Re: [PATCH 01/11] mm: vmscan: move inactive_list_is_low() swap check to the caller

[Shakeel Butt]

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 3:05 PM Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> inactive_list_is_low() should be about one thing: checking the ratio
> between inactive and active list. Kitchensink checks like the one for
> swap space makes the function hard to use and modify its
> callsites. Luckly, most callers already have an understanding of the
> swap situation, so it's easy to clean up.
>
> get_scan_count() has its own, memcg-aware swap check, and doesn't even
> get to the inactive_list_is_low() check on the anon list when there is
> no swap space available.
>
> shrink_list() is called on the results of get_scan_count(), so that
> check is redundant too.
>
> age_active_anon() has its own totalswap_pages check right before it
> checks the list proportions.
>
> The shrink_node_memcg() site is the only one that doesn't do its own
> swap check. Add it there.
>
> Then delete the swap check from inactive_list_is_low().
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 9 +--------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 84dcb651d05c..f396424850aa 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -2165,13 +2165,6 @@ static bool inactive_list_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, bool file,
>         unsigned long refaults;
>         unsigned long gb;
>
> -       /*
> -        * If we don't have swap space, anonymous page deactivation
> -        * is pointless.
> -        */
> -       if (!file && !total_swap_pages)
> -               return false;
> -
>         inactive = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, inactive_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
>         active = lruvec_lru_size(lruvec, active_lru, sc->reclaim_idx);
>
> @@ -2592,7 +2585,7 @@ static void shrink_node_memcg(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct mem_cgroup *memc
>          * Even if we did not try to evict anon pages at all, we want to
>          * rebalance the anon lru active/inactive ratio.
>          */
> -       if (inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
> +       if (total_swap_pages && inactive_list_is_low(lruvec, false, sc, true))
>                 shrink_active_list(SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, lruvec,
>                                    sc, LRU_ACTIVE_ANON);
>  }
> --
> 2.21.0
>