Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Add nodes= arg to memory.reclaim

[Shakeel Butt]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:37 PM Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The nodes= arg instructs the kernel to only scan the given nodes for
> proactive reclaim. For example use cases, consider a 2 tier memory system:
>
> nodes 0,1 -> top tier
> nodes 2,3 -> second tier
>
> $ echo "1m nodes=0" > memory.reclaim
>
> This instructs the kernel to attempt to reclaim 1m memory from node 0.
> Since node 0 is a top tier node, demotion will be attempted first. This
> is useful to direct proactive reclaim to specific nodes that are under
> pressure.
>
> $ echo "1m nodes=2,3" > memory.reclaim
>
> This instructs the kernel to attempt to reclaim 1m memory in the second tier,
> since this tier of memory has no demotion targets the memory will be
> reclaimed.
>
> $ echo "1m nodes=0,1" > memory.reclaim
>
> Instructs the kernel to reclaim memory from the top tier nodes, which can
> be desirable according to the userspace policy if there is pressure on
> the top tiers. Since these nodes have demotion targets, the kernel will
> attempt demotion first.
>
> Since commit 3f1509c57b1b ("Revert "mm/vmscan: never demote for memcg
> reclaim""), the proactive reclaim interface memory.reclaim does both
> reclaim and demotion. Reclaim and demotion incur different latency costs
> to the jobs in the cgroup. Demoted memory would still be addressable
> by the userspace at a higher latency, but reclaimed memory would need to
> incur a pagefault.
>
> The 'nodes' arg is useful to allow the userspace to control demotion
> and reclaim independently according to its policy: if the memory.reclaim
> is called on a node with demotion targets, it will attempt demotion first;
> if it is called on a node without demotion targets, it will only attempt
> reclaim.
>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Acked-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>