linux/mm
Mel Gorman c5fbd937b6 mm, compaction: shrink compact_control
Patch series "Increase success rates and reduce latency of compaction", v3.

This series reduces scan rates and success rates of compaction,
primarily by using the free lists to shorten scans, better controlling
of skip information and whether multiple scanners can target the same
block and capturing pageblocks before being stolen by parallel requests.
The series is based on mmotm from January 9th, 2019 with the previous
compaction series reverted.

I'm mostly using thpscale to measure the impact of the series.  The
benchmark creates a large file, maps it, faults it, punches holes in the
mapping so that the virtual address space is fragmented and then tries
to allocate THP.  It re-executes for different numbers of threads.  From
a fragmentation perspective, the workload is relatively benign but it
does stress compaction.

The overall impact on latencies for a 1-socket machine is

				      baseline		      patches
Amean     fault-both-3      3832.09 (   0.00%)     2748.56 *  28.28%*
Amean     fault-both-5      4933.06 (   0.00%)     4255.52 (  13.73%)
Amean     fault-both-7      7017.75 (   0.00%)     6586.93 (   6.14%)
Amean     fault-both-12    11610.51 (   0.00%)     9162.34 *  21.09%*
Amean     fault-both-18    17055.85 (   0.00%)    11530.06 *  32.40%*
Amean     fault-both-24    19306.27 (   0.00%)    17956.13 (   6.99%)
Amean     fault-both-30    22516.49 (   0.00%)    15686.47 *  30.33%*
Amean     fault-both-32    23442.93 (   0.00%)    16564.83 *  29.34%*

The allocation success rates are much improved

			 	 baseline		 patches
Percentage huge-3        85.99 (   0.00%)       97.96 (  13.92%)
Percentage huge-5        88.27 (   0.00%)       96.87 (   9.74%)
Percentage huge-7        85.87 (   0.00%)       94.53 (  10.09%)
Percentage huge-12       82.38 (   0.00%)       98.44 (  19.49%)
Percentage huge-18       83.29 (   0.00%)       99.14 (  19.04%)
Percentage huge-24       81.41 (   0.00%)       97.35 (  19.57%)
Percentage huge-30       80.98 (   0.00%)       98.05 (  21.08%)
Percentage huge-32       80.53 (   0.00%)       97.06 (  20.53%)

That's a nearly perfect allocation success rate.

The biggest impact is on the scan rates

Compaction migrate scanned    55893379    19341254
Compaction free scanned      474739990    11903963

The number of pages scanned for migration was reduced by 65% and the
free scanner was reduced by 97.5%.  So much less work in exchange for
lower latency and better success rates.

The series was also evaluated using a workload that heavily fragments
memory but the benefits there are also significant, albeit not
presented.

It was commented that we should be rethinking scanning entirely and to a
large extent I agree.  However, to achieve that you need a lot of this
series in place first so it's best to make the linear scanners as best
as possible before ripping them out.

This patch (of 22):

The isolate and migrate scanners should never isolate more than a
pageblock of pages so unsigned int is sufficient saving 8 bytes on a
64-bit build.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190118175136.31341-2-mgorman@techsingularity.net
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-03-05 21:07:16 -08:00
..
kasan kasan: fix coccinelle warnings in kasan_p*_table 2019-03-05 21:07:13 -08:00
backing-dev.c writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches 2019-01-22 14:39:38 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c
cleancache.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma: remove unsupported gfp_mask parameter from cma_alloc() 2018-08-17 16:20:32 -07:00
cma.c kasan, mm, arm64: tag non slab memory allocated via pagealloc 2018-12-28 12:11:44 -08:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm: remove sysctl_extfrag_handler() 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug.c mm/debug.c: fix __dump_page() for poisoned pages 2019-02-21 09:01:00 -08:00
dmapool.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
early_ioremap.c
fadvise.c vfs: implement readahead(2) using POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED 2018-08-30 20:01:32 +02:00
failslab.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
filemap.c mm/filemap: pass inclusive 'end_byte' parameter to filemap_range_has_page 2019-03-05 21:07:16 -08:00
frame_vector.c
frontswap.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark.c: prevent integer overflow in ioctl 2018-10-31 08:54:12 -07:00
gup.c mm/gup: fix gup_pmd_range() for dax 2019-02-12 16:33:18 -08:00
highmem.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
hmm.c mm/hmm: fix memremap.h, move dev_page_fault_t callback to hmm 2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
huge_memory.c mm: replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: rename page_counter's count/limit into usage/max 2018-06-07 17:34:35 -07:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb: distinguish between migratability and movability 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/memory_failure: Remove unused trapno from memory_failure 2018-01-23 12:17:42 -06:00
init-mm.c mm: Allocate the mm_cpumask (mm->cpu_bitmap[]) dynamically based on nr_cpu_ids 2018-07-17 09:35:30 +02:00
internal.h mm, compaction: shrink compact_control 2019-03-05 21:07:16 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm/interval_tree.c: use vma_pages() helper 2018-01-31 17:18:37 -08:00
Kconfig ksm: replace jhash2 with xxhash 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm: clarify CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING and usage 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
khugepaged.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
kmemleak-test.c
kmemleak.c kmemleak: account for tagged pointers when calculating pointer range 2019-02-21 09:01:00 -08:00
ksm.c mm: reuse only-pte-mapped KSM page in do_wp_page() 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
list_lru.c mm/list_lru: introduce list_lru_shrink_walk_irq() 2018-08-17 16:20:32 -07:00
maccess.c Revert "x86/fault: BUG() when uaccess helpers fault on kernel addresses" 2019-02-25 09:10:51 -08:00
madvise.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
Makefile mm: remove nobootmem 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
memblock.c arm64, mm, efi: Account for GICv3 LPI tables in static memblock reserve table 2019-02-16 15:02:03 +01:00
memcontrol.c mm/memcontrol.c: use struct_size() in kmalloc() 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
memfd.c memfd: Convert memfd_tag_pins to XArray 2018-10-21 10:46:41 -04:00
memory_hotplug.c mm: remove extra drain pages on pcp list 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
memory-failure.c mm: hwpoison: fix thp split handing in soft_offline_in_use_page() 2019-03-05 21:07:13 -08:00
memory.c mm: reuse only-pte-mapped KSM page in do_wp_page() 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
mempolicy.c mm: replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
mempool.c mm/mempool.c: add missing parameter description 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm/hugetlb: distinguish between migratability and movability 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
mincore.c Revert "Change mincore() to count "mapped" pages rather than "cached" pages" 2019-01-24 09:04:37 +13:00
mlock.c dax: remove VM_MIXEDMAP for fsdax and device dax 2018-08-17 16:20:27 -07:00
mm_init.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
mmap.c mm: enforce min addr even if capable() in expand_downwards() 2019-02-27 17:27:02 -08:00
mmu_context.c
mmu_gather.c mm: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu() 2018-11-27 09:21:46 -08:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
mremap.c mm: speed up mremap by 20x on large regions 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
msync.c
nommu.c mm/gup: cache dev_pagemap while pinning pages 2018-10-26 16:38:15 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom: fix use-after-free in oom_kill_process 2019-02-01 15:46:23 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm: remove extra drain pages on pcp list 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
page_counter.c memcg: introduce memory.min 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
page_ext.c mm: replace all open encodings for NUMA_NO_NODE 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
page_idle.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: fix polled swap page in 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
page_isolation.c mm: only report isolation failures when offlining memory 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: clamp read count to PAGE_SIZE 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
page_poison.c page_poison: play nicely with KASAN 2019-03-05 21:07:13 -08:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/rmap: map_pte() was not handling private ZONE_DEVICE page properly 2018-10-31 08:54:11 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm/page-writeback.c: don't break integrity writeback on ->writepage() error 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: kernel-doc: add missing parameter descriptions 2018-04-05 21:36:27 -07:00
percpu-internal.h
percpu-km.c percpu: convert spin_lock_irq to spin_lock_irqsave. 2018-12-18 09:04:08 -08:00
percpu-stats.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: allow select gfp to be passed to underlying allocators 2018-02-18 05:33:01 -08:00
percpu.c Merge branch 'for-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dennis/percpu 2018-11-01 09:27:57 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c x86/mm: Page size aware flush_tlb_mm_range() 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
process_vm_access.c mm: docs: add blank lines to silence sphinx "Unexpected indentation" errors 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
quicklist.c
readahead.c mm/readahead.c: simplify get_next_ra_size() 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
rmap.c mm/mmu_notifier: mm/rmap.c: Fix a mmu_notifier range bug in try_to_unmap_one 2019-01-10 02:58:21 -08:00
rodata_test.c
shmem.c tmpfs: fix uninitialized return value in shmem_link 2019-02-25 11:49:22 -08:00
slab_common.c kmemleak: account for tagged pointers when calculating pointer range 2019-02-21 09:01:00 -08:00
slab.c mm/slab.c: kmemleak no scan alien caches 2019-03-05 21:07:14 -08:00
slab.h memcg: localize memcg_kmem_enabled() check 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
slob.c slab: __GFP_ZERO is incompatible with a constructor 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
slub.c mm, slub: make the comment of put_cpu_partial() complete 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
sparse.c mm, sparse: pass nid instead of pgdat to sparse_add_one_section() 2018-12-28 12:11:49 -08:00
swap_cgroup.c
swap_slots.c mm, swap, get_swap_pages: use entry_size instead of cluster in parameter 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: swap: add comment for swap_vma_readahead 2019-03-05 21:07:16 -08:00
swap.c mm: handle lru_add_drain_all for UP properly 2019-02-21 09:01:00 -08:00
swapfile.c mm, swap: fix swapoff with KSM pages 2018-12-28 12:11:52 -08:00
truncate.c mm: cleancache: fix corruption on missed inode invalidation 2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: no check page span for stack objects 2019-01-08 17:15:11 -08:00
userfaultfd.c hugetlbfs: revert "use i_mmap_rwsem for more pmd sharing synchronization" 2019-01-08 17:15:11 -08:00
util.c mm: don't let userspace spam allocations warnings 2019-02-21 09:01:01 -08:00
vmacache.c mm: get rid of vmacache_flush_all() entirely 2018-09-13 15:18:04 -10:00
vmalloc.c vmalloc: export __vmalloc_node_range for CONFIG_TEST_VMALLOC_MODULE 2019-03-05 21:07:15 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: convert to use match_string() helper 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
vmscan.c Revert "mm: slowly shrink slabs with a relatively small number of objects" 2019-02-12 16:33:18 -08:00
vmstat.c mm: convert zone->managed_pages to atomic variable 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
workingset.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
z3fold.c z3fold: fix possible reclaim races 2018-11-18 10:15:09 -08:00
zbud.c mm: docs: fix parameter names mismatch 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: zpool_evictable: fix mismatch in parameter name and kernel-doc 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: fix fall-through annotation 2018-10-26 16:26:35 -07:00
zswap.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00