On 8/1/19 6:01 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Could you try testing the patch below instead? It should hopefully
> eliminate the stalls. If it makes hugepage allocation give up too early,
> we'll know we have to involve __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL in allowing the
> MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY priority. Thanks!
Thanks. This patch does eliminate the stalls I was seeing.
In my testing, there is little difference in how many hugetlb pages are
allocated. It does not appear to be giving up/failing too early. But,
this is only with __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL. The real concern would with THP
requests. Any suggestions on how to test that?
--
Mike Kravetz
> ----8<----
> diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
> index 9569e7c786d3..b8bfe8d5d2e9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compaction.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
> @@ -129,11 +129,7 @@ static inline bool compaction_failed(enum compact_result
> result)
> return false;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * Compaction has backed off for some reason. It might be throttling or
> - * lock contention. Retrying is still worthwhile.
> - */
> -static inline bool compaction_withdrawn(enum compact_result result)
> +static inline bool compaction_needs_reclaim(enum compact_result result)
> {
> /*
> * Compaction backed off due to watermark checks for order-0
> @@ -142,6 +138,15 @@ static inline bool compaction_withdrawn(enum
> compact_result result)
> if (result == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
> return true;
>
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Compaction has backed off for some reason. It might be throttling or
> + * lock contention. Retrying is still worthwhile.
> + */
> +static inline bool compaction_withdrawn(enum compact_result result)
> +{
> /*
> * If compaction is deferred for high-order allocations, it is
> * because sync compaction recently failed. If this is the case
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 272c6de1bf4e..3dfce1f79112 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -3965,6 +3965,11 @@ should_compact_retry(struct alloc_context *ac, int
> order, int alloc_flags,
> if (compaction_failed(compact_result))
> goto check_priority;
>
> + if (compaction_needs_reclaim(compact_result)) {
> + ret = compaction_zonelist_suitable(ac, order, alloc_flags);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * make sure the compaction wasn't deferred or didn't bail out early
> * due to locks contention before we declare that we should give up.
> @@ -3972,8 +3977,7 @@ should_compact_retry(struct alloc_context *ac, int
> order, int alloc_flags,
> * compaction.
> */
> if (compaction_withdrawn(compact_result)) {
> - ret = compaction_zonelist_suitable(ac, order, alloc_flags);
> - goto out;
> + goto check_priority;
> }
>
> /*
>
