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SubjectRe: [PATCH v10 06/14] mm: multi-gen LRU: minimal implementation
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 02:31:37PM +0800, Chen Wandun wrote:
>
>
> 在 2022/4/15 13:25, Yu Zhao 写道:
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:23:18AM +0800, Chen Wandun wrote:
> > > 在 2022/4/15 4:53, Yu Zhao 写道:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 07:47:54PM +0800, Chen Wandun wrote:
> > > > > On 2022/4/7 11:15, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > > > > > +static void inc_min_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > + int type;
> > > > > > + struct lru_gen_struct *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + VM_BUG_ON(!seq_is_valid(lruvec));
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + for (type = 0; type < ANON_AND_FILE; type++) {
> > > > > > + if (get_nr_gens(lruvec, type) != MAX_NR_GENS)
> > > > > > + continue;
> > > > > I'm confused about relation between aging and LRU list operation.
> > > > >
> > > > > In function inc_max_seq,  both min_seq and max_seq will increase,
> > > > > the lrugen->lists[] indexed by lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq + 1) may
> > > > > be non-empty?
> > > > Yes.
> > > >
> > > > > for example,
> > > > > before inc_max_seq:
> > > > > min_seq == 0, lrugen->lists[0][type][zone]
> > > > > max_seq ==3, lrugen->lists[3][type][zone]
> > > > >
> > > > > after inc_max_seq:
> > > > > min_seq ==1, lrugen->lists[1][type][zone]
> > > > > max_seq ==4, lrugen->lists[0][type][zone]
> > > > >
> > > > > If lrugen->lists[0][type][zone] is not empty before inc_max_seq and it is
> > > > > the most inactive list,however lurgen->lists[0][type][zone] will become
> > > > > the most active list after inc_max_seq.
> > > > Correct.
> > > >
> > > > > So,  in this place,
> > > > >
> > > > > if (get_nr_gens(lruvec, type) != MAX_NR_GENS)
> > > > > continue;
> > > > >
> > > > > should change to
> > > > >
> > > > > if (get_nr_gens(lruvec, type) == MAX_NR_GENS)
> > > > > continue;
> > > > No, because max/min_seq will overlap if we do so.
> > > >
> > > > lrugen->lists[max_seq+1] can only be non-empty for anon LRU, for a
> > > > couple of reasons:
> > > > 1. We can't swap at all.
> > > > 2. Swapping is constrained, e.g., swapfile is full.
> > > >
> > > > Both cases are similar to a producer (the aging) overrunning a
> > > > consumer (the eviction). We used to handle them, but I simplified the
> > > > code because I don't feel they are worth handling [1].
> > > Can lrugen->lists[max_seq+1]  also be non-empty for file LRU?
> > On reclaim path, no. But it can be forced to do so via debugfs.
> >
> > > such as in dont reclaim mapped file page case(isolation will fail).
> > You mean may_unmap=false? Pages stays in the same generation if
> > isolation fails. So lrugen->lists[min_seq] won't be empty in this
> > case.
> >
> > > If so, after aging, eviction will reclaim memory start from
> > > lrugen->lists[min_seq+1], but some oldest file page still
> > > remain in lrugen->lists[max_seq+1].
> > >
> > > sort_folio can help to put misplaced pages to the right
> > > LRU list, but in this case, it does't help, because sort_folio
> > > only sort lrugen->lists[min_seq+1].
> > On reclaim path, inc_max_seq() is only called when need_aging=true,
> > and this guarantees max_seq-min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE]+1 < MAX_NR_GENS.
> yes, I think so, but I did't find the logical in function get_nr_evictable,
> or am I missing something
>
>         if (min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE] + MIN_NR_GENS > max_seq)
>                 *need_aging = true;
>         else if (min_seq[LRU_GEN_FILE] + MIN_NR_GENS < max_seq)
>                 *need_aging = false;

This branch.

And the following is also relavent:

static int __init init_lru_gen(void)
{
BUILD_BUG_ON(MIN_NR_GENS + 1 >= MAX_NR_GENS);

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