[PATCH 3/3] mm: add vmstat statistics for madvise_[cold|pageout]

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 19:04:04 EST


madvise LRU manipulation APIs need to scan address ranges to find
present pages at page table and provides advice hints for them.

Likewise pg[scan/steal] count on vmstat, madvise_pg[scanned/hinted]
shows the proactive reclaim efficiency so this patch addes those
two statistics in vmstat.

Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/vm_event_item.h | 2 ++
mm/madvise.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
mm/vmstat.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index 3518dba1e02f..8b9fb2e151eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
PGSCAN_FILE,
PGSTEAL_ANON,
PGSTEAL_FILE,
+ MADVISE_PGSCANNED,
+ MADVISE_PGHINTED,
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_FAILED,
#endif
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index a4a03054ab6b..0e58545ff6e9 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
spinlock_t *ptl;
struct page *page = NULL;
LIST_HEAD(page_list);
+ unsigned int nr_scanned = 0;
+ unsigned int nr_hinted = 0;

if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
return -EINTR;
@@ -343,6 +345,7 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
pmd_t orig_pmd;
unsigned long next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);

+ nr_scanned += HPAGE_PMD_NR
tlb_change_page_size(tlb, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
ptl = pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma);
if (!ptl)
@@ -396,11 +399,15 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
list_add(&page->lru, &page_list);
}
} else
- deactivate_page(page);
+ if (deactivate_page(page))
+ nr_hinted += HPAGE_PMD_NR;
huge_unlock:
spin_unlock(ptl);
if (pageout)
- paging_out(&page_list);
+ nr_hinted += paging_out(&page_list);
+
+ count_vm_events(MADVISE_PGSCANNED, nr_scanned);
+ count_vm_events(MADVISE_PGHINTED, nr_hinted);
return 0;
}

@@ -414,6 +421,7 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
for (; addr < end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
ptent = *pte;
+ nr_scanned++;

if (pte_none(ptent))
continue;
@@ -485,14 +493,17 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
list_add(&page->lru, &page_list);
}
} else
- deactivate_page(page);
+ if (deactivate_page(page))
+ nr_hinted++;
}

arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
pte_unmap_unlock(orig_pte, ptl);
if (pageout)
- paging_out(&page_list);
+ nr_hinted += paging_out(&page_list);
cond_resched();
+ count_vm_events(MADVISE_PGSCANNED, nr_scanned);
+ count_vm_events(MADVISE_PGHINTED, nr_hinted);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index b2371d745e00..0139feade854 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,8 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
"pgscan_file",
"pgsteal_anon",
"pgsteal_file",
+ "madvise_pgscanned",
+ "madvise_pghinted",

#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
"zone_reclaim_failed",
--
2.39.0.314.g84b9a713c41-goog