Re: [PATCH v2] mm/min_free_kbytes: modify min_free_kbytes calculation rules

From: liuq
Date: Wed Jun 21 2023 - 04:17:57 EST



在 2023/6/21 16:09, liuq 写道:
Hi, Liuq,

Thanks for updated patch.

liuq <liuq131@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The current calculation of min_free_kbytes only uses ZONE_DMA and
> ZONE_NORMAL pages,but the ZONE_MOVABLE zone->_watermark[WMARK_MIN]
> will also divide part of min_free_kbytes.This will cause the min
> watermark of ZONE_NORMAL to be too small in the presence of ZONE_MOVEABLE.
>
> __GFP_HIGH and PF_MEMALLOC allocations usually don't need moveable
> zone pages, so just like ZONE_HIGHMEM, cap pages_min to a small
> value in __setup_per_zone_wmarks.

Please list the test result of your patch.  That is, WMARK_MIN before
and after your patch in a system with large ZONE_MOVABLE.

Hi Huang, Ying

Thank you very much for your review and suggestions. I will send another version later.

Best Regards,

liuq

> Signed-off-by: liuq <liuq131@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 47421bedc12b..608384712a89 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -6364,7 +6364,7 @@ static void __setup_per_zone_wmarks(void)
>
>          /* Calculate total number of !ZONE_HIGHMEM pages */
>          for_each_zone(zone) {
> -                if (!is_highmem(zone))
> +                if (!is_highmem(zone) || zone_idx(zone) != ZONE_MOVABLE)
>                          lowmem_pages += zone_managed_pages(zone);
>          }
>
> @@ -6374,7 +6374,7 @@ static void __setup_per_zone_wmarks(void)
>                  spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
>                  tmp = (u64)pages_min * zone_managed_pages(zone);
>                  do_div(tmp, lowmem_pages);
> -                if (is_highmem(zone)) {
> +                if (is_highmem(zone) || zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE) {
>                          /*
>                           * __GFP_HIGH and PF_MEMALLOC allocations usually don't
>                           * need highmem pages, so cap pages_min to a small
                                ~~~~~~~

Change the comments above too?

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying