12:14 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c
swap_slots.c
swap_state.c mempolicy: alloc_pages_mpol() for NUMA policy without vma 2023-10-25 16:47:16 -07:00
swap.c mm: remove references to pagevec 2023-06-23 16:59:30 -07:00
swap.h mempolicy: alloc_pages_mpol() for NUMA policy without vma 2023-10-25 16:47:16 -07:00
swapfile.c mm/swap: Convert to use bdev_open_by_dev() 2023-10-28 13:29:19 +02:00
truncate.c - Some swap cleanups from Ma Wupeng ("fix WARN_ON in add_to_avail_list") 2023-08-29 14:25:26 -07:00
usercopy.c mm: Fix copy_from_user_nofault(). 2023-04-12 17:36:23 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm: more ptep_get() conversion 2023-11-15 15:30:09 -08:00
util.c parisc: fix mmap_base calculation when stack grows upwards 2023-11-15 15:30:09 -08:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc: fix the unchecked dereference warning in vread_iter() 2023-11-01 12:38:35 -07:00
vmpressure.c net-memcg: Fix scope of sockmem pressure indicators 2023-08-16 12:21:32 +01:00
vmscan.c mm/mglru: fix underprotected page cache 2023-12-12 17:20:19 -08:00
vmstat.c mm: tune PCP high automatically 2023-10-25 16:47:10 -07:00
workingset.c mm/mglru: fix underprotected page cache 2023-12-12 17:20:19 -08:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold: remove obsolete comment for struct z3fold_pool 2023-08-21 13:37:51 -07:00
zbud.c mm: zswap: remove shrink from zpool interface 2023-06-19 16:19:27 -07:00
zpool.c mm: zswap: remove shrink from zpool interface 2023-06-19 16:19:27 -07:00
zsmalloc.c zsmalloc: use copy_page for full page copy 2023-10-18 14:34:16 -07:00
zswap.c zswap: export compression failure stats 2023-11-01 12:38:35 -07:00