linux/mm
Joel Savitz ee8eb9a5fe mm/page_alloc: increase default min_free_kbytes bound
Currently, the vm.min_free_kbytes sysctl value is capped at a hardcoded
64M in init_per_zone_wmark_min (unless it is overridden by khugepaged
initialization).

This value has not been modified since 2005, and enterprise-grade systems
now frequently have hundreds of GB of RAM and multiple 10, 40, or even 100
GB NICs.  We have seen page allocation failures on heavily loaded systems
related to NIC drivers.  These issues were resolved by an increase to
vm.min_free_kbytes.

This patch increases the hardcoded value by a factor of 4 as a temporary
solution.

Further work to make the calculation of vm.min_free_kbytes more consistent
throughout the kernel would be desirable.

As an example of the inconsistency of the current method, this value is
recalculated by init_per_zone_wmark_min() in the case of memory hotplug
which will override the value set by set_recommended_min_free_kbytes()
called during khugepaged initialization even if khugepaged remains
enabled, however an on/off toggle of khugepaged will then recalculate and
set the value via set_recommended_min_free_kbytes().

Signed-off-by: Joel Savitz <jsavitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220150103.5183-1-jsavitz@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
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kasan kasan: detect negative size in memory operation function 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
backing-dev.c memcg: fix a crash in wb_workfn when a device disappears 2020-01-31 10:30:36 -08:00
balloon_compaction.c mm/balloon_compaction: suppress allocation warnings 2019-09-04 07:42:01 -04:00
cleancache.c Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug.c: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
cma.c mm/cma.c: switch to bitmap_zalloc() for cma bitmap allocation 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm, compaction: fix wrong pfn handling in __reset_isolation_pfn() 2019-10-14 15:04:01 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug.c mm: dump_page(): additional diagnostics for huge pinned pages 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
dmapool.c mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and init_on_free=1 boot options 2019-07-12 11:05:46 -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 fs: Export generic_fadvise() 2019-08-30 22:43:58 -07:00
failslab.c mm/failslab.c: by default, do not fail allocations with direct reclaim only 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
filemap.c mm: allow VM_FAULT_RETRY for multiple times 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
frame_vector.c mm: untag user pointers in get_vaddr_frames 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
frontswap.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 482 2019-06-19 17:09:52 +02:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark: support pin_user_pages() and related calls 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
gup.c mm/gup: allow to react to fatal signals 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
highmem.c mm, x86/mm: Untangle address space layout definitions from basic pgtable type definitions 2019-12-10 10:12:55 +01:00
hmm.c mm: pagewalk: add 'depth' parameter to pte_hole 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
huge_memory.c mm/gup: track FOLL_PIN pages 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c hugetlb_cgroup: fix illegal access to memory 2020-03-29 09:47:05 -07:00
hugetlb.c mm/gup: allow to react to fatal signals 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/hwpoison-inject: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
init-mm.c mm/init-mm.c: include <linux/mman.h> for vm_committed_as_batch 2019-10-19 06:32:32 -04:00
internal.h mm: allow VM_FAULT_RETRY for multiple times 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
interval_tree.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 248 2019-06-19 17:09:08 +02:00
Kconfig mm/Kconfig: fix trivial help text punctuation 2019-12-01 12:59:10 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm: add generic ptdump 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
khugepaged.c mm/vma: make is_vma_temporary_stack() available for general use 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 333 2019-06-05 17:37:06 +02:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-02 09:35:26 -07:00
ksm.c * PPC secure guest support 2019-12-04 11:08:30 -08:00
list_lru.c mm: memcg/slab: use mem_cgroup_from_obj() 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
maccess.c uaccess: Add strict non-pagefault kernel-space read function 2019-11-02 12:39:12 -07:00
madvise.c mm: do not allow MADV_PAGEOUT for CoW pages 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
Makefile mm/Makefile: disable KCSAN for kmemleak 2020-04-02 09:35:26 -07:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: update huge page-table entry callbacks 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memblock.c memblock: Use __func__ in remaining memblock_dbg() call sites 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcg: make memory.oom.group tolerable to task migration 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memfd.c mm: page cache: store only head pages in i_pages 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm, hotplug: fix page online with DEBUG_PAGEALLOC compiled but not enabled 2020-03-06 07:06:09 -06:00
memory-failure.c mm/memory-failure.c: use page_shift() in add_to_kill() 2019-12-01 12:59:04 -08:00
memory.c mm/memory.c: clarify a confusing comment for vm_iomap_memory 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm/mempolicy.c: fix out of bounds write in mpol_parse_str() 2020-01-31 10:30:36 -08:00
mempool.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
memremap.c mm/memory_hotplug: poison memmap in remove_pfn_range_from_zone() 2020-02-04 03:05:23 +00:00
memtest.c
migrate.c mm: pagewalk: add 'depth' parameter to pte_hole 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
mincore.c mm: pagewalk: add 'depth' parameter to pte_hole 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
mlock.c mm: untag user pointers passed to memory syscalls 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
mm_init.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
mmap.c mm: mmap: add trace point of vm_unmapped_area 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
mmu_context.c
mmu_gather.c asm-generic/tlb: provide MMU_GATHER_TABLE_FREE 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: silence PROVE_RCU_LIST warnings 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm, numa: fix bad pmd by atomically check for pmd_trans_huge when marking page tables prot_numa 2020-03-06 07:06:09 -06:00
mremap.c mm/mremap: add MREMAP_DONTUNMAP to mremap() 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
msync.c mm: untag user pointers passed to memory syscalls 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
nommu.c x86/mm: split vmalloc_sync_all() 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom: dump stack of victim when reaping failed 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm/page_alloc: increase default min_free_kbytes bound 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
page_counter.c mm, memcg: prevent memory.min load/store tearing 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
page_ext.c mm/sparse: rename pfn_present() to pfn_in_present_section() 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: fix oops because end_pfn is larger than max_pfn 2019-06-29 16:43:45 +08:00
page_io.c fs: Enable bmap() function to properly return errors 2020-02-03 08:05:37 -05:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation: fix potential warning from user 2020-01-31 10:30:39 -08:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: don't access uninitialized memmaps when reading /proc/pagetypeinfo 2019-10-19 06:32:31 -04:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: fix a typo in a comment 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/page_vma_mapped.c: explicitly compare pfn for normal, hugetlbfs and THP page 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
page-writeback.c mm/gup/writeback: add callbacks for inaccessible pages 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
pagewalk.c x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the stack 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
percpu-internal.h percpu: convert chunk hints to be based on pcpu_block_md 2019-03-13 12:25:31 -07:00
percpu-km.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu-stats.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu-vm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu.c bitmap: genericize percpu bitmap region iterators 2020-01-20 16:40:56 +01:00
pgtable-generic.c asm-generic/mm: stub out p{4,u}d_clear_bad() if __PAGETABLE_P{4,U}D_FOLDED 2019-12-01 06:29:19 -08:00
process_vm_access.c mm, tree-wide: rename put_user_page*() to unpin_user_page*() 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
ptdump.c x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the stack 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
readahead.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
rmap.c mm/vma: make is_vma_temporary_stack() available for general use 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
rodata_test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
shmem.c tmpfs: deny and force are not huge mount options 2020-02-18 15:07:30 -05:00
shuffle.c mm/sparse: rename pfn_present() to pfn_in_present_section() 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
shuffle.h mm: maintain randomization of page free lists 2019-05-14 19:52:48 -07:00
slab_common.c mm, memcg: fix build error around the usage of kmem_caches 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
slab.c mm, debug_pagealloc: don't rely on static keys too early 2020-01-13 18:19:02 -08:00
slab.h mm: kmem: rename (__)memcg_kmem_(un)charge_memcg() to __memcg_kmem_(un)charge() 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
slob.c mm, sl[aou]b: guarantee natural alignment for kmalloc(power-of-two) 2019-10-07 15:47:20 -07:00
slub.c slub: relocate freelist pointer to middle of object 2020-04-02 09:35:26 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparsemem: convert kmalloc_section_memmap() to populate_section_memmap() 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
sparse.c mm/sparse.c: allocate memmap preferring the given node 2020-04-02 09:35:30 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: assign|reset cache slot by value directly 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
swap_state.c mm/swap_state.c: use the same way to count page in [add_to|delete_from]_swap_cache 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
swap.c mm: swap: use smp_mb__after_atomic() to order LRU bit set 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
swapfile.c mm/swapfile: fix data races in try_to_unuse() 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
truncate.c mm/thp: allow dropping THP from page cache 2019-10-19 06:32:33 -04:00
usercopy.c usercopy: Avoid HIGHMEM pfn warning 2019-09-17 15:20:17 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm: fix typos in comments when calling __SetPageUptodate() 2019-12-01 12:59:10 -08:00
util.c mm/mmap.c: rb_parent is not necessary in __vma_link_list() 2019-12-01 06:29:19 -08:00
vmacache.c
vmalloc.c x86/mm: split vmalloc_sync_all() 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix a signedness bug in vmpressure_register_event() 2019-10-07 15:47:19 -07:00
vmscan.c mm: swap: make page_evictable() inline 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
vmstat.c mm/gup: /proc/vmstat: pin_user_pages (FOLL_PIN) reporting 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
workingset.c mm: vmscan: detect file thrashing at the reclaim root 2019-12-01 12:59:07 -08:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: do not include rwlock.h directly 2020-03-06 07:06:09 -06:00
zbud.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
zpool.c zpool: add malloc_support_movable to zpool_driver 2019-09-24 15:54:12 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: fix the migrated zspage statistics. 2020-01-04 13:55:09 -08:00
zswap.c zswap: potential NULL dereference on error in init_zswap() 2020-01-31 10:30:39 -08:00