Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] mm/vmscan: refactor reclaim_pages with reclaim_or_migrate_folios

[SeongJae Park]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:52:49 +0900 Honggyu Kim <honggyu.kim@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Since we will introduce reclaim_pages like functions such as
> demote_pages and promote_pages, the most of the code can be shared.
> 
> This is a preparation patch that introduces reclaim_or_migrate_folios()
> to cover all the logics, but it provides a handler for the different
> actions.
> 
> No functional changes applied.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Honggyu Kim <honggyu.kim@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index bba207f41b14..7ca2396ccc3b 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -2107,15 +2107,16 @@ static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
>  	return nr_reclaimed;
>  }
>  
> -unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *folio_list)
> +static unsigned long reclaim_or_migrate_folios(struct list_head *folio_list,
> +		unsigned int (*handler)(struct list_head *, struct pglist_data *))

I'm not very sure if extending this function for general migration is the right
approach, since we have dedicated functions for the migration.

I'd like to hear others' opinions.

>  {
>  	int nid;
> -	unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
> +	unsigned int nr_folios = 0;
>  	LIST_HEAD(node_folio_list);
>  	unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
>  
>  	if (list_empty(folio_list))
> -		return nr_reclaimed;
> +		return nr_folios;
>  
>  	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
>  
> @@ -2129,15 +2130,20 @@ unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *folio_list)
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		nr_reclaimed += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
> +		nr_folios += handler(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
>  		nid = folio_nid(lru_to_folio(folio_list));
>  	} while (!list_empty(folio_list));
>  
> -	nr_reclaimed += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
> +	nr_folios += handler(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
>  
>  	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);
>  
> -	return nr_reclaimed;
> +	return nr_folios;
> +}
> +
> +unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *folio_list)
> +{
> +	return reclaim_or_migrate_folios(folio_list, reclaim_folio_list);
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> -- 
> 2.34.1