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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/ksm.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/ksm.c | 118 |
1 files changed, 117 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ #define DO_NUMA(x) do { } while (0) #endif +typedef u8 rmap_age_t; + /** * DOC: Overview * @@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ struct ksm_stable_node { * @node: rb node of this rmap_item in the unstable tree * @head: pointer to stable_node heading this list in the stable tree * @hlist: link into hlist of rmap_items hanging off that stable_node + * @age: number of scan iterations since creation + * @remaining_skips: how many scans to skip */ struct ksm_rmap_item { struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_list; @@ -205,6 +209,8 @@ struct ksm_rmap_item { struct mm_struct *mm; unsigned long address; /* + low bits used for flags below */ unsigned int oldchecksum; /* when unstable */ + rmap_age_t age; + rmap_age_t remaining_skips; union { struct rb_node node; /* when node of unstable tree */ struct { /* when listed from stable tree */ @@ -281,9 +287,16 @@ static unsigned int zero_checksum __read_mostly; /* Whether to merge empty (zeroed) pages with actual zero pages */ static bool ksm_use_zero_pages __read_mostly; +/* Skip pages that couldn't be de-duplicated previously */ +/* Default to true at least temporarily, for testing */ +static bool ksm_smart_scan = true; + /* The number of zero pages which is placed by KSM */ unsigned long ksm_zero_pages; +/* The number of pages that have been skipped due to "smart scanning" */ +static unsigned long ksm_pages_skipped; + #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA /* Zeroed when merging across nodes is not allowed */ static unsigned int ksm_merge_across_nodes = 1; @@ -455,7 +468,7 @@ static int break_ksm_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long nex page = pfn_swap_entry_to_page(entry); } /* return 1 if the page is an normal ksm page or KSM-placed zero page */ - ret = (page && PageKsm(page)) || is_ksm_zero_pte(*pte); + ret = (page && PageKsm(page)) || is_ksm_zero_pte(ptent); pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); return ret; } @@ -2305,6 +2318,74 @@ static struct ksm_rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct ksm_mm_slot *mm_slot, return rmap_item; } +/* + * Calculate skip age for the ksm page age. The age determines how often + * de-duplicating has already been tried unsuccessfully. If the age is + * smaller, the scanning of this page is skipped for less scans. + * + * @age: rmap_item age of page + */ +static unsigned int skip_age(rmap_age_t age) +{ + if (age <= 3) + return 1; + if (age <= 5) + return 2; + if (age <= 8) + return 4; + + return 8; +} + +/* + * Determines if a page should be skipped for the current scan. + * + * @page: page to check + * @rmap_item: associated rmap_item of page + */ +static bool should_skip_rmap_item(struct page *page, + struct ksm_rmap_item *rmap_item) +{ + rmap_age_t age; + + if (!ksm_smart_scan) + return false; + + /* + * Never skip pages that are already KSM; pages cmp_and_merge_page() + * will essentially ignore them, but we still have to process them + * properly. + */ + if (PageKsm(page)) + return false; + + age = rmap_item->age; + if (age != U8_MAX) + rmap_item->age++; + + /* + * Smaller ages are not skipped, they need to get a chance to go + * through the different phases of the KSM merging. + */ + if (age < 3) + return false; + + /* + * Are we still allowed to skip? If not, then don't skip it + * and determine how much more often we are allowed to skip next. + */ + if (!rmap_item->remaining_skips) { + rmap_item->remaining_skips = skip_age(age); + return false; + } + + /* Skip this page */ + ksm_pages_skipped++; + rmap_item->remaining_skips--; + remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item); + return true; +} + static struct ksm_rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page) { struct mm_struct *mm; @@ -2409,6 +2490,10 @@ next_mm: if (rmap_item) { ksm_scan.rmap_list = &rmap_item->rmap_list; + + if (should_skip_rmap_item(*page, rmap_item)) + goto next_page; + ksm_scan.address += PAGE_SIZE; } else put_page(*page); @@ -3383,6 +3468,13 @@ static ssize_t pages_volatile_show(struct kobject *kobj, } KSM_ATTR_RO(pages_volatile); +static ssize_t pages_skipped_show(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n", ksm_pages_skipped); +} +KSM_ATTR_RO(pages_skipped); + static ssize_t ksm_zero_pages_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) { @@ -3449,6 +3541,28 @@ static ssize_t full_scans_show(struct kobject *kobj, } KSM_ATTR_RO(full_scans); +static ssize_t smart_scan_show(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", ksm_smart_scan); +} + +static ssize_t smart_scan_store(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + int err; + bool value; + + err = kstrtobool(buf, &value); + if (err) + return -EINVAL; + + ksm_smart_scan = value; + return count; +} +KSM_ATTR(smart_scan); + static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = { &sleep_millisecs_attr.attr, &pages_to_scan_attr.attr, @@ -3458,6 +3572,7 @@ static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = { &pages_sharing_attr.attr, &pages_unshared_attr.attr, &pages_volatile_attr.attr, + &pages_skipped_attr.attr, &ksm_zero_pages_attr.attr, &full_scans_attr.attr, #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA @@ -3469,6 +3584,7 @@ static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = { &stable_node_chains_prune_millisecs_attr.attr, &use_zero_pages_attr.attr, &general_profit_attr.attr, + &smart_scan_attr.attr, NULL, }; |