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diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 86375605faa9..b89581bf859c 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ static inline void count_compact_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
#define pageblock_start_pfn(pfn) block_start_pfn(pfn, pageblock_order)
#define pageblock_end_pfn(pfn) block_end_pfn(pfn, pageblock_order)
+/*
+ * Fragmentation score check interval for proactive compaction purposes.
+ */
+static const unsigned int HPAGE_FRAG_CHECK_INTERVAL_MSEC = 500;
+
+/*
+ * Page order with-respect-to which proactive compaction
+ * calculates external fragmentation, which is used as
+ * the "fragmentation score" of a node/zone.
+ */
+#if defined CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+#define COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER HPAGE_PMD_ORDER
+#elif defined CONFIG_HUGETLBFS
+#define COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER
+#else
+#define COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER (PMD_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT)
+#endif
+
static unsigned long release_freepages(struct list_head *freelist)
{
struct page *page, *next;
@@ -136,7 +154,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ClearPageMovable);
/*
* Compaction is deferred when compaction fails to result in a page
- * allocation success. 1 << compact_defer_limit compactions are skipped up
+ * allocation success. 1 << compact_defer_shift, compactions are skipped up
* to a limit of 1 << COMPACT_MAX_DEFER_SHIFT
*/
void defer_compaction(struct zone *zone, int order)
@@ -1459,7 +1477,7 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc)
* this pfn aligned down to the pageblock boundary, because we do
* block_start_pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages in the for loop.
* For ending point, take care when isolating in last pageblock of a
- * a zone which ends in the middle of a pageblock.
+ * zone which ends in the middle of a pageblock.
* The low boundary is the end of the pageblock the migration scanner
* is using.
*/
@@ -1857,6 +1875,76 @@ static inline bool is_via_compact_memory(int order)
return order == -1;
}
+static bool kswapd_is_running(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ return pgdat->kswapd && (pgdat->kswapd->state == TASK_RUNNING);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A zone's fragmentation score is the external fragmentation wrt to the
+ * COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER scaled by the zone's size. It returns a value
+ * in the range [0, 100].
+ *
+ * The scaling factor ensures that proactive compaction focuses on larger
+ * zones like ZONE_NORMAL, rather than smaller, specialized zones like
+ * ZONE_DMA32. For smaller zones, the score value remains close to zero,
+ * and thus never exceeds the high threshold for proactive compaction.
+ */
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_zone(struct zone *zone)
+{
+ unsigned long score;
+
+ score = zone->present_pages *
+ extfrag_for_order(zone, COMPACTION_HPAGE_ORDER);
+ return div64_ul(score, zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages + 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The per-node proactive (background) compaction process is started by its
+ * corresponding kcompactd thread when the node's fragmentation score
+ * exceeds the high threshold. The compaction process remains active till
+ * the node's score falls below the low threshold, or one of the back-off
+ * conditions is met.
+ */
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ unsigned int score = 0;
+ int zoneid;
+
+ for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
+ struct zone *zone;
+
+ zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
+ score += fragmentation_score_zone(zone);
+ }
+
+ return score;
+}
+
+static unsigned int fragmentation_score_wmark(pg_data_t *pgdat, bool low)
+{
+ unsigned int wmark_low;
+
+ /*
+ * Cap the low watermak to avoid excessive compaction
+ * activity in case a user sets the proactivess tunable
+ * close to 100 (maximum).
+ */
+ wmark_low = max(100U - sysctl_compaction_proactiveness, 5U);
+ return low ? wmark_low : min(wmark_low + 10, 100U);
+}
+
+static bool should_proactive_compact_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ int wmark_high;
+
+ if (!sysctl_compaction_proactiveness || kswapd_is_running(pgdat))
+ return false;
+
+ wmark_high = fragmentation_score_wmark(pgdat, false);
+ return fragmentation_score_node(pgdat) > wmark_high;
+}
+
static enum compact_result __compact_finished(struct compact_control *cc)
{
unsigned int order;
@@ -1883,6 +1971,25 @@ static enum compact_result __compact_finished(struct compact_control *cc)
return COMPACT_PARTIAL_SKIPPED;
}
+ if (cc->proactive_compaction) {
+ int score, wmark_low;
+ pg_data_t *pgdat;
+
+ pgdat = cc->zone->zone_pgdat;
+ if (kswapd_is_running(pgdat))
+ return COMPACT_PARTIAL_SKIPPED;
+
+ score = fragmentation_score_zone(cc->zone);
+ wmark_low = fragmentation_score_wmark(pgdat, true);
+
+ if (score > wmark_low)
+ ret = COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+ else
+ ret = COMPACT_SUCCESS;
+
+ goto out;
+ }
+
if (is_via_compact_memory(cc->order))
return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
@@ -1941,6 +2048,7 @@ static enum compact_result __compact_finished(struct compact_control *cc)
}
}
+out:
if (cc->contended || fatal_signal_pending(current))
ret = COMPACT_CONTENDED;
@@ -2421,6 +2529,41 @@ enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
return rc;
}
+/*
+ * Compact all zones within a node till each zone's fragmentation score
+ * reaches within proactive compaction thresholds (as determined by the
+ * proactiveness tunable).
+ *
+ * It is possible that the function returns before reaching score targets
+ * due to various back-off conditions, such as, contention on per-node or
+ * per-zone locks.
+ */
+static void proactive_compact_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
+{
+ int zoneid;
+ struct zone *zone;
+ struct compact_control cc = {
+ .order = -1,
+ .mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT,
+ .ignore_skip_hint = true,
+ .whole_zone = true,
+ .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
+ .proactive_compaction = true,
+ };
+
+ for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
+ zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
+ if (!populated_zone(zone))
+ continue;
+
+ cc.zone = zone;
+
+ compact_zone(&cc, NULL);
+
+ VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.freepages));
+ VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.migratepages));
+ }
+}
/* Compact all zones within a node */
static void compact_node(int nid)
@@ -2468,6 +2611,13 @@ static void compact_nodes(void)
int sysctl_compact_memory;
/*
+ * Tunable for proactive compaction. It determines how
+ * aggressively the kernel should compact memory in the
+ * background. It takes values in the range [0, 100].
+ */
+unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
+
+/*
* This is the entry point for compacting all nodes via
* /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
*/
@@ -2646,6 +2796,7 @@ static int kcompactd(void *p)
{
pg_data_t *pgdat = (pg_data_t*)p;
struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+ unsigned int proactive_defer = 0;
const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
@@ -2661,12 +2812,34 @@ static int kcompactd(void *p)
unsigned long pflags;
trace_mm_compaction_kcompactd_sleep(pgdat->node_id);
- wait_event_freezable(pgdat->kcompactd_wait,
- kcompactd_work_requested(pgdat));
+ if (wait_event_freezable_timeout(pgdat->kcompactd_wait,
+ kcompactd_work_requested(pgdat),
+ msecs_to_jiffies(HPAGE_FRAG_CHECK_INTERVAL_MSEC))) {
+
+ psi_memstall_enter(&pflags);
+ kcompactd_do_work(pgdat);
+ psi_memstall_leave(&pflags);
+ continue;
+ }
- psi_memstall_enter(&pflags);
- kcompactd_do_work(pgdat);
- psi_memstall_leave(&pflags);
+ /* kcompactd wait timeout */
+ if (should_proactive_compact_node(pgdat)) {
+ unsigned int prev_score, score;
+
+ if (proactive_defer) {
+ proactive_defer--;
+ continue;
+ }
+ prev_score = fragmentation_score_node(pgdat);
+ proactive_compact_node(pgdat);
+ score = fragmentation_score_node(pgdat);
+ /*
+ * Defer proactive compaction if the fragmentation
+ * score did not go down i.e. no progress made.
+ */
+ proactive_defer = score < prev_score ?
+ 0 : 1 << COMPACT_MAX_DEFER_SHIFT;
+ }
}
return 0;