xref: /openbmc/linux/mm/vmpressure.c (revision afb46f79)
1 /*
2  * Linux VM pressure
3  *
4  * Copyright 2012 Linaro Ltd.
5  *		  Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@linaro.org>
6  *
7  * Based on ideas from Andrew Morton, David Rientjes, KOSAKI Motohiro,
8  * Leonid Moiseichuk, Mel Gorman, Minchan Kim and Pekka Enberg.
9  *
10  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
11  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
12  * by the Free Software Foundation.
13  */
14 
15 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
16 #include <linux/fs.h>
17 #include <linux/log2.h>
18 #include <linux/sched.h>
19 #include <linux/mm.h>
20 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
21 #include <linux/eventfd.h>
22 #include <linux/slab.h>
23 #include <linux/swap.h>
24 #include <linux/printk.h>
25 #include <linux/vmpressure.h>
26 
27 /*
28  * The window size (vmpressure_win) is the number of scanned pages before
29  * we try to analyze scanned/reclaimed ratio. So the window is used as a
30  * rate-limit tunable for the "low" level notification, and also for
31  * averaging the ratio for medium/critical levels. Using small window
32  * sizes can cause lot of false positives, but too big window size will
33  * delay the notifications.
34  *
35  * As the vmscan reclaimer logic works with chunks which are multiple of
36  * SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX, it makes sense to use it for the window size as well.
37  *
38  * TODO: Make the window size depend on machine size, as we do for vmstat
39  * thresholds. Currently we set it to 512 pages (2MB for 4KB pages).
40  */
41 static const unsigned long vmpressure_win = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * 16;
42 
43 /*
44  * These thresholds are used when we account memory pressure through
45  * scanned/reclaimed ratio. The current values were chosen empirically. In
46  * essence, they are percents: the higher the value, the more number
47  * unsuccessful reclaims there were.
48  */
49 static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_med = 60;
50 static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical = 95;
51 
52 /*
53  * When there are too little pages left to scan, vmpressure() may miss the
54  * critical pressure as number of pages will be less than "window size".
55  * However, in that case the vmscan priority will raise fast as the
56  * reclaimer will try to scan LRUs more deeply.
57  *
58  * The vmscan logic considers these special priorities:
59  *
60  * prio == DEF_PRIORITY (12): reclaimer starts with that value
61  * prio <= DEF_PRIORITY - 2 : kswapd becomes somewhat overwhelmed
62  * prio == 0                : close to OOM, kernel scans every page in an lru
63  *
64  * Any value in this range is acceptable for this tunable (i.e. from 12 to
65  * 0). Current value for the vmpressure_level_critical_prio is chosen
66  * empirically, but the number, in essence, means that we consider
67  * critical level when scanning depth is ~10% of the lru size (vmscan
68  * scans 'lru_size >> prio' pages, so it is actually 12.5%, or one
69  * eights).
70  */
71 static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical_prio = ilog2(100 / 10);
72 
73 static struct vmpressure *work_to_vmpressure(struct work_struct *work)
74 {
75 	return container_of(work, struct vmpressure, work);
76 }
77 
78 static struct vmpressure *vmpressure_parent(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
79 {
80 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = vmpressure_to_css(vmpr);
81 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(css);
82 
83 	memcg = parent_mem_cgroup(memcg);
84 	if (!memcg)
85 		return NULL;
86 	return memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg);
87 }
88 
89 enum vmpressure_levels {
90 	VMPRESSURE_LOW = 0,
91 	VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM,
92 	VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL,
93 	VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS,
94 };
95 
96 static const char * const vmpressure_str_levels[] = {
97 	[VMPRESSURE_LOW] = "low",
98 	[VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM] = "medium",
99 	[VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL] = "critical",
100 };
101 
102 static enum vmpressure_levels vmpressure_level(unsigned long pressure)
103 {
104 	if (pressure >= vmpressure_level_critical)
105 		return VMPRESSURE_CRITICAL;
106 	else if (pressure >= vmpressure_level_med)
107 		return VMPRESSURE_MEDIUM;
108 	return VMPRESSURE_LOW;
109 }
110 
111 static enum vmpressure_levels vmpressure_calc_level(unsigned long scanned,
112 						    unsigned long reclaimed)
113 {
114 	unsigned long scale = scanned + reclaimed;
115 	unsigned long pressure;
116 
117 	/*
118 	 * We calculate the ratio (in percents) of how many pages were
119 	 * scanned vs. reclaimed in a given time frame (window). Note that
120 	 * time is in VM reclaimer's "ticks", i.e. number of pages
121 	 * scanned. This makes it possible to set desired reaction time
122 	 * and serves as a ratelimit.
123 	 */
124 	pressure = scale - (reclaimed * scale / scanned);
125 	pressure = pressure * 100 / scale;
126 
127 	pr_debug("%s: %3lu  (s: %lu  r: %lu)\n", __func__, pressure,
128 		 scanned, reclaimed);
129 
130 	return vmpressure_level(pressure);
131 }
132 
133 struct vmpressure_event {
134 	struct eventfd_ctx *efd;
135 	enum vmpressure_levels level;
136 	struct list_head node;
137 };
138 
139 static bool vmpressure_event(struct vmpressure *vmpr,
140 			     unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed)
141 {
142 	struct vmpressure_event *ev;
143 	enum vmpressure_levels level;
144 	bool signalled = false;
145 
146 	level = vmpressure_calc_level(scanned, reclaimed);
147 
148 	mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock);
149 
150 	list_for_each_entry(ev, &vmpr->events, node) {
151 		if (level >= ev->level) {
152 			eventfd_signal(ev->efd, 1);
153 			signalled = true;
154 		}
155 	}
156 
157 	mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock);
158 
159 	return signalled;
160 }
161 
162 static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
163 {
164 	struct vmpressure *vmpr = work_to_vmpressure(work);
165 	unsigned long scanned;
166 	unsigned long reclaimed;
167 
168 	/*
169 	 * Several contexts might be calling vmpressure(), so it is
170 	 * possible that the work was rescheduled again before the old
171 	 * work context cleared the counters. In that case we will run
172 	 * just after the old work returns, but then scanned might be zero
173 	 * here. No need for any locks here since we don't care if
174 	 * vmpr->reclaimed is in sync.
175 	 */
176 	if (!vmpr->scanned)
177 		return;
178 
179 	spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
180 	scanned = vmpr->scanned;
181 	reclaimed = vmpr->reclaimed;
182 	vmpr->scanned = 0;
183 	vmpr->reclaimed = 0;
184 	spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
185 
186 	do {
187 		if (vmpressure_event(vmpr, scanned, reclaimed))
188 			break;
189 		/*
190 		 * If not handled, propagate the event upward into the
191 		 * hierarchy.
192 		 */
193 	} while ((vmpr = vmpressure_parent(vmpr)));
194 }
195 
196 /**
197  * vmpressure() - Account memory pressure through scanned/reclaimed ratio
198  * @gfp:	reclaimer's gfp mask
199  * @memcg:	cgroup memory controller handle
200  * @scanned:	number of pages scanned
201  * @reclaimed:	number of pages reclaimed
202  *
203  * This function should be called from the vmscan reclaim path to account
204  * "instantaneous" memory pressure (scanned/reclaimed ratio). The raw
205  * pressure index is then further refined and averaged over time.
206  *
207  * This function does not return any value.
208  */
209 void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
210 		unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed)
211 {
212 	struct vmpressure *vmpr = memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg);
213 
214 	/*
215 	 * Here we only want to account pressure that userland is able to
216 	 * help us with. For example, suppose that DMA zone is under
217 	 * pressure; if we notify userland about that kind of pressure,
218 	 * then it will be mostly a waste as it will trigger unnecessary
219 	 * freeing of memory by userland (since userland is more likely to
220 	 * have HIGHMEM/MOVABLE pages instead of the DMA fallback). That
221 	 * is why we include only movable, highmem and FS/IO pages.
222 	 * Indirect reclaim (kswapd) sets sc->gfp_mask to GFP_KERNEL, so
223 	 * we account it too.
224 	 */
225 	if (!(gfp & (__GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_IO | __GFP_FS)))
226 		return;
227 
228 	/*
229 	 * If we got here with no pages scanned, then that is an indicator
230 	 * that reclaimer was unable to find any shrinkable LRUs at the
231 	 * current scanning depth. But it does not mean that we should
232 	 * report the critical pressure, yet. If the scanning priority
233 	 * (scanning depth) goes too high (deep), we will be notified
234 	 * through vmpressure_prio(). But so far, keep calm.
235 	 */
236 	if (!scanned)
237 		return;
238 
239 	spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
240 	vmpr->scanned += scanned;
241 	vmpr->reclaimed += reclaimed;
242 	scanned = vmpr->scanned;
243 	spin_unlock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
244 
245 	if (scanned < vmpressure_win)
246 		return;
247 	schedule_work(&vmpr->work);
248 }
249 
250 /**
251  * vmpressure_prio() - Account memory pressure through reclaimer priority level
252  * @gfp:	reclaimer's gfp mask
253  * @memcg:	cgroup memory controller handle
254  * @prio:	reclaimer's priority
255  *
256  * This function should be called from the reclaim path every time when
257  * the vmscan's reclaiming priority (scanning depth) changes.
258  *
259  * This function does not return any value.
260  */
261 void vmpressure_prio(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int prio)
262 {
263 	/*
264 	 * We only use prio for accounting critical level. For more info
265 	 * see comment for vmpressure_level_critical_prio variable above.
266 	 */
267 	if (prio > vmpressure_level_critical_prio)
268 		return;
269 
270 	/*
271 	 * OK, the prio is below the threshold, updating vmpressure
272 	 * information before shrinker dives into long shrinking of long
273 	 * range vmscan. Passing scanned = vmpressure_win, reclaimed = 0
274 	 * to the vmpressure() basically means that we signal 'critical'
275 	 * level.
276 	 */
277 	vmpressure(gfp, memcg, vmpressure_win, 0);
278 }
279 
280 /**
281  * vmpressure_register_event() - Bind vmpressure notifications to an eventfd
282  * @memcg:	memcg that is interested in vmpressure notifications
283  * @eventfd:	eventfd context to link notifications with
284  * @args:	event arguments (used to set up a pressure level threshold)
285  *
286  * This function associates eventfd context with the vmpressure
287  * infrastructure, so that the notifications will be delivered to the
288  * @eventfd. The @args parameter is a string that denotes pressure level
289  * threshold (one of vmpressure_str_levels, i.e. "low", "medium", or
290  * "critical").
291  *
292  * To be used as memcg event method.
293  */
294 int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
295 			      struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd, const char *args)
296 {
297 	struct vmpressure *vmpr = memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg);
298 	struct vmpressure_event *ev;
299 	int level;
300 
301 	for (level = 0; level < VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS; level++) {
302 		if (!strcmp(vmpressure_str_levels[level], args))
303 			break;
304 	}
305 
306 	if (level >= VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS)
307 		return -EINVAL;
308 
309 	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_KERNEL);
310 	if (!ev)
311 		return -ENOMEM;
312 
313 	ev->efd = eventfd;
314 	ev->level = level;
315 
316 	mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock);
317 	list_add(&ev->node, &vmpr->events);
318 	mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock);
319 
320 	return 0;
321 }
322 
323 /**
324  * vmpressure_unregister_event() - Unbind eventfd from vmpressure
325  * @memcg:	memcg handle
326  * @eventfd:	eventfd context that was used to link vmpressure with the @cg
327  *
328  * This function does internal manipulations to detach the @eventfd from
329  * the vmpressure notifications, and then frees internal resources
330  * associated with the @eventfd (but the @eventfd itself is not freed).
331  *
332  * To be used as memcg event method.
333  */
334 void vmpressure_unregister_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
335 				 struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd)
336 {
337 	struct vmpressure *vmpr = memcg_to_vmpressure(memcg);
338 	struct vmpressure_event *ev;
339 
340 	mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock);
341 	list_for_each_entry(ev, &vmpr->events, node) {
342 		if (ev->efd != eventfd)
343 			continue;
344 		list_del(&ev->node);
345 		kfree(ev);
346 		break;
347 	}
348 	mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock);
349 }
350 
351 /**
352  * vmpressure_init() - Initialize vmpressure control structure
353  * @vmpr:	Structure to be initialized
354  *
355  * This function should be called on every allocated vmpressure structure
356  * before any usage.
357  */
358 void vmpressure_init(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
359 {
360 	spin_lock_init(&vmpr->sr_lock);
361 	mutex_init(&vmpr->events_lock);
362 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vmpr->events);
363 	INIT_WORK(&vmpr->work, vmpressure_work_fn);
364 }
365 
366 /**
367  * vmpressure_cleanup() - shuts down vmpressure control structure
368  * @vmpr:	Structure to be cleaned up
369  *
370  * This function should be called before the structure in which it is
371  * embedded is cleaned up.
372  */
373 void vmpressure_cleanup(struct vmpressure *vmpr)
374 {
375 	/*
376 	 * Make sure there is no pending work before eventfd infrastructure
377 	 * goes away.
378 	 */
379 	flush_work(&vmpr->work);
380 }
381