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[03/24] mm: factor shrinker work calculations

Message ID 20190801021752.4986-4-david@fromorbit.com (mailing list archive)
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Series mm, xfs: non-blocking inode reclaim | expand

Commit Message

Dave Chinner Aug. 1, 2019, 2:17 a.m. UTC
From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>

Start to clean up the shrinker code by factoring out the calculation
that determines how much work to do. This separates the calculation
from clamping and other adjustments that are done before the
shrinker work is run.

Also convert the calculation for the amount of work to be done to
use 64 bit logic so we don't have to keep jumping through hoops to
keep calculations within 32 bits on 32 bit systems.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

Comments

Nikolay Borisov Aug. 2, 2019, 3:08 p.m. UTC | #1
On 1.08.19 г. 5:17 ч., Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> 
> Start to clean up the shrinker code by factoring out the calculation
> that determines how much work to do. This separates the calculation
> from clamping and other adjustments that are done before the
> shrinker work is run.
> 
> Also convert the calculation for the amount of work to be done to
> use 64 bit logic so we don't have to keep jumping through hoops to
> keep calculations within 32 bits on 32 bit systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index ae3035fe94bc..b7472953b0e6 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -464,13 +464,45 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
>  
>  #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
>  
> +/*
> + * Calculate the number of new objects to scan this time around. Return
> + * the work to be done. If there are freeable objects, return that number in
> + * @freeable_objects.
> + */
> +static int64_t shrink_scan_count(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> +			    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority,
> +			    int64_t *freeable_objects)

nit: make the return parm definition also uin64_t, also we have u64 types.

> +{
> +	uint64_t delta;
> +	uint64_t freeable;
> +
> +	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
> +	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> +		return freeable;
> +
> +	if (shrinker->seeks) {
> +		delta = freeable >> (priority - 2);
> +		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);

a comment about the reasoning behind this calculation would be nice.

> +	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
> +		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
> +		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
> +		 */
> +		delta = freeable / 2;
> +	}
> +
> +	*freeable_objects = freeable;
> +	return delta > 0 ? delta : 0;
> +}
> +
>  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  				    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority)
>  {
>  	unsigned long freed = 0;
> -	unsigned long long delta;
>  	long total_scan;
> -	long freeable;
> +	int64_t freeable_objects = 0;
> +	int64_t scan_count;

why int and not uint64 ? We can never have negative object count, right?

>  	long nr;
>  	long new_nr;
>  	int nid = shrinkctl->nid;
> @@ -481,9 +513,10 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
>  		nid = 0;
>  
> -	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
> -	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> -		return freeable;
> +	scan_count = shrink_scan_count(shrinkctl, shrinker, priority,
> +					&freeable_objects);
> +	if (scan_count == 0 || scan_count == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> +		return scan_count;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
> @@ -492,25 +525,11 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 */
>  	nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid], 0);
>  
> -	total_scan = nr;
> -	if (shrinker->seeks) {
> -		delta = freeable >> priority;
> -		delta *= 4;
> -		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> -	} else {
> -		/*
> -		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
> -		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
> -		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
> -		 */
> -		delta = freeable / 2;
> -	}
> -
> -	total_scan += delta;
> +	total_scan = nr + scan_count;
>  	if (total_scan < 0) {
>  		pr_err("shrink_slab: %pS negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",
>  		       shrinker->scan_objects, total_scan);
> -		total_scan = freeable;
> +		total_scan = scan_count;
>  		next_deferred = nr;
>  	} else
>  		next_deferred = total_scan;
> @@ -527,19 +546,20 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
>  	 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
>  	 */
> -	if (delta < freeable / 4)
> -		total_scan = min(total_scan, freeable / 2);
> +	if (scan_count < freeable_objects / 4)
> +		total_scan = min_t(long, total_scan, freeable_objects / 2);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
>  	 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
>  	 * freeable entries.
>  	 */
> -	if (total_scan > freeable * 2)
> -		total_scan = freeable * 2;
> +	if (total_scan > freeable_objects * 2)
> +		total_scan = freeable_objects * 2;
>  
>  	trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrinkctl, nr,
> -				   freeable, delta, total_scan, priority);
> +				   freeable_objects, scan_count,
> +				   total_scan, priority);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * If the shrinker can't run (e.g. due to gfp_mask constraints), then
> @@ -564,7 +584,7 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 * possible.
>  	 */
>  	while (total_scan >= batch_size ||
> -	       total_scan >= freeable) {
> +	       total_scan >= freeable_objects) {
>  		unsigned long ret;
>  		unsigned long nr_to_scan = min(batch_size, total_scan);
>  
>
Brian Foster Aug. 2, 2019, 3:31 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 12:17:31PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> 
> Start to clean up the shrinker code by factoring out the calculation
> that determines how much work to do. This separates the calculation
> from clamping and other adjustments that are done before the
> shrinker work is run.
> 
> Also convert the calculation for the amount of work to be done to
> use 64 bit logic so we don't have to keep jumping through hoops to
> keep calculations within 32 bits on 32 bit systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index ae3035fe94bc..b7472953b0e6 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -464,13 +464,45 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
>  
>  #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
>  
> +/*
> + * Calculate the number of new objects to scan this time around. Return
> + * the work to be done. If there are freeable objects, return that number in
> + * @freeable_objects.
> + */
> +static int64_t shrink_scan_count(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> +			    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority,
> +			    int64_t *freeable_objects)
> +{
> +	uint64_t delta;
> +	uint64_t freeable;
> +
> +	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
> +	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> +		return freeable;
> +
> +	if (shrinker->seeks) {
> +		delta = freeable >> (priority - 2);
> +		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> +	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
> +		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
> +		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
> +		 */
> +		delta = freeable / 2;
> +	}
> +
> +	*freeable_objects = freeable;
> +	return delta > 0 ? delta : 0;

I see Nikolay had some similar comments but FWIW delta is unsigned so
I'm not sure the point of the > 0 check.

Brian

> +}
> +
>  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  				    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority)
>  {
>  	unsigned long freed = 0;
> -	unsigned long long delta;
>  	long total_scan;
> -	long freeable;
> +	int64_t freeable_objects = 0;
> +	int64_t scan_count;
>  	long nr;
>  	long new_nr;
>  	int nid = shrinkctl->nid;
> @@ -481,9 +513,10 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
>  		nid = 0;
>  
> -	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
> -	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> -		return freeable;
> +	scan_count = shrink_scan_count(shrinkctl, shrinker, priority,
> +					&freeable_objects);
> +	if (scan_count == 0 || scan_count == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> +		return scan_count;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
> @@ -492,25 +525,11 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 */
>  	nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid], 0);
>  
> -	total_scan = nr;
> -	if (shrinker->seeks) {
> -		delta = freeable >> priority;
> -		delta *= 4;
> -		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> -	} else {
> -		/*
> -		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
> -		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
> -		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
> -		 */
> -		delta = freeable / 2;
> -	}
> -
> -	total_scan += delta;
> +	total_scan = nr + scan_count;
>  	if (total_scan < 0) {
>  		pr_err("shrink_slab: %pS negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",
>  		       shrinker->scan_objects, total_scan);
> -		total_scan = freeable;
> +		total_scan = scan_count;

Why the change from the (now) freeable_objects value to scan_count?

Brian

>  		next_deferred = nr;
>  	} else
>  		next_deferred = total_scan;
> @@ -527,19 +546,20 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
>  	 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
>  	 */
> -	if (delta < freeable / 4)
> -		total_scan = min(total_scan, freeable / 2);
> +	if (scan_count < freeable_objects / 4)
> +		total_scan = min_t(long, total_scan, freeable_objects / 2);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
>  	 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
>  	 * freeable entries.
>  	 */
> -	if (total_scan > freeable * 2)
> -		total_scan = freeable * 2;
> +	if (total_scan > freeable_objects * 2)
> +		total_scan = freeable_objects * 2;
>  
>  	trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrinkctl, nr,
> -				   freeable, delta, total_scan, priority);
> +				   freeable_objects, scan_count,
> +				   total_scan, priority);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * If the shrinker can't run (e.g. due to gfp_mask constraints), then
> @@ -564,7 +584,7 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
>  	 * possible.
>  	 */
>  	while (total_scan >= batch_size ||
> -	       total_scan >= freeable) {
> +	       total_scan >= freeable_objects) {
>  		unsigned long ret;
>  		unsigned long nr_to_scan = min(batch_size, total_scan);
>  
> -- 
> 2.22.0
>
Dave Chinner Aug. 4, 2019, 2:05 a.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 06:08:37PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1.08.19 г. 5:17 ч., Dave Chinner wrote:
> > From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> > 
> > Start to clean up the shrinker code by factoring out the calculation
> > that determines how much work to do. This separates the calculation
> > from clamping and other adjustments that are done before the
> > shrinker work is run.
> > 
> > Also convert the calculation for the amount of work to be done to
> > use 64 bit logic so we don't have to keep jumping through hoops to
> > keep calculations within 32 bits on 32 bit systems.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  mm/vmscan.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> >  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > index ae3035fe94bc..b7472953b0e6 100644
> > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > @@ -464,13 +464,45 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
> >  
> >  #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Calculate the number of new objects to scan this time around. Return
> > + * the work to be done. If there are freeable objects, return that number in
> > + * @freeable_objects.
> > + */
> > +static int64_t shrink_scan_count(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> > +			    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority,
> > +			    int64_t *freeable_objects)
> 
> nit: make the return parm definition also uin64_t, also we have u64 types.

SHRINK_EMPTY is actually a negative number (-2), and it gets whacked
back into a signed long value in the caller. So returning a signed
integer is actually correct.

> > +{
> > +	uint64_t delta;
> > +	uint64_t freeable;
> > +
> > +	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
> > +	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
> > +		return freeable;
> > +
> > +	if (shrinker->seeks) {
> > +		delta = freeable >> (priority - 2);
> > +		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> 
> a comment about the reasoning behind this calculation would be nice.

I'm just moving code here.

The reason for this calculation requires an awfully long description
that isn't actually appropriate here or in this patch set.

If there should be any comment describing how shrinker work biasing
should be configured, it needs to be in include/linux/shrinker.h
around the definition of DEFAULT_SEEKS and shrinker->seeks as this
code requires shrinker->seeks to be configured appropriately by the
code that registers the shrinker.

> >  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> >  				    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long freed = 0;
> > -	unsigned long long delta;
> >  	long total_scan;
> > -	long freeable;
> > +	int64_t freeable_objects = 0;
> > +	int64_t scan_count;
> 
> why int and not uint64 ? We can never have negative object count, right?

SHRINK_STOP, SHRINK_EMPTY are negative numbers, and the higher level
interface uses longs, not unsigned longs. So we have to treat
numbers greater than LONG_MAX as invalid for object/scan counts.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Patch

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index ae3035fe94bc..b7472953b0e6 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -464,13 +464,45 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
 
 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
 
+/*
+ * Calculate the number of new objects to scan this time around. Return
+ * the work to be done. If there are freeable objects, return that number in
+ * @freeable_objects.
+ */
+static int64_t shrink_scan_count(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
+			    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority,
+			    int64_t *freeable_objects)
+{
+	uint64_t delta;
+	uint64_t freeable;
+
+	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
+	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
+		return freeable;
+
+	if (shrinker->seeks) {
+		delta = freeable >> (priority - 2);
+		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
+		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
+		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
+		 */
+		delta = freeable / 2;
+	}
+
+	*freeable_objects = freeable;
+	return delta > 0 ? delta : 0;
+}
+
 static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 				    struct shrinker *shrinker, int priority)
 {
 	unsigned long freed = 0;
-	unsigned long long delta;
 	long total_scan;
-	long freeable;
+	int64_t freeable_objects = 0;
+	int64_t scan_count;
 	long nr;
 	long new_nr;
 	int nid = shrinkctl->nid;
@@ -481,9 +513,10 @@  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	if (!(shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE))
 		nid = 0;
 
-	freeable = shrinker->count_objects(shrinker, shrinkctl);
-	if (freeable == 0 || freeable == SHRINK_EMPTY)
-		return freeable;
+	scan_count = shrink_scan_count(shrinkctl, shrinker, priority,
+					&freeable_objects);
+	if (scan_count == 0 || scan_count == SHRINK_EMPTY)
+		return scan_count;
 
 	/*
 	 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
@@ -492,25 +525,11 @@  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	 */
 	nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_deferred[nid], 0);
 
-	total_scan = nr;
-	if (shrinker->seeks) {
-		delta = freeable >> priority;
-		delta *= 4;
-		do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * These objects don't require any IO to create. Trim
-		 * them aggressively under memory pressure to keep
-		 * them from causing refetches in the IO caches.
-		 */
-		delta = freeable / 2;
-	}
-
-	total_scan += delta;
+	total_scan = nr + scan_count;
 	if (total_scan < 0) {
 		pr_err("shrink_slab: %pS negative objects to delete nr=%ld\n",
 		       shrinker->scan_objects, total_scan);
-		total_scan = freeable;
+		total_scan = scan_count;
 		next_deferred = nr;
 	} else
 		next_deferred = total_scan;
@@ -527,19 +546,20 @@  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	 * Hence only allow the shrinker to scan the entire cache when
 	 * a large delta change is calculated directly.
 	 */
-	if (delta < freeable / 4)
-		total_scan = min(total_scan, freeable / 2);
+	if (scan_count < freeable_objects / 4)
+		total_scan = min_t(long, total_scan, freeable_objects / 2);
 
 	/*
 	 * Avoid risking looping forever due to too large nr value:
 	 * never try to free more than twice the estimate number of
 	 * freeable entries.
 	 */
-	if (total_scan > freeable * 2)
-		total_scan = freeable * 2;
+	if (total_scan > freeable_objects * 2)
+		total_scan = freeable_objects * 2;
 
 	trace_mm_shrink_slab_start(shrinker, shrinkctl, nr,
-				   freeable, delta, total_scan, priority);
+				   freeable_objects, scan_count,
+				   total_scan, priority);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the shrinker can't run (e.g. due to gfp_mask constraints), then
@@ -564,7 +584,7 @@  static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrinkctl,
 	 * possible.
 	 */
 	while (total_scan >= batch_size ||
-	       total_scan >= freeable) {
+	       total_scan >= freeable_objects) {
 		unsigned long ret;
 		unsigned long nr_to_scan = min(batch_size, total_scan);