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vmstat: make vmstat_updater deferrable again and shut down on idle

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Currently the vmstat updater is not deferrable as a result of commit
ba4877b9ca ("vmstat: do not use deferrable delayed work for
vmstat_update").  This in turn can cause multiple interruptions of the
applications because the vmstat updater may run at

Make vmstate_update deferrable again and provide a function that folds
the differentials when the processor is going to idle mode thus
addressing the issue of the above commit in a clean way.

Note that the shepherd thread will continue scanning the differentials
from another processor and will reenable the vmstat workers if it
detects any changes.

Fixes: ba4877b9ca ("vmstat: do not use deferrable delayed work for vmstat_update")
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Christoph Lameter 2016-01-14 15:21:40 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 686739f6af
commit 0eb77e9880
3 changed files with 47 additions and 25 deletions
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include/linux/vmstat.h
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@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ extern void __inc_zone_state(struct zone *, enum zone_stat_item);
extern void dec_zone_state(struct zone *, enum zone_stat_item);
extern void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *, enum zone_stat_item);
void quiet_vmstat(void);
void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu);
void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void);
@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ static inline void __dec_zone_page_state(struct page *page,
static inline void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds(void) { }
static inline void cpu_vm_stats_fold(int cpu) { }
static inline void quiet_vmstat(void) { }
static inline void drain_zonestat(struct zone *zone,
struct per_cpu_pageset *pset) { }

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kernel/sched/idle.c
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@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void cpu_idle_loop(void)
*/
__current_set_polling();
quiet_vmstat();
tick_nohz_idle_enter();
while (!need_resched()) {

69
mm/vmstat.c
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@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static int fold_diff(int *diff)
*
* The function returns the number of global counters updated.
*/
static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(void)
static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(bool do_pagesets)
{
struct zone *zone;
int i;
@ -484,33 +484,35 @@ static int refresh_cpu_vm_stats(void)
#endif
}
}
cond_resched();
#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
/*
* Deal with draining the remote pageset of this
* processor
*
* Check if there are pages remaining in this pageset
* if not then there is nothing to expire.
*/
if (!__this_cpu_read(p->expire) ||
if (do_pagesets) {
cond_resched();
/*
* Deal with draining the remote pageset of this
* processor
*
* Check if there are pages remaining in this pageset
* if not then there is nothing to expire.
*/
if (!__this_cpu_read(p->expire) ||
!__this_cpu_read(p->pcp.count))
continue;
continue;
/*
* We never drain zones local to this processor.
*/
if (zone_to_nid(zone) == numa_node_id()) {
__this_cpu_write(p->expire, 0);
continue;
}
/*
* We never drain zones local to this processor.
*/
if (zone_to_nid(zone) == numa_node_id()) {
__this_cpu_write(p->expire, 0);
continue;
}
if (__this_cpu_dec_return(p->expire))
continue;
if (__this_cpu_dec_return(p->expire))
continue;
if (__this_cpu_read(p->pcp.count)) {
drain_zone_pages(zone, this_cpu_ptr(&p->pcp));
changes++;
if (__this_cpu_read(p->pcp.count)) {
drain_zone_pages(zone, this_cpu_ptr(&p->pcp));
changes++;
}
}
#endif
}
@ -1386,7 +1388,7 @@ static cpumask_var_t cpu_stat_off;
static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w)
{
if (refresh_cpu_vm_stats()) {
if (refresh_cpu_vm_stats(true)) {
/*
* Counters were updated so we expect more updates
* to occur in the future. Keep on running the
@ -1417,6 +1419,23 @@ static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w)
}
}
/*
* Switch off vmstat processing and then fold all the remaining differentials
* until the diffs stay at zero. The function is used by NOHZ and can only be
* invoked when tick processing is not active.
*/
void quiet_vmstat(void)
{
if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)
return;
do {
if (!cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), cpu_stat_off))
cancel_delayed_work(this_cpu_ptr(&vmstat_work));
} while (refresh_cpu_vm_stats(false));
}
/*
* Check if the diffs for a certain cpu indicate that
* an update is needed.
@ -1449,7 +1468,7 @@ static bool need_update(int cpu)
*/
static void vmstat_shepherd(struct work_struct *w);
static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(shepherd, vmstat_shepherd);
static DECLARE_DEFERRABLE_WORK(shepherd, vmstat_shepherd);
static void vmstat_shepherd(struct work_struct *w)
{