Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] mm/vmstat: Move pgdemote_* to per-node stats

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Thu Nov 02 2023 - 00:58:31 EST


Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This is a prepare to improve the demotion profiling in the later
> patches.

I think that this patch has its value even without the following
patches. So, don't need to define it as preparation.

> Per-node demotion stats help users to quickly identify which
> node is in hige stree, and take some special operations if needed.

Better to add more description. For example, memory pressure on one
node, etc.

> Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>

After addressing the comments above, feel free to add

Acked-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

--
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

> ---
> include/linux/mmzone.h | 4 ++++
> include/linux/vm_event_item.h | 3 ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 3 ++-
> mm/vmstat.c | 6 +++---
> 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index 4106fbc5b4b3..ad0309eea850 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ enum node_stat_item {
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
> PGPROMOTE_SUCCESS, /* promote successfully */
> PGPROMOTE_CANDIDATE, /* candidate pages to promote */
> + /* PGDEMOTE_*: pages demoted */
> + PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD,
> + PGDEMOTE_DIRECT,
> + PGDEMOTE_KHUGEPAGED,
> #endif
> NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS
> };
> diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
> index 8abfa1240040..d1b847502f09 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
> @@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
> PGSTEAL_KSWAPD,
> PGSTEAL_DIRECT,
> PGSTEAL_KHUGEPAGED,
> - PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD,
> - PGDEMOTE_DIRECT,
> - PGDEMOTE_KHUGEPAGED,
> PGSCAN_KSWAPD,
> PGSCAN_DIRECT,
> PGSCAN_KHUGEPAGED,
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 6f13394b112e..2f1fb4ec3235 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1678,7 +1678,8 @@ static unsigned int demote_folio_list(struct list_head *demote_folios,
> (unsigned long)&mtc, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
> &nr_succeeded);
>
> - __count_vm_events(PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(), nr_succeeded);
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(target_nid),
> + PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD + reclaimer_offset(), nr_succeeded);
>
> return nr_succeeded;
> }
> diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
> index 00e81e99c6ee..f141c48c39e4 100644
> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
> @@ -1244,6 +1244,9 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
> #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
> "pgpromote_success",
> "pgpromote_candidate",
> + "pgdemote_kswapd",
> + "pgdemote_direct",
> + "pgdemote_khugepaged",
> #endif
>
> /* enum writeback_stat_item counters */
> @@ -1275,9 +1278,6 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
> "pgsteal_kswapd",
> "pgsteal_direct",
> "pgsteal_khugepaged",
> - "pgdemote_kswapd",
> - "pgdemote_direct",
> - "pgdemote_khugepaged",
> "pgscan_kswapd",
> "pgscan_direct",
> "pgscan_khugepaged",