linux/mm
Johannes Weiner 597c892038 mm: don't wake kswapd prematurely when watermark boosting is disabled
On 2-node NUMA hosts we see bursts of kswapd reclaim and subsequent
pressure spikes and stalls from cache refaults while there is plenty of
free memory in the system.

Usually, kswapd is woken up when all eligible nodes in an allocation are
full.  But the code related to watermark boosting can wake kswapd on one
full node while the other one is mostly empty.  This may be justified to
fight fragmentation, but is currently unconditionally done whether
watermark boosting is occurring or not.

In our case, many of our workloads' throughput scales with available
memory, and pure utilization is a more tangible concern than trends
around longer-term fragmentation.  As a result we generally disable
watermark boosting.

Wake kswapd only woken when watermark boosting is requested.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201020175833.397286-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org
Fixes: 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-12-15 12:13:45 -08:00
..
kasan kasan: print workqueue stack 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
backing-dev.c bdi: replace BDI_CAP_NO_{WRITEBACK,ACCT_DIRTY} with a single flag 2020-09-24 13:43:39 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c
cleancache.c
cma_debug.c debugfs: make sure we can remove u32_array files cleanly 2020-07-10 13:54:00 -07:00
cma.c cma: don't quit at first error when activating reserved areas 2020-08-12 10:57:57 -07:00
cma.h mm: cma: use CMA_MAX_NAME to define the length of cma name array 2020-09-01 09:19:43 +02:00
compaction.c mm/compaction: stop isolation if too many pages are isolated and we have pages to migrate 2020-11-14 11:26:03 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug_vm_pgtable.c mm/debug_vm_pgtable: avoid doing memory allocation with pgtable_t mapped. 2020-10-16 11:11:14 -07:00
debug.c mm, dump_page: rename head_mapcount() --> head_compound_mapcount() 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: replace hard coded function name with __func__ 2020-10-13 18:38:32 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap.c: use %pa to print resource_size_t variables 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
fadvise.c mm, fadvise: improve the expensive remote LRU cache draining after FADV_DONTNEED 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
failslab.c
filemap.c mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
frame_vector.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
frontswap.c mm/frontswap: mark various intentional data races 2020-08-14 19:56:56 -07:00
gup_test.c mm/gup_test.c: mark gup_test_init as __init function 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup_test.h selftests/vm: gup_test: introduce the dump_pages() sub-test 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
gup.c mm/gup: combine put_compound_head() and unpin_user_page() 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem.c: clean up endif comments 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
hmm.c mm: do page fault accounting in handle_mm_fault 2020-08-12 10:58:02 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c hugetlb_cgroup: fix offline of hugetlb cgroup with reservations 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
hugetlb.c hugetlb: fix an error code in hugetlb_reserve_pages() 2020-12-15 12:13:44 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm,hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison_filter 2020-10-16 11:11:16 -07:00
init-mm.c mm/gup: prevent gup_fast from racing with COW during fork 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
internal.h mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during memory offline 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
interval_tree.c
ioremap.c mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
Kconfig mm/gup_test: GUP_TEST depends on DEBUG_FS 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
Kconfig.debug treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
khugepaged.c khugepaged: add parameter explanations for kernel-doc markup 2020-12-15 12:13:44 -08:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak: rely on rcu for task stack scanning 2020-10-13 18:38:27 -07:00
ksm.c docs: get rid of :c:type explicit declarations for structs 2020-10-15 07:49:40 +02:00
list_lru.c mm: list_lru: set shrinker map bit when child nr_items is not zero 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
maccess.c uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers 2020-08-12 10:57:59 -07:00
madvise.c mm,memory_failure: always pin the page in madvise_inject_error 2020-12-15 12:13:44 -08:00
Makefile mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: enhance the kernel-doc markups 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
memblock.c arm, arm64: move free_unused_memmap() to generic mm 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcontrol: account pagetables per node 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
memfd.c
memory_hotplug.c mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during memory offline 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm,hwpoison: return -EBUSY when migration fails 2020-12-15 12:13:44 -08:00
memory.c mm: cleanup: remove unused tsk arg from __access_remote_vm 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm: mempolicy: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error 2020-11-02 12:14:19 -08:00
mempool.c mm/mempool: add 'else' to split mutually exclusive case 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
memremap.c mm/mremap_pages: fix static key devmap_managed_key updates 2020-11-02 12:14:18 -08:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
mincore.c mm: factor find_get_incore_page out of mincore_page 2020-10-13 18:38:29 -07:00
mlock.c mlock: fix unevictable_pgs event counts on THP 2020-09-19 13:13:38 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: adjust vm_committed_as_batch according to vm overcommit policy 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
mmap_lock.c mm: mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mmap.c mm: forbid splitting special mappings 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mmu_gather.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mmu_notifier.c mm: track mmu notifiers in fs_reclaim_acquire/release 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
mmzone.c arm: remove CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
mprotect.c mm: Introduce arch_validate_flags() 2020-09-04 12:46:07 +01:00
mremap.c mremap: check if it's possible to split original vma 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
msync.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
nommu.c mm: cleanup: remove unused tsk arg from __access_remote_vm 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom_adj: don't loop through tasks in __set_oom_adj when not necessary 2020-10-13 18:38:35 -07:00
page_alloc.c mm: don't wake kswapd prematurely when watermark boosting is disabled 2020-12-15 12:13:45 -08:00
page_counter.c mm/page_counter: use page_counter_read in page_counter_set_max 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
page_ext.c mm: fix page_owner initializing issue for arm32 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: skip offline pages 2020-06-08 11:05:55 -07:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: remove useless out label in __swap_writepage() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during memory offline 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: record timestamp and pid 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: replace bool variable with static key 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/page_vma_mapped.c: add colon to fix kernel-doc markups error for check_pte 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
page-writeback.c mm: fix VM_BUG_ON(PageTail) and BUG_ON(PageWriteback) 2020-11-24 15:23:19 -08:00
pagewalk.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
percpu-internal.h mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-km.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-stats.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu-vm.c mm: memcg/percpu: account percpu memory to memory cgroups 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
percpu.c percpu: convert flexible array initializers to use struct_size() 2020-10-30 23:02:28 +00:00
pgalloc-track.h mm: move p?d_alloc_track to separate header file 2020-08-07 11:33:26 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm: introduce include/linux/pgtable.h 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
process_vm_access.c mm/process_vm_access: Add missing #include <linux/compat.h> 2020-10-27 12:41:29 -07:00
ptdump.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
readahead.c mm: use limited read-ahead to satisfy read 2020-10-17 13:49:08 -06:00
rmap.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
rodata_test.c mm/rodata_test.c: fix missing function declaration 2020-08-21 09:52:53 -07:00
shmem.c mm: memcontrol: add file_thp, shmem_thp to memory.stat 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
shuffle.c mm: rename page_order() to buddy_order() 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
shuffle.h mm/shuffle: remove dynamic reconfiguration 2020-08-07 11:33:29 -07:00
slab_common.c mm: slab: clarify krealloc()'s behavior with __GFP_ZERO 2020-12-15 12:13:37 -08:00
slab.c mm: introduce debug_pagealloc_{map,unmap}_pages() helpers 2020-12-15 12:13:43 -08:00
slab.h mm: extract might_alloc() debug check 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
slob.c mm: extract might_alloc() debug check 2020-12-15 12:13:41 -08:00
slub.c mm/slub: let number of online CPUs determine the slub page order 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparse: only sub-section aligned range would be populated 2020-08-07 11:33:27 -07:00
sparse.c mm/memory_hotplug: guard more declarations by CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG 2020-10-16 11:11:18 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: memcontrol: make swap tracking an integral part of memory control 2020-06-03 20:09:48 -07:00
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: remove always zero and unused return value of enable_swap_slots_cache() 2020-10-13 18:38:30 -07:00
swap_state.c mm/swap_state: skip meaningless swap cache readahead when ra_info.win == 0 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
swap.c mm: remove pagevec_lookup_range_nr_tag() 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
swapfile.c mm/swapfile.c: use memset to fill the swap_map with SWAP_HAS_CACHE 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
truncate.c mm/truncate: add parameter explanation for invalidate_mapping_pagevec 2020-12-15 12:13:38 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: delete duplicated word 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm/vmscan: protect the workingset on anonymous LRU 2020-08-12 10:57:55 -07:00
util.c mm/util.c: update the kerneldoc for kstrdup_const() 2020-10-16 11:11:17 -07:00
vmacache.c kernel: better document the use_mm/unuse_mm API contract 2020-06-10 19:14:18 -07:00
vmalloc.c mm/vmalloc.c: fix kasan shadow poisoning size 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm/rmap: always do TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS 2020-12-15 12:13:39 -08:00
vmstat.c arm: remove CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL 2020-12-15 12:13:42 -08:00
workingset.c mm: memcg/slab: rename *_lruvec_slab_state to *_lruvec_kmem_state 2020-12-15 12:13:40 -08:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: use xx_zalloc instead xx_alloc and memset 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud: remove redundant initialization 2020-10-13 18:38:34 -07:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: delete duplicated word and fix grammar 2020-08-12 10:57:58 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: drop ZSMALLOC_PGTABLE_MAPPING 2020-12-06 10:19:07 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00