linux/mm
Nhat Pham 0a97c01cd2 list_lru: allow explicit memcg and NUMA node selection
Patch series "workload-specific and memory pressure-driven zswap
writeback", v8.

There are currently several issues with zswap writeback:

1. There is only a single global LRU for zswap, making it impossible to
   perform worload-specific shrinking - an memcg under memory pressure
   cannot determine which pages in the pool it owns, and often ends up
   writing pages from other memcgs. This issue has been previously
   observed in practice and mitigated by simply disabling
   memcg-initiated shrinking:

   https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230530232435.3097106-1-nphamcs@gmail.com/T/#u

   But this solution leaves a lot to be desired, as we still do not
   have an avenue for an memcg to free up its own memory locked up in
   the zswap pool.

2. We only shrink the zswap pool when the user-defined limit is hit.
   This means that if we set the limit too high, cold data that are
   unlikely to be used again will reside in the pool, wasting precious
   memory. It is hard to predict how much zswap space will be needed
   ahead of time, as this depends on the workload (specifically, on
   factors such as memory access patterns and compressibility of the
   memory pages).

This patch series solves these issues by separating the global zswap LRU
into per-memcg and per-NUMA LRUs, and performs workload-specific (i.e
memcg- and NUMA-aware) zswap writeback under memory pressure.  The new
shrinker does not have any parameter that must be tuned by the user, and
can be opted in or out on a per-memcg basis.

As a proof of concept, we ran the following synthetic benchmark: build the
linux kernel in a memory-limited cgroup, and allocate some cold data in
tmpfs to see if the shrinker could write them out and improved the overall
performance.  Depending on the amount of cold data generated, we observe
from 14% to 35% reduction in kernel CPU time used in the kernel builds.


This patch (of 6):

The interface of list_lru is based on the assumption that the list node
and the data it represents belong to the same allocated on the correct
node/memcg.  While this assumption is valid for existing slab objects LRU
such as dentries and inodes, it is undocumented, and rather inflexible for
certain potential list_lru users (such as the upcoming zswap shrinker and
the THP shrinker).  It has caused us a lot of issues during our
development.

This patch changes list_lru interface so that the caller must explicitly
specify numa node and memcg when adding and removing objects.  The old
list_lru_add() and list_lru_del() are renamed to list_lru_add_obj() and
list_lru_del_obj(), respectively.

It also extends the list_lru API with a new function, list_lru_putback,
which undoes a previous list_lru_isolate call.  Unlike list_lru_add, it
does not increment the LRU node count (as list_lru_isolate does not
decrement the node count).  list_lru_putback also allows for explicit
memcg and NUMA node selection.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231130194023.4102148-1-nphamcs@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231130194023.4102148-2-nphamcs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Tested-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org>
Cc: Domenico Cerasuolo <cerasuolodomenico@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@konsulko.com>
Cc: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2023-12-12 10:57:01 -08:00
..
damon mm/damon/core-test: test damon_split_region_at()'s access rate copying 2023-12-10 16:51:50 -08:00
kasan kasan: record and report more information 2023-12-10 16:51:55 -08:00
kfence LoongArch changes for v6.6 2023-09-08 12:16:52 -07:00
kmsan kmsan: use stack_depot_save instead of __stack_depot_save 2023-12-10 16:51:46 -08:00
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
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/filemap: increase usage of folio_next_index() helper 2023-12-10 16:51:35 -08:00
folio-compat.c mm: return void from folio_start_writeback() and related functions 2023-12-10 16:51:37 -08:00
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: fix follow_devmap_p[mu]d() on page==NULL handling 2023-12-10 16:51:52 -08:00
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: huge_memory: batch tlb flush when splitting a pte-mapped THP 2023-12-10 16:51:34 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm, hugetlb: remove HUGETLB_CGROUP_MIN_ORDER 2023-10-18 14:34:17 -07:00
hugetlb_vmemmap.c mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: convert page to folio 2023-12-10 16:51:54 -08:00
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 maple_tree: separate ma_state node from status 2023-12-12 10:56:58 -08:00
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 kmemleak: add checksum to backtrace report 2023-12-10 16:51:43 -08:00
ksm.c mm/ksm: use kmap_local_page() in calc_checksum() 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -08:00
list_lru.c list_lru: allow explicit memcg and NUMA node selection 2023-12-12 10:57:01 -08:00
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 NUMA: optimize detection of memory with no node id assigned by firmware 2023-12-10 16:51:34 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcg: add reminder comment for the memcg v2 events 2023-12-10 16:51:55 -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: split memmap_on_memory requests across memblocks 2023-12-10 16:51:34 -08:00
memory-failure.c fs: convert error_remove_page to error_remove_folio 2023-12-10 16:51:42 -08:00
memory-tiers.c dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface 2023-10-16 15:44:39 -07:00
memory.c mm/memory: use kmap_local_page() in __wp_page_copy_user() 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -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 mm/mempool: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -08:00
memremap.c mm: use vmem_altmap code without CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE 2023-12-10 16:51:48 -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/mm_init.c: append newline to the unavailable ranges log-message 2023-12-10 16:51:51 -08:00
mm_slot.h
mmap_lock.c
mmap.c mmap: remove the IA64-specific vma expansion implementation 2023-12-10 16:51:39 -08:00
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:dump_tasks add rss detailed information printing 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm: page_alloc: unreserve highatomic page blocks before oom 2023-12-10 16:51:52 -08:00
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
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: record and dump free_pid and free_tgid 2023-12-10 16:51:40 -08:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() 2023-12-10 16:51:50 -08:00
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 mm: return void from folio_start_writeback() and related functions 2023-12-10 16:51:37 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: pagewalk: assert write mmap lock only for walking the user page tables 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00
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: fix process_vm_rw page counts 2023-12-10 16:51:39 -08:00
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 fs: convert error_remove_page to error_remove_folio 2023-12-10 16:51:42 -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 slub, kasan: improve interaction of KASAN and slub_debug poisoning 2023-12-10 16:51:48 -08:00
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/swapfile: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00
truncate.c fs: convert error_remove_page to error_remove_folio 2023-12-10 16:51:42 -08:00
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 mm/util: use kmap_local_page() in memcmp_pages() 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -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/vmstat: move pgdemote_* to per-node stats 2023-12-10 16:51:31 -08:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat: move pgdemote_* to per-node stats 2023-12-10 16:51:31 -08:00
workingset.c list_lru: allow explicit memcg and NUMA node selection 2023-12-12 10:57:01 -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 mm/zswap: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() 2023-12-10 16:51:53 -08:00