[patch 17/18] move nr_active and nr_inactive into per-CPU page

Andrew Morton (akpm@zip.com.au)
Sun, 26 May 2002 13:47:55 -0700


It might reduce pagemap_lru_lock hold times a little, and is more
consistent. I think all global page accounting is now inside
page_states[].

--- 2.5.18/include/linux/page-flags.h~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/include/linux/page-flags.h Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ extern struct page_state {
unsigned long nr_dirty;
unsigned long nr_writeback;
unsigned long nr_pagecache;
+ unsigned long nr_active; /* on active_list LRU */
+ unsigned long nr_inactive; /* on inactive_list LRU */
} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp page_states[NR_CPUS];

extern void get_page_state(struct page_state *ret);
--- 2.5.18/include/linux/swap.h~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/include/linux/swap.h Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ extern unsigned long totalhigh_pages;
extern unsigned int nr_free_pages(void);
extern unsigned int nr_free_buffer_pages(void);
extern unsigned int nr_free_pagecache_pages(void);
-extern int nr_active_pages;
-extern int nr_inactive_pages;
extern void __remove_inode_page(struct page *);

/* Incomplete types for prototype declarations: */
@@ -191,27 +189,27 @@ do { \
DEBUG_LRU_PAGE(page); \
SetPageActive(page); \
list_add(&(page)->lru, &active_list); \
- nr_active_pages++; \
+ inc_page_state(nr_active); \
} while (0)

#define add_page_to_inactive_list(page) \
do { \
DEBUG_LRU_PAGE(page); \
list_add(&(page)->lru, &inactive_list); \
- nr_inactive_pages++; \
+ inc_page_state(nr_inactive); \
} while (0)

#define del_page_from_active_list(page) \
do { \
list_del(&(page)->lru); \
ClearPageActive(page); \
- nr_active_pages--; \
+ dec_page_state(nr_active); \
} while (0)

#define del_page_from_inactive_list(page) \
do { \
list_del(&(page)->lru); \
- nr_inactive_pages--; \
+ dec_page_state(nr_inactive); \
} while (0)

extern spinlock_t swaplock;
--- 2.5.18/fs/proc/proc_misc.c~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/fs/proc/proc_misc.c Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page,
"MemShared: %8lu kB\n"
"Cached: %8lu kB\n"
"SwapCached: %8lu kB\n"
- "Active: %8u kB\n"
- "Inactive: %8u kB\n"
+ "Active: %8lu kB\n"
+ "Inactive: %8lu kB\n"
"HighTotal: %8lu kB\n"
"HighFree: %8lu kB\n"
"LowTotal: %8lu kB\n"
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page,
K(i.sharedram),
K(ps.nr_pagecache-swapper_space.nrpages),
K(swapper_space.nrpages),
- K(nr_active_pages),
- K(nr_inactive_pages),
+ K(ps.nr_active),
+ K(ps.nr_inactive),
K(i.totalhigh),
K(i.freehigh),
K(i.totalram-i.totalhigh),
--- 2.5.18/mm/page_alloc.c~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/mm/page_alloc.c Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
unsigned long totalram_pages;
unsigned long totalhigh_pages;
int nr_swap_pages;
-int nr_active_pages;
-int nr_inactive_pages;
struct list_head inactive_list;
struct list_head active_list;
pg_data_t *pgdat_list;
@@ -528,7 +526,7 @@ void free_pages(unsigned long addr, unsi
/*
* Total amount of free (allocatable) RAM:
*/
-unsigned int nr_free_pages (void)
+unsigned int nr_free_pages(void)
{
unsigned int sum;
zone_t *zone;
@@ -608,10 +606,7 @@ void get_page_state(struct page_state *r
{
int pcpu;

- ret->nr_dirty = 0;
- ret->nr_writeback = 0;
- ret->nr_pagecache = 0;
-
+ memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));
for (pcpu = 0; pcpu < smp_num_cpus; pcpu++) {
struct page_state *ps;

@@ -619,6 +614,8 @@ void get_page_state(struct page_state *r
ret->nr_dirty += ps->nr_dirty;
ret->nr_writeback += ps->nr_writeback;
ret->nr_pagecache += ps->nr_pagecache;
+ ret->nr_active += ps->nr_active;
+ ret->nr_inactive += ps->nr_inactive;
}
}

@@ -658,6 +655,9 @@ void show_free_areas_core(pg_data_t *pgd
unsigned int order;
unsigned type;
pg_data_t *tmpdat = pgdat;
+ struct page_state ps;
+
+ get_page_state(&ps);

printk("Free pages: %6dkB (%6dkB HighMem)\n",
K(nr_free_pages()),
@@ -678,10 +678,12 @@ void show_free_areas_core(pg_data_t *pgd
tmpdat = tmpdat->node_next;
}

- printk("( Active: %d, inactive: %d, free: %d )\n",
- nr_active_pages,
- nr_inactive_pages,
- nr_free_pages());
+ printk("( Active:%lu inactive:%lu dirty:%lu writeback:%lu free:%u )\n",
+ ps.nr_active,
+ ps.nr_inactive,
+ ps.nr_dirty,
+ ps.nr_writeback,
+ nr_free_pages());

for (type = 0; type < MAX_NR_ZONES; type++) {
struct list_head *head, *curr;
--- 2.5.18/mm/vmscan.c~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/mm/vmscan.c Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -380,16 +380,17 @@ empty:
return 0;
}

-static int FASTCALL(shrink_cache(int nr_pages, zone_t * classzone, unsigned int gfp_mask, int priority));
-static int shrink_cache(int nr_pages, zone_t * classzone, unsigned int gfp_mask, int priority)
+static int
+shrink_cache(int nr_pages, zone_t *classzone,
+ unsigned int gfp_mask, int priority, int max_scan)
{
struct list_head * entry;
struct address_space *mapping;
- int max_scan = nr_inactive_pages / priority;
int max_mapped = nr_pages << (9 - priority);

spin_lock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
- while (--max_scan >= 0 && (entry = inactive_list.prev) != &inactive_list) {
+ while (--max_scan >= 0 &&
+ (entry = inactive_list.prev) != &inactive_list) {
struct page * page;

if (need_resched()) {
@@ -619,17 +620,25 @@ static int shrink_caches(zone_t * classz
{
int chunk_size = nr_pages;
unsigned long ratio;
+ struct page_state ps;
+ int max_scan;

nr_pages -= kmem_cache_reap(gfp_mask);
if (nr_pages <= 0)
return 0;

nr_pages = chunk_size;
- /* try to keep the active list 2/3 of the size of the cache */
- ratio = (unsigned long) nr_pages * nr_active_pages / ((nr_inactive_pages + 1) * 2);
- refill_inactive(ratio);

- nr_pages = shrink_cache(nr_pages, classzone, gfp_mask, priority);
+ /*
+ * Try to keep the active list 2/3 of the size of the cache
+ */
+ get_page_state(&ps);
+ ratio = (unsigned long)nr_pages * ps.nr_active /
+ ((ps.nr_inactive | 1) * 2);
+ refill_inactive(ratio);
+ max_scan = ps.nr_inactive / priority;
+ nr_pages = shrink_cache(nr_pages, classzone,
+ gfp_mask, priority, max_scan);
if (nr_pages <= 0)
return 0;

--- 2.5.18/mm/filemap.c~page-accounting Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
+++ 2.5.18-akpm/mm/filemap.c Sun May 26 12:38:12 2002
@@ -1415,16 +1415,19 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_sendfile64(int ou
return ret;
}

-static ssize_t do_readahead(struct file *file, unsigned long index, unsigned long nr)
+static ssize_t
+do_readahead(struct file *file, unsigned long index, unsigned long nr)
{
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
unsigned long max;
+ struct page_state ps;

if (!mapping || !mapping->a_ops || !mapping->a_ops->readpage)
return -EINVAL;

/* Limit it to a sane percentage of the inactive list.. */
- max = nr_inactive_pages / 2;
+ get_page_state(&ps);
+ max = ps.nr_inactive / 2;
if (nr > max)
nr = max;

-
-
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