[patch v2] mm, thp: count thp_fault_fallback anytime thp faultfails

From: David Rientjes
Date: Wed Aug 21 2013 - 18:17:24 EST


Currently, thp_fault_fallback in vmstat only gets incremented if a
hugepage allocation fails. If current's memcg hits its limit or the page
fault handler returns an error, it is incorrectly accounted as a
successful thp_fault_alloc.

Count thp_fault_fallback anytime the page fault handler falls back to
using regular pages and only count thp_fault_alloc when a hugepage has
actually been faulted.

Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -825,17 +825,19 @@ int do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
}
- count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_ALLOC);
if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_newpage_charge(page, mm, GFP_KERNEL))) {
put_page(page);
+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
}
if (unlikely(__do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(mm, vma, haddr, pmd, page))) {
mem_cgroup_uncharge_page(page);
put_page(page);
+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
}

+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_ALLOC);
return 0;
}

@@ -1148,7 +1150,6 @@ alloc:
new_page = NULL;

if (unlikely(!new_page)) {
- count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd)) {
ret = do_huge_pmd_wp_zero_page_fallback(mm, vma,
address, pmd, orig_pmd, haddr);
@@ -1159,9 +1160,9 @@ alloc:
split_huge_page(page);
put_page(page);
}
+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
goto out;
}
- count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_ALLOC);

if (unlikely(mem_cgroup_newpage_charge(new_page, mm, GFP_KERNEL))) {
put_page(new_page);
@@ -1169,10 +1170,13 @@ alloc:
split_huge_page(page);
put_page(page);
}
+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_FALLBACK);
ret |= VM_FAULT_OOM;
goto out;
}

+ count_vm_event(THP_FAULT_ALLOC);
+
if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd))
clear_huge_page(new_page, haddr, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
else
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