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1 From 1b5e4c317d80f4826eceb3781702d18d06b14394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: "T.J. Alumbaugh" <talumbau@google.com>
3 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:18:21 +0000
4 Subject: [PATCH 12/19] UPSTREAM: mm: multi-gen LRU: section for working set
5 protection
6
7 Patch series "mm: multi-gen LRU: improve".
8
9 This patch series improves a few MGLRU functions, collects related
10 functions, and adds additional documentation.
11
12 This patch (of 7):
13
14 Add a section for working set protection in the code and the design doc.
15 The admin doc already contains its usage.
16
17 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-1-talumbau@google.com
18 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-2-talumbau@google.com
19 Change-Id: I65599075fd42951db7739a2ab7cee78516e157b3
20 Signed-off-by: T.J. Alumbaugh <talumbau@google.com>
21 Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
22 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
23 (cherry picked from commit 7b8144e63d84716f16a1b929e0c7e03ae5c4d5c1)
24 Bug: 274865848
25 Signed-off-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
26 ---
27 Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
28 mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++++
29 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
30
31 --- a/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
32 +++ b/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
33 @@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ loop has detected outlying refaults from
34 this end, the feedback loop uses the first tier as the baseline, for
35 the reason stated earlier.
36
37 +Working set protection
38 +----------------------
39 +Each generation is timestamped at birth. If ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` is
40 +set, an ``lruvec`` is protected from the eviction when its oldest
41 +generation was born within ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds. In other
42 +words, it prevents the working set of ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds
43 +from getting evicted. The OOM killer is triggered if this working set
44 +cannot be kept in memory.
45 +
46 +This time-based approach has the following advantages:
47 +
48 +1. It is easier to configure because it is agnostic to applications
49 + and memory sizes.
50 +2. It is more reliable because it is directly wired to the OOM killer.
51 +
52 Summary
53 -------
54 The multi-gen LRU can be disassembled into the following parts:
55 --- a/mm/vmscan.c
56 +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
57 @@ -4459,6 +4459,10 @@ done:
58 return true;
59 }
60
61 +/******************************************************************************
62 + * working set protection
63 + ******************************************************************************/
64 +
65 static bool lruvec_is_sizable(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
66 {
67 int gen, type, zone;