/* * Linux VM pressure * * Copyright 2012 Linaro Ltd. * Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org> * * Based on ideas from Andrew Morton, David Rientjes, KOSAKI Motohiro, * Leonid Moiseichuk, Mel Gorman, Minchan Kim and Pekka Enberg. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published * by the Free Software Foundation. */ #include <linux/cgroup.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/log2.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/vmstat.h> #include <linux/eventfd.h> #include <linux/swap.h> #include <linux/printk.h> #include <linux/vmpressure.h> /* * The window size (vmpressure_win) is the number of scanned pages before * we try to analyze scanned/reclaimed ratio. So the window is used as a * rate-limit tunable for the "low" level notification, and also for * averaging the ratio for medium/critical levels. Using small window * sizes can cause lot of false positives, but too big window size will * delay the notifications. * * As the vmscan reclaimer logic works with chunks which are multiple of * SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, it makes sense to use it for the window size as well. * * TODO: Make the window size depend on machine size, as we do for vmstat * thresholds. Currently we set it to 512 pages (2MB for 4KB pages). */ static const unsigned long vmpressure_win = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 16; /* * These thresholds are used when we account memory pressure through * scanned/reclaimed ratio. The current values were chosen empirically. In * essence, they are percents: the higher the value, the more number * unsuccessful reclaims there were. */ static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_med = 60; static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical = 95; /* * When there are too little pages left to scan, vmpressure() may miss the * critical pressure as number of pages will be less than "window size". * However, in that case the vmscan priority will raise fast as the * reclaimer will try to scan LRUs more deeply. * * The vmscan logic considers these special priorities: * * prio == DEF_PRIORITY (12): reclaimer starts with that value * prio <= DEF_PRIORITY - 2 : kswapd becomes somewhat overwhelmed * prio == 0 : close to OOM, kernel scans every page in an lru * * Any value in this range is acceptable for this tunable (i.e. from 12 to * 0). Current value for the vmpressure_level_critical_prio is chosen * empirically, but the number, in essence, means that we consider * critical level when scanning depth is ~10% of the lru size (vmscan * scans 'lru_size >> prio' pages, so it is actually 12.5%, or one * eights). */ static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical_prio = ilog2(100 / 10); static struct vmpressure *work_to_vmpressure(struct work_struct *work) { return container_of(work, struct vmpressure, work); } static struct vmpressure *vmpressure_parent(struct vmpressure *vmpr) { struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = vmpressure_to_css(vmpr); struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css); memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg); if (!memcg) return NULL; return memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg); } enum vmpressure_levels { VMPRESSURE_LOW = 0, VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM, VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL, VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS, }; static const char * const vmpressure_str_levels[] = { [VMPRESSURE_LOW] = "low", [VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM] = "medium", [VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL] = "critical", }; static enum vmpressure_levels vmpressure_level(unsigned long pressure) { if (pressure >= vmpressure_level_critical) return VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL; else if (pressure >= vmpressure_level_med) return VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM; return VMPRESSURE_LOW; } static enum vmpressure_levels vmpressure_calc_level(unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed) { unsigned long scale = scanned + reclaimed; unsigned long pressure; /* * We calculate the ratio (in percents) of how many pages were * scanned vs. reclaimed in a given time frame (window). Note that * time is in VM reclaimer's "ticks", i.e. number of pages * scanned. This makes it possible to set desired reaction time * and serves as a ratelimit. */ pressure = scale - (reclaimed * scale / scanned); pressure = pressure * 100 / scale; pr_debug("%s: %3lu (s: %lu r: %lu)\n", __func__, pressure, scanned, reclaimed); return vmpressure_level(pressure); } struct vmpressure_event { struct eventfd_ctx *efd; enum vmpressure_levels level; struct list_head node; }; static bool vmpressure_event(struct vmpressure *vmpr, unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed) { struct vmpressure_event *ev; enum vmpressure_levels level; bool signalled = false; level = vmpressure_calc_level(scanned, reclaimed); mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock); list_for_each_entry(ev, &vmpr->events, node) { if (level >= ev->level) { eventfd_signal(ev->efd, 1); signalled = true; } } mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock); return signalled; } static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work) { struct vmpressure *vmpr = work_to_vmpressure(work); unsigned long scanned; unsigned long reclaimed; /* * Several contexts might be calling vmpressure(), so it is * possible that the work was rescheduled again before the old * work context cleared the counters. In that case we will run * just after the old work returns, but then scanned might be zero * here. No need for any locks here since we don't care if * vmpr->reclaimed is in sync. */ if (!vmpr->scanned) return; spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock); scanned = vmpr->scanned; reclaimed = vmpr->reclaimed; vmpr->scanned = 0; vmpr->reclaimed = 0; spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock); do { if (vmpressure_event(vmpr, scanned, reclaimed)) break; /* * If not handled, propagate the event upward into the * hierarchy. */ } while ((vmpr = vmpressure_parent(vmpr))); } /** * vmpressure() - Account memory pressure through scanned/reclaimed ratio * @gfp: reclaimer's gfp mask * @memcg: cgroup memory controller handle * @scanned: number of pages scanned * @reclaimed: number of pages reclaimed * * This function should be called from the vmscan reclaim path to account * "instantaneous" memory pressure (scanned/reclaimed ratio). The raw * pressure index is then further refined and averaged over time. * * This function does not return any value. */ void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed) { struct vmpressure *vmpr = memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg); /* * Here we only want to account pressure that userland is able to * help us with. For example, suppose that DMA zone is under * pressure; if we notify userland about that kind of pressure, * then it will be mostly a waste as it will trigger unnecessary * freeing of memory by userland (since userland is more likely to * have HIGHMEM/MOVABLE pages instead of the DMA fallback). That * is why we include only movable, highmem and FS/IO pages. * Indirect reclaim (kswapd) sets sc->gfp_mask to GFP_KERNEL, so * we account it too. */ if (!(gfp & (__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS))) return; /* * If we got here with no pages scanned, then that is an indicator * that reclaimer was unable to find any shrinkable LRUs at the * current scanning depth. But it does not mean that we should * report the critical pressure, yet. If the scanning priority * (scanning depth) goes too high (deep), we will be notified * through vmpressure_prio(). But so far, keep calm. */ if (!scanned) return; spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock); vmpr->scanned += scanned; vmpr->reclaimed += reclaimed; scanned = vmpr->scanned; spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock); if (scanned < vmpressure_win) return; schedule_work(&vmpr->work); } /** * vmpressure_prio() - Account memory pressure through reclaimer priority level * @gfp: reclaimer's gfp mask * @memcg: cgroup memory controller handle * @prio: reclaimer's priority * * This function should be called from the reclaim path every time when * the vmscan's reclaiming priority (scanning depth) changes. * * This function does not return any value. */ void vmpressure_prio(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int prio) { /* * We only use prio for accounting critical level. For more info * see comment for vmpressure_level_critical_prio variable above. */ if (prio > vmpressure_level_critical_prio) return; /* * OK, the prio is below the threshold, updating vmpressure * information before shrinker dives into long shrinking of long * range vmscan. Passing scanned = vmpressure_win, reclaimed = 0 * to the vmpressure() basically means that we signal 'critical' * level. */ vmpressure(gfp, memcg, vmpressure_win, 0); } /** * vmpressure_register_event() - Bind vmpressure notifications to an eventfd * @css: css that is interested in vmpressure notifications * @cft: cgroup control files handle * @eventfd: eventfd context to link notifications with * @args: event arguments (used to set up a pressure level threshold) * * This function associates eventfd context with the vmpressure * infrastructure, so that the notifications will be delivered to the * @eventfd. The @args parameter is a string that denotes pressure level * threshold (one of vmpressure_str_levels, i.e. "low", "medium", or * "critical"). * * This function should not be used directly, just pass it to (struct * cftype).register_event, and then cgroup core will handle everything by * itself. */ int vmpressure_register_event(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft, struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd, const char *args) { struct vmpressure *vmpr = css_to_vmpressure(css); struct vmpressure_event *ev; int level; for (level = 0; level < VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS; level++) { if (!strcmp(vmpressure_str_levels[level], args)) break; } if (level >= VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS) return -EINVAL; ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ev) return -ENOMEM; ev->efd = eventfd; ev->level = level; mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock); list_add(&ev->node, &vmpr->events); mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock); return 0; } /** * vmpressure_unregister_event() - Unbind eventfd from vmpressure * @css: css handle * @cft: cgroup control files handle * @eventfd: eventfd context that was used to link vmpressure with the @cg * * This function does internal manipulations to detach the @eventfd from * the vmpressure notifications, and then frees internal resources * associated with the @eventfd (but the @eventfd itself is not freed). * * This function should not be used directly, just pass it to (struct * cftype).unregister_event, and then cgroup core will handle everything * by itself. */ void vmpressure_unregister_event(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft, struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd) { struct vmpressure *vmpr = css_to_vmpressure(css); struct vmpressure_event *ev; mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock); list_for_each_entry(ev, &vmpr->events, node) { if (ev->efd != eventfd) continue; list_del(&ev->node); kfree(ev); break; } mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock); } /** * vmpressure_init() - Initialize vmpressure control structure * @vmpr: Structure to be initialized * * This function should be called on every allocated vmpressure structure * before any usage. */ void vmpressure_init(struct vmpressure *vmpr) { spin_lock_init(&vmpr->sr_lock); mutex_init(&vmpr->events_lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vmpr->events); INIT_WORK(&vmpr->work, vmpressure_work_fn); } /** * vmpressure_cleanup() - shuts down vmpressure control structure * @vmpr: Structure to be cleaned up * * This function should be called before the structure in which it is * embedded is cleaned up. */ void vmpressure_cleanup(struct vmpressure *vmpr) { /* * Make sure there is no pending work before eventfd infrastructure * goes away. */ flush_work(&vmpr->work); }