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[-V8,05/10] mm/migrate: demote pages during reclaim

Message ID 20210618061537.434999-6-ying.huang@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Migrate Pages in lieu of discard | expand

Commit Message

Huang, Ying June 18, 2021, 6:15 a.m. UTC
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:

	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/

Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.

A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
were unable to be demoted in practice.

Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>

--
changes from 20210122:
 * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)

changes from 202010:
 * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
 * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
   later patch
 * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
 * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
   __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
   stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
 * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
   instead of allocating directly.
changes from 20200730:
 * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
   fails.
changes from 20210302:
 * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
   GFP mask constructionn
---
 include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
 include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
 mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Zi Yan June 18, 2021, 3:42 p.m. UTC | #1
On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:

> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>
> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
>
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
>
> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
>
> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
> were unable to be demoted in practice.
>
> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>
> --
> changes from 20210122:
>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
>
> changes from 202010:
>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
>    later patch
>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
>    instead of allocating directly.
> changes from 20200730:
>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
>    fails.
> changes from 20210302:
>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
>    GFP mask constructionn
> ---
>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
>  	MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
>  	MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
>  	MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
> +	MR_DEMOTION,
>  	MR_TYPES
>  };
>
> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
> +
> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
> +
> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
> +{
> +	return NUMA_NO_NODE;
> +}
>
>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>  	EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND,	"mempolicy_mbind")		\
>  	EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,	"numa_misplaced")		\
>  	EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,	"contig_range")			\
> -	EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")
> +	EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")			\
> +	EMe(MR_DEMOTION,	"demotion")
>
>  /*
>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>  #include <linux/oom.h>
> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
>  	return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>  }
>
> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
> +
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
> +
> +	if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> +		return false;
> +	if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
> +		return false;
> +
> +	// FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>  				       bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>  		mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
>  }
>
> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
> +{
> +	struct migration_target_control mtc = {
> +		/*
> +		 * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
> +		 * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
> +		 * instead of migrated.
> +		 */
> +		.gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
> +			    __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
> +			    __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
> +		.nid = node
> +	};
> +
> +	return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
> + * @demote_pages.
> + */
> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
> +				     struct pglist_data *pgdat,
> +				     struct scan_control *sc)
> +{
> +	int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
> +	unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	if (list_empty(demote_pages))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	/* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
> +	err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
> +			    target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
> +			    &nr_succeeded);
> +
> +	return nr_succeeded;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
>   */
> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>  {
>  	LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
>  	LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
> +	LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
>  	unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
>  	unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
> +	bool do_demote_pass = true;
>
>  	memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
>  	cond_resched();
>
> +retry:
>  	while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
>  		struct address_space *mapping;
>  		struct page *page;
> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>  			; /* try to reclaim the page below */
>  		}
>
> +		/*
> +		 * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
> +		 * its contents to another node.
> +		 */
> +		if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
> +			list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
> +			unlock_page(page);
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +
>  		/*
>  		 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
>  		 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>  		list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
>  		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
>  	}
> +	/* 'page_list' is always empty here */
> +
> +	/* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
> +	nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
> +	/* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
> +	if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
> +		/* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
> +		list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
> +		do_demote_pass = false;
> +		goto retry;
> +	}
>
>  	pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
>
> -- 
> 2.30.2

shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
semantics.

—
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
Huang, Ying June 19, 2021, 7:45 a.m. UTC | #2
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:

> On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
>
>> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
>>
>> 	https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
>>
>> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
>> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
>> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
>> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
>>
>> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
>> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
>> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
>> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
>> were unable to be demoted in practice.
>>
>> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
>> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
>> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
>> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>>
>> --
>> changes from 20210122:
>>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
>>
>> changes from 202010:
>>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
>>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
>>    later patch
>>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
>>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
>>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
>>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
>>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
>>    instead of allocating directly.
>> changes from 20200730:
>>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
>>    fails.
>> changes from 20210302:
>>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
>>    GFP mask constructionn
>> ---
>>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
>>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
>>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
>>  	MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
>>  	MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
>>  	MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
>> +	MR_DEMOTION,
>>  	MR_TYPES
>>  };
>>
>> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
>>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
>>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
>> +
>> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
>> +
>> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
>> +{
>> +	return NUMA_NO_NODE;
>> +}
>>
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
>>
>> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
>> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>>  	EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND,	"mempolicy_mbind")		\
>>  	EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,	"numa_misplaced")		\
>>  	EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,	"contig_range")			\
>> -	EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")
>> +	EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")			\
>> +	EMe(MR_DEMOTION,	"demotion")
>>
>>  /*
>>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
>>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
>>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>>  #include <linux/oom.h>
>> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
>>  	return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>>  }
>>
>> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
>> +{
>> +	int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
>> +
>> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
>> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
>> +
>> +	if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>> +		return false;
>> +	if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
>> +		return false;
>> +
>> +	// FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
>> +	return false;
>> +}
>> +
>>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
>>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>>  				       bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
>> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>>  		mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
>>  }
>>
>> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
>> +{
>> +	struct migration_target_control mtc = {
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
>> +		 * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
>> +		 * instead of migrated.
>> +		 */
>> +		.gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
>> +			    __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
>> +			    __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
>> +		.nid = node
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
>> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
>> + * @demote_pages.
>> + */
>> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
>> +				     struct pglist_data *pgdat,
>> +				     struct scan_control *sc)
>> +{
>> +	int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
>> +	unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
>> +	int err;
>> +
>> +	if (list_empty(demote_pages))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	/* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
>> +	err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
>> +			    target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
>> +			    &nr_succeeded);
>> +
>> +	return nr_succeeded;
>> +}
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
>>   */
>> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>  {
>>  	LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
>>  	LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
>> +	LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
>>  	unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
>>  	unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
>> +	bool do_demote_pass = true;
>>
>>  	memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
>>  	cond_resched();
>>
>> +retry:
>>  	while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
>>  		struct address_space *mapping;
>>  		struct page *page;
>> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>  			; /* try to reclaim the page below */
>>  		}
>>
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
>> +		 * its contents to another node.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
>> +			list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
>> +			unlock_page(page);
>> +			continue;
>> +		}
>> +
>>  		/*
>>  		 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
>>  		 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
>> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>  		list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
>>  		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
>>  	}
>> +	/* 'page_list' is always empty here */
>> +
>> +	/* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
>> +	nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
>> +	/* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
>> +	if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
>> +		/* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
>> +		list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
>> +		do_demote_pass = false;
>> +		goto retry;
>> +	}
>>
>>  	pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.30.2
>
> shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
> madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
> tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
> the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> semantics.

Thanks for pointing this out!

Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
memory system.

If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying
Yang Shi June 21, 2021, 7:58 p.m. UTC | #3
On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 12:45 AM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:
>
> > On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
> >
> >> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> >>
> >> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
> >>
> >>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
> >>
> >> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
> >> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
> >> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
> >> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
> >>
> >> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
> >> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
> >> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
> >> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
> >> were unable to be demoted in practice.
> >>
> >> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
> >> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
> >> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> >> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
> >> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> >> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> >> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> >> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> >>
> >> --
> >> changes from 20210122:
> >>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
> >>
> >> changes from 202010:
> >>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
> >>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
> >>    later patch
> >>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
> >>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
> >>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
> >>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
> >>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
> >>    instead of allocating directly.
> >> changes from 20200730:
> >>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
> >>    fails.
> >> changes from 20210302:
> >>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
> >>    GFP mask constructionn
> >> ---
> >>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
> >>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
> >>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
> >>      MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
> >>      MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
> >>      MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
> >> +    MR_DEMOTION,
> >>      MR_TYPES
> >>  };
> >>
> >> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
> >>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
> >>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
> >>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
> >> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
> >> +
> >> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
> >> +
> >> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
> >> +{
> >> +    return NUMA_NO_NODE;
> >> +}
> >>
> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
> >> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
> >>      EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND, "mempolicy_mbind")              \
> >>      EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,  "numa_misplaced")               \
> >>      EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,    "contig_range")                 \
> >> -    EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")
> >> +    EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")                 \
> >> +    EMe(MR_DEMOTION,        "demotion")
> >>
> >>  /*
> >>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
> >> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> >> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
> >> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> >> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> >> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
> >>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
> >>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
> >>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
> >> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
> >>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
> >>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> >>  #include <linux/oom.h>
> >> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
> >>      return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
> >>  }
> >>
> >> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
> >> +{
> >> +    int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
> >> +
> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
> >> +
> >> +    if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> >> +            return false;
> >> +    if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
> >> +            return false;
> >> +
> >> +    // FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
> >> +    return false;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
> >>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
> >>                                     bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
> >> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
> >>              mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
> >>  }
> >>
> >> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
> >> +{
> >> +    struct migration_target_control mtc = {
> >> +            /*
> >> +             * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
> >> +             * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
> >> +             * instead of migrated.
> >> +             */
> >> +            .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
> >> +                        __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
> >> +                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
> >> +            .nid = node
> >> +    };
> >> +
> >> +    return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +/*
> >> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
> >> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
> >> + * @demote_pages.
> >> + */
> >> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
> >> +                                 struct pglist_data *pgdat,
> >> +                                 struct scan_control *sc)
> >> +{
> >> +    int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
> >> +    unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
> >> +    int err;
> >> +
> >> +    if (list_empty(demote_pages))
> >> +            return 0;
> >> +
> >> +    /* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
> >> +    err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
> >> +                        target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
> >> +                        &nr_succeeded);
> >> +
> >> +    return nr_succeeded;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>  /*
> >>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
> >>   */
> >> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >>  {
> >>      LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
> >>      LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
> >> +    LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
> >>      unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
> >>      unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
> >> +    bool do_demote_pass = true;
> >>
> >>      memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
> >>      cond_resched();
> >>
> >> +retry:
> >>      while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
> >>              struct address_space *mapping;
> >>              struct page *page;
> >> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >>                      ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
> >>              }
> >>
> >> +            /*
> >> +             * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
> >> +             * its contents to another node.
> >> +             */
> >> +            if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
> >> +                    list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
> >> +                    unlock_page(page);
> >> +                    continue;
> >> +            }
> >> +
> >>              /*
> >>               * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
> >>               * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
> >> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >>              list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
> >>              VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
> >>      }
> >> +    /* 'page_list' is always empty here */
> >> +
> >> +    /* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
> >> +    nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
> >> +    /* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
> >> +    if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
> >> +            /* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
> >> +            list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
> >> +            do_demote_pass = false;
> >> +            goto retry;
> >> +    }
> >>
> >>      pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
> >>
> >> --
> >> 2.30.2
> >
> > shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
> > madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> > from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
> > tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
> > the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> > semantics.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out!
>
> Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
> migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
> keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
> memory system.
>
> If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.

I don't have a strong opinion on this. But I just thought why not let
PAGEOUT do demotion if tier'ed memory is available and the "migration
in lieu of discard" behavior is opt'ed in by a knob and we keep the
consistency between passive reclaim and proactive reclaim.

>
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
>
Huang, Ying June 22, 2021, 2:09 a.m. UTC | #4
Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 12:45 AM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:
>>
>> > On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>> >>
>> >> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
>> >>
>> >>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
>> >>
>> >> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
>> >> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
>> >> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
>> >> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
>> >>
>> >> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
>> >> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
>> >> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
>> >> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
>> >> were unable to be demoted in practice.
>> >>
>> >> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
>> >> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>> >> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
>> >> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> >> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
>> >> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
>> >> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
>> >> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> >> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> changes from 20210122:
>> >>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
>> >>
>> >> changes from 202010:
>> >>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
>> >>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
>> >>    later patch
>> >>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
>> >>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
>> >>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
>> >>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
>> >>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
>> >>    instead of allocating directly.
>> >> changes from 20200730:
>> >>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
>> >>    fails.
>> >> changes from 20210302:
>> >>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
>> >>    GFP mask constructionn
>> >> ---
>> >>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
>> >>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
>> >>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
>> >> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
>> >>      MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
>> >>      MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
>> >>      MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
>> >> +    MR_DEMOTION,
>> >>      MR_TYPES
>> >>  };
>> >>
>> >> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
>> >>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
>> >>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>> >>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>> >> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
>> >> +
>> >> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
>> >> +
>> >> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
>> >> +{
>> >> +    return NUMA_NO_NODE;
>> >> +}
>> >>
>> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
>> >> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>> >>      EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND, "mempolicy_mbind")              \
>> >>      EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,  "numa_misplaced")               \
>> >>      EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,    "contig_range")                 \
>> >> -    EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")
>> >> +    EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")                 \
>> >> +    EMe(MR_DEMOTION,        "demotion")
>> >>
>> >>  /*
>> >>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
>> >> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
>> >> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>> >>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>> >>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>> >>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>> >> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
>> >>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
>> >>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>> >>  #include <linux/oom.h>
>> >> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
>> >>      return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>> >>  }
>> >>
>> >> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
>> >> +{
>> >> +    int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
>> >> +
>> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
>> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
>> >> +
>> >> +    if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>> >> +            return false;
>> >> +    if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
>> >> +            return false;
>> >> +
>> >> +    // FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
>> >> +    return false;
>> >> +}
>> >> +
>> >>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
>> >>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>> >>                                     bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
>> >> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>> >>              mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
>> >>  }
>> >>
>> >> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
>> >> +{
>> >> +    struct migration_target_control mtc = {
>> >> +            /*
>> >> +             * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
>> >> +             * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
>> >> +             * instead of migrated.
>> >> +             */
>> >> +            .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
>> >> +                        __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
>> >> +                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
>> >> +            .nid = node
>> >> +    };
>> >> +
>> >> +    return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
>> >> +}
>> >> +
>> >> +/*
>> >> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
>> >> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
>> >> + * @demote_pages.
>> >> + */
>> >> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
>> >> +                                 struct pglist_data *pgdat,
>> >> +                                 struct scan_control *sc)
>> >> +{
>> >> +    int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
>> >> +    unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
>> >> +    int err;
>> >> +
>> >> +    if (list_empty(demote_pages))
>> >> +            return 0;
>> >> +
>> >> +    /* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
>> >> +    err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
>> >> +                        target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
>> >> +                        &nr_succeeded);
>> >> +
>> >> +    return nr_succeeded;
>> >> +}
>> >> +
>> >>  /*
>> >>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
>> >>   */
>> >> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >>  {
>> >>      LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
>> >>      LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
>> >> +    LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
>> >>      unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
>> >>      unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
>> >> +    bool do_demote_pass = true;
>> >>
>> >>      memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
>> >>      cond_resched();
>> >>
>> >> +retry:
>> >>      while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
>> >>              struct address_space *mapping;
>> >>              struct page *page;
>> >> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >>                      ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
>> >>              }
>> >>
>> >> +            /*
>> >> +             * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
>> >> +             * its contents to another node.
>> >> +             */
>> >> +            if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
>> >> +                    list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
>> >> +                    unlock_page(page);
>> >> +                    continue;
>> >> +            }
>> >> +
>> >>              /*
>> >>               * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
>> >>               * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
>> >> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >>              list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
>> >>              VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
>> >>      }
>> >> +    /* 'page_list' is always empty here */
>> >> +
>> >> +    /* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
>> >> +    nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
>> >> +    /* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
>> >> +    if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
>> >> +            /* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
>> >> +            list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
>> >> +            do_demote_pass = false;
>> >> +            goto retry;
>> >> +    }
>> >>
>> >>      pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 2.30.2
>> >
>> > shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
>> > madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>> > from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
>> > tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
>> > the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>> > semantics.
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out!
>>
>> Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
>> migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
>> keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
>> memory system.
>>
>> If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on this. But I just thought why not let
> PAGEOUT do demotion if tier'ed memory is available and the "migration
> in lieu of discard" behavior is opt'ed in by a knob and we keep the
> consistency between passive reclaim and proactive reclaim.

I thought about that too.  Considering the kernel API naming, is it
better to define MADV_PAGEOUT as writing to disk, and MADV_COLD as
demoting to the lower tier if enabled.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying
Yang Shi June 22, 2021, 5:15 p.m. UTC | #5
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 7:09 PM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 12:45 AM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
> >> >>
> >> >>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
> >> >>
> >> >> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
> >> >> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
> >> >> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
> >> >> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
> >> >>
> >> >> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
> >> >> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
> >> >> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
> >> >> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
> >> >> were unable to be demoted in practice.
> >> >>
> >> >> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
> >> >> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
> >> >> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
> >> >> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
> >> >> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> >> >> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> >> >> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> >> >> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> changes from 20210122:
> >> >>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
> >> >>
> >> >> changes from 202010:
> >> >>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
> >> >>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
> >> >>    later patch
> >> >>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
> >> >>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
> >> >>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
> >> >>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
> >> >>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
> >> >>    instead of allocating directly.
> >> >> changes from 20200730:
> >> >>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
> >> >>    fails.
> >> >> changes from 20210302:
> >> >>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
> >> >>    GFP mask constructionn
> >> >> ---
> >> >>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
> >> >>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
> >> >>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> >> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
> >> >> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> >> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> >> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
> >> >>      MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
> >> >>      MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
> >> >>      MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
> >> >> +    MR_DEMOTION,
> >> >>      MR_TYPES
> >> >>  };
> >> >>
> >> >> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
> >> >>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
> >> >>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
> >> >>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
> >> >> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
> >> >> +
> >> >> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
> >> >> +
> >> >> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> +    return NUMA_NO_NODE;
> >> >> +}
> >> >>
> >> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
> >> >>
> >> >> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> >> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
> >> >> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> >> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
> >> >> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
> >> >>      EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND, "mempolicy_mbind")              \
> >> >>      EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,  "numa_misplaced")               \
> >> >>      EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,    "contig_range")                 \
> >> >> -    EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")
> >> >> +    EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")                 \
> >> >> +    EMe(MR_DEMOTION,        "demotion")
> >> >>
> >> >>  /*
> >> >>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
> >> >> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> >> >> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
> >> >> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> >> >> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> >> >> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
> >> >>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
> >> >>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
> >> >>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
> >> >> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
> >> >>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
> >> >>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
> >> >>  #include <linux/oom.h>
> >> >> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
> >> >>      return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
> >> >>  }
> >> >>
> >> >> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> +    int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
> >> >> +            return false;
> >> >> +    if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
> >> >> +            return false;
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    // FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
> >> >> +    return false;
> >> >> +}
> >> >> +
> >> >>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
> >> >>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
> >> >>                                     bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
> >> >> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
> >> >>              mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
> >> >>  }
> >> >>
> >> >> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> +    struct migration_target_control mtc = {
> >> >> +            /*
> >> >> +             * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
> >> >> +             * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
> >> >> +             * instead of migrated.
> >> >> +             */
> >> >> +            .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
> >> >> +                        __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
> >> >> +                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
> >> >> +            .nid = node
> >> >> +    };
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
> >> >> +}
> >> >> +
> >> >> +/*
> >> >> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
> >> >> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
> >> >> + * @demote_pages.
> >> >> + */
> >> >> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
> >> >> +                                 struct pglist_data *pgdat,
> >> >> +                                 struct scan_control *sc)
> >> >> +{
> >> >> +    int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
> >> >> +    unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
> >> >> +    int err;
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    if (list_empty(demote_pages))
> >> >> +            return 0;
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    /* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
> >> >> +    err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
> >> >> +                        target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
> >> >> +                        &nr_succeeded);
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    return nr_succeeded;
> >> >> +}
> >> >> +
> >> >>  /*
> >> >>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
> >> >>   */
> >> >> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >> >>  {
> >> >>      LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
> >> >>      LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
> >> >> +    LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
> >> >>      unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
> >> >>      unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
> >> >> +    bool do_demote_pass = true;
> >> >>
> >> >>      memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
> >> >>      cond_resched();
> >> >>
> >> >> +retry:
> >> >>      while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
> >> >>              struct address_space *mapping;
> >> >>              struct page *page;
> >> >> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >> >>                      ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
> >> >>              }
> >> >>
> >> >> +            /*
> >> >> +             * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
> >> >> +             * its contents to another node.
> >> >> +             */
> >> >> +            if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
> >> >> +                    list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
> >> >> +                    unlock_page(page);
> >> >> +                    continue;
> >> >> +            }
> >> >> +
> >> >>              /*
> >> >>               * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
> >> >>               * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
> >> >> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> >> >>              list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
> >> >>              VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
> >> >>      }
> >> >> +    /* 'page_list' is always empty here */
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    /* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
> >> >> +    nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
> >> >> +    /* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
> >> >> +    if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
> >> >> +            /* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
> >> >> +            list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
> >> >> +            do_demote_pass = false;
> >> >> +            goto retry;
> >> >> +    }
> >> >>
> >> >>      pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> 2.30.2
> >> >
> >> > shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
> >> > madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> >> > from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
> >> > tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
> >> > the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
> >> > semantics.
> >>
> >> Thanks for pointing this out!
> >>
> >> Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
> >> migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
> >> keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
> >> memory system.
> >>
> >> If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.
> >
> > I don't have a strong opinion on this. But I just thought why not let
> > PAGEOUT do demotion if tier'ed memory is available and the "migration
> > in lieu of discard" behavior is opt'ed in by a knob and we keep the
> > consistency between passive reclaim and proactive reclaim.
>
> I thought about that too.  Considering the kernel API naming, is it
> better to define MADV_PAGEOUT as writing to disk, and MADV_COLD as
> demoting to the lower tier if enabled.

IMHO we don't have to bind kernel APIs semantics to hardware
configuration, right? IIUC, MADV_PAGEOUT means "we don't need it
anymore just reclaim the page" so shrink_page_list() is called
eventually, but do we really care whether the page is dropped (i.e.
clean file page), written out to swap partition or just migrated to
lower tier node when "migration in lieu of discard" is on?

MADV_COLD seems more straight forward, it just moves the page to the
inactive list. I don't think the patchset changes anything.

Anyway I don't have the best answer, IMHO I'd say let's keep it as is
for now. We could revisit it when the usecases get clearer.

>
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying
Zi Yan June 22, 2021, 6:15 p.m. UTC | #6
On 22 Jun 2021, at 13:15, Yang Shi wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 7:09 PM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 12:45 AM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
>>>>>> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
>>>>>> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
>>>>>> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
>>>>>> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
>>>>>> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
>>>>>> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
>>>>>> were unable to be demoted in practice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
>>>>>> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>>> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
>>>>>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>>>>>> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> changes from 20210122:
>>>>>>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> changes from 202010:
>>>>>>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
>>>>>>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
>>>>>>    later patch
>>>>>>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
>>>>>>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
>>>>>>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
>>>>>>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
>>>>>>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
>>>>>>    instead of allocating directly.
>>>>>> changes from 20200730:
>>>>>>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
>>>>>>    fails.
>>>>>> changes from 20210302:
>>>>>>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
>>>>>>    GFP mask constructionn
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
>>>>>>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
>>>>>>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
>>>>>> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
>>>>>> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
>>>>>>      MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
>>>>>>      MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
>>>>>>      MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
>>>>>> +    MR_DEMOTION,
>>>>>>      MR_TYPES
>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
>>>>>>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
>>>>>>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>>>>>>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>>>>>> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    return NUMA_NO_NODE;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>>>>>> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>>>>>> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>>>>>>      EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND, "mempolicy_mbind")              \
>>>>>>      EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,  "numa_misplaced")               \
>>>>>>      EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,    "contig_range")                 \
>>>>>> -    EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")
>>>>>> +    EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")                 \
>>>>>> +    EMe(MR_DEMOTION,        "demotion")
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  /*
>>>>>>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>>>>>> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
>>>>>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>>>>>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>>>>>> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>>>>>>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>>>>>> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/oom.h>
>>>>>> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
>>>>>>      return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>>>>>> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
>>>>>> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>>>>>> +            return false;
>>>>>> +    if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
>>>>>> +            return false;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    // FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
>>>>>> +    return false;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
>>>>>>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>>>>>>                                     bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
>>>>>> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>>>>>>              mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    struct migration_target_control mtc = {
>>>>>> +            /*
>>>>>> +             * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
>>>>>> +             * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
>>>>>> +             * instead of migrated.
>>>>>> +             */
>>>>>> +            .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
>>>>>> +                        __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
>>>>>> +                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
>>>>>> +            .nid = node
>>>>>> +    };
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
>>>>>> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
>>>>>> + * @demote_pages.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
>>>>>> +                                 struct pglist_data *pgdat,
>>>>>> +                                 struct scan_control *sc)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
>>>>>> +    unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
>>>>>> +    int err;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    if (list_empty(demote_pages))
>>>>>> +            return 0;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    /* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
>>>>>> +    err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
>>>>>> +                        target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
>>>>>> +                        &nr_succeeded);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    return nr_succeeded;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>  /*
>>>>>>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
>>>>>>   */
>>>>>> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>      LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
>>>>>>      LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
>>>>>> +    LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
>>>>>>      unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
>>>>>>      unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
>>>>>> +    bool do_demote_pass = true;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
>>>>>>      cond_resched();
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +retry:
>>>>>>      while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
>>>>>>              struct address_space *mapping;
>>>>>>              struct page *page;
>>>>>> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>>>>>                      ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
>>>>>>              }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +            /*
>>>>>> +             * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
>>>>>> +             * its contents to another node.
>>>>>> +             */
>>>>>> +            if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
>>>>>> +                    list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
>>>>>> +                    unlock_page(page);
>>>>>> +                    continue;
>>>>>> +            }
>>>>>> +
>>>>>>              /*
>>>>>>               * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
>>>>>>               * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
>>>>>> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>>>>>>              list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
>>>>>>              VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
>>>>>>      }
>>>>>> +    /* 'page_list' is always empty here */
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +    /* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
>>>>>> +    nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
>>>>>> +    /* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
>>>>>> +    if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
>>>>>> +            /* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
>>>>>> +            list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
>>>>>> +            do_demote_pass = false;
>>>>>> +            goto retry;
>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 2.30.2
>>>>>
>>>>> shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
>>>>> madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>>>>> from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
>>>>> tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
>>>>> the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>>>>> semantics.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for pointing this out!
>>>>
>>>> Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
>>>> migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
>>>> keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
>>>> memory system.
>>>>
>>>> If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.
>>>
>>> I don't have a strong opinion on this. But I just thought why not let
>>> PAGEOUT do demotion if tier'ed memory is available and the "migration
>>> in lieu of discard" behavior is opt'ed in by a knob and we keep the
>>> consistency between passive reclaim and proactive reclaim.
>>
>> I thought about that too.  Considering the kernel API naming, is it
>> better to define MADV_PAGEOUT as writing to disk, and MADV_COLD as
>> demoting to the lower tier if enabled.
>
> IMHO we don't have to bind kernel APIs semantics to hardware
> configuration, right? IIUC, MADV_PAGEOUT means "we don't need it
> anymore just reclaim the page" so shrink_page_list() is called
> eventually, but do we really care whether the page is dropped (i.e.
> clean file page), written out to swap partition or just migrated to
> lower tier node when "migration in lieu of discard" is on?
>
> MADV_COLD seems more straight forward, it just moves the page to the
> inactive list. I don't think the patchset changes anything.
>
> Anyway I don't have the best answer, IMHO I'd say let's keep it as is
> for now. We could revisit it when the usecases get clearer.

That is my thought too.

Actually, you can either make MADV_PAGEOUT a special case, always
reclaiming the pages when shrink_page_list() is called, or change the
semantics of MADV_PAGE and add some text to the existing documents saying
if multi-tier memory is present in the system, MADV_PAGEOUT will migrate
pages to lower tier memory instead of reclaiming the page when possible.
I just want to make sure we do not confuse the MADV_PAGEOUT user when
this change is merged.

—
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
Huang, Ying June 23, 2021, 2:19 a.m. UTC | #7
Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 7:09 PM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 12:45 AM Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > On 18 Jun 2021, at 2:15, Huang Ying wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This is mostly derived from a patch from Yang Shi:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/1560468577-101178-10-git-send-email-yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Add code to the reclaim path (shrink_page_list()) to "demote" data
>> >> >> to another NUMA node instead of discarding the data.  This always
>> >> >> avoids the cost of I/O needed to read the page back in and sometimes
>> >> >> avoids the writeout cost when the pagee is dirty.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> A second pass through shrink_page_list() will be made if any demotions
>> >> >> fail.  This essentally falls back to normal reclaim behavior in the
>> >> >> case that demotions fail.  Previous versions of this patch may have
>> >> >> simply failed to reclaim pages which were eligible for demotion but
>> >> >> were unable to be demoted in practice.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Note: This just adds the start of infratructure for migration. It is
>> >> >> actually disabled next to the FIXME in migrate_demote_page_ok().
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
>> >> >> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
>> >> >> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
>> >> >> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
>> >> >> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
>> >> >> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> >> >> Cc: osalvador <osalvador@suse.de>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> changes from 20210122:
>> >> >>  * move from GFP_HIGHUSER -> GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE (Ying)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> changes from 202010:
>> >> >>  * add MR_NUMA_MISPLACED to trace MIGRATE_REASON define
>> >> >>  * make migrate_demote_page_ok() static, remove 'sc' arg until
>> >> >>    later patch
>> >> >>  * remove unnecessary alloc_demote_page() hugetlb warning
>> >> >>  * Simplify alloc_demote_page() gfp mask.  Depend on
>> >> >>    __GFP_NORETRY to make it lightweight instead of fancier
>> >> >>    stuff like leaving out __GFP_IO/FS.
>> >> >>  * Allocate migration page with alloc_migration_target()
>> >> >>    instead of allocating directly.
>> >> >> changes from 20200730:
>> >> >>  * Add another pass through shrink_page_list() when demotion
>> >> >>    fails.
>> >> >> changes from 20210302:
>> >> >>  * Use __GFP_THISNODE and revise the comment explaining the
>> >> >>    GFP mask constructionn
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >>  include/linux/migrate.h        |  9 ++++
>> >> >>  include/trace/events/migrate.h |  3 +-
>> >> >>  mm/vmscan.c                    | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> >>  3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> >> index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
>> >> >> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> >> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
>> >> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum migrate_reason {
>> >> >>      MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
>> >> >>      MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
>> >> >>      MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
>> >> >> +    MR_DEMOTION,
>> >> >>      MR_TYPES
>> >> >>  };
>> >> >>
>> >> >> @@ -191,6 +192,14 @@ struct migrate_vma {
>> >> >>  int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
>> >> >>  void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>> >> >>  void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
>> >> >> +int next_demotion_node(int node);
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
>> >> >> +{
>> >> >> +    return NUMA_NO_NODE;
>> >> >> +}
>> >> >>
>> >> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> >> index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
>> >> >> --- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> >> +++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
>> >> >> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>> >> >>      EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND, "mempolicy_mbind")              \
>> >> >>      EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,  "numa_misplaced")               \
>> >> >>      EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,    "contig_range")                 \
>> >> >> -    EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")
>> >> >> +    EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,    "longterm_pin")                 \
>> >> >> +    EMe(MR_DEMOTION,        "demotion")
>> >> >>
>> >> >>  /*
>> >> >>   * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
>> >> >> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> >> index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
>> >> >> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> >> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>> >> >> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>> >> >>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>> >> >>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
>> >> >>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>> >> >> +#include <linux/migrate.h>
>> >> >>  #include <linux/delayacct.h>
>> >> >>  #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>> >> >>  #include <linux/oom.h>
>> >> >> @@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
>> >> >>      return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
>> >> >>  }
>> >> >>
>> >> >> +static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
>> >> >> +{
>> >> >> +    int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
>> >> >> +    VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
>> >> >> +            return false;
>> >> >> +    if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
>> >> >> +            return false;
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    // FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
>> >> >> +    return false;
>> >> >> +}
>> >> >> +
>> >> >>  /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
>> >> >>  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>> >> >>                                     bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
>> >> >> @@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@ static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
>> >> >>              mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
>> >> >>  }
>> >> >>
>> >> >> +static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
>> >> >> +{
>> >> >> +    struct migration_target_control mtc = {
>> >> >> +            /*
>> >> >> +             * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
>> >> >> +             * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
>> >> >> +             * instead of migrated.
>> >> >> +             */
>> >> >> +            .gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
>> >> >> +                        __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
>> >> >> +                        __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
>> >> >> +            .nid = node
>> >> >> +    };
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
>> >> >> +}
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +/*
>> >> >> + * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
>> >> >> + * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
>> >> >> + * @demote_pages.
>> >> >> + */
>> >> >> +static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
>> >> >> +                                 struct pglist_data *pgdat,
>> >> >> +                                 struct scan_control *sc)
>> >> >> +{
>> >> >> +    int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
>> >> >> +    unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
>> >> >> +    int err;
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    if (list_empty(demote_pages))
>> >> >> +            return 0;
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    /* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
>> >> >> +    err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
>> >> >> +                        target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
>> >> >> +                        &nr_succeeded);
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    return nr_succeeded;
>> >> >> +}
>> >> >> +
>> >> >>  /*
>> >> >>   * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
>> >> >>   */
>> >> >> @@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >> >>  {
>> >> >>      LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
>> >> >>      LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
>> >> >> +    LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
>> >> >>      unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
>> >> >>      unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
>> >> >> +    bool do_demote_pass = true;
>> >> >>
>> >> >>      memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
>> >> >>      cond_resched();
>> >> >>
>> >> >> +retry:
>> >> >>      while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
>> >> >>              struct address_space *mapping;
>> >> >>              struct page *page;
>> >> >> @@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >> >>                      ; /* try to reclaim the page below */
>> >> >>              }
>> >> >>
>> >> >> +            /*
>> >> >> +             * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
>> >> >> +             * its contents to another node.
>> >> >> +             */
>> >> >> +            if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
>> >> >> +                    list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
>> >> >> +                    unlock_page(page);
>> >> >> +                    continue;
>> >> >> +            }
>> >> >> +
>> >> >>              /*
>> >> >>               * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
>> >> >>               * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
>> >> >> @@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
>> >> >>              list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
>> >> >>              VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
>> >> >>      }
>> >> >> +    /* 'page_list' is always empty here */
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> +    /* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
>> >> >> +    nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
>> >> >> +    /* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
>> >> >> +    if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
>> >> >> +            /* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
>> >> >> +            list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
>> >> >> +            do_demote_pass = false;
>> >> >> +            goto retry;
>> >> >> +    }
>> >> >>
>> >> >>      pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> 2.30.2
>> >> >
>> >> > shrink_page_list() is also used by reclaim_pages(), which is called by
>> >> > madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT). This patch changes the semantics of madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>> >> > from “reclaim a given range of pages” to migrate the given pages to lower
>> >> > tier memory or reclaim them if the migration fails. You might want to check
>> >> > the caller of shrink_page_list() to avoid changing madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT)
>> >> > semantics.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for pointing this out!
>> >>
>> >> Literally, PAGEOUT means writing the page to the disk instead of
>> >> migrating pages to the lower tier.  So it seems reasonable to make it
>> >> keep the original behavior instead of demoting even if in the tiered
>> >> memory system.
>> >>
>> >> If nobody objects, I will change this in the next version.
>> >
>> > I don't have a strong opinion on this. But I just thought why not let
>> > PAGEOUT do demotion if tier'ed memory is available and the "migration
>> > in lieu of discard" behavior is opt'ed in by a knob and we keep the
>> > consistency between passive reclaim and proactive reclaim.
>>
>> I thought about that too.  Considering the kernel API naming, is it
>> better to define MADV_PAGEOUT as writing to disk, and MADV_COLD as
>> demoting to the lower tier if enabled.
>
> IMHO we don't have to bind kernel APIs semantics to hardware
> configuration, right?

Yes.  We shouldn't bind the kernel API to some specific hardware
configuration, but we can bind it to the general hardware concept.  Per
my understanding, from naming, MADV_PAGEOUT means freeing the specified
pages from MEMORY via saving the necessary information in STORAGE,
regardless whether the memory is DRAM, PMEM, or something else.  Per my
understanding, your suggestion is something like freeing the specified
pages from the TOP TIER MEMORY (DRAM normally) via saving the necessary
information in the lower tier memory or the storage.  We may need that
kind of API at some point.  I just think that from naming, MADV_PAGEOUT
is for general MEMORY instead of the top tier memory or DRAM.

> IIUC, MADV_PAGEOUT means "we don't need it
> anymore just reclaim the page" so shrink_page_list() is called
> eventually, but do we really care whether the page is dropped (i.e.
> clean file page), written out to swap partition or just migrated to
> lower tier node when "migration in lieu of discard" is on?
>
> MADV_COLD seems more straight forward, it just moves the page to the
> inactive list. I don't think the patchset changes anything.

Per my understanding, this sounds like binding the kernel API to the
implementation.  But we may change the implementation in the long run.

> Anyway I don't have the best answer, IMHO I'd say let's keep it as is
> for now. We could revisit it when the usecases get clearer.

Yes.  Because the use cases aren't clear, I agree that we should do the
most basic support.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
index 4a49bb358787..42952cbe452b 100644
--- a/include/linux/migrate.h
+++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@  enum migrate_reason {
 	MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,
 	MR_CONTIG_RANGE,
 	MR_LONGTERM_PIN,
+	MR_DEMOTION,
 	MR_TYPES
 };
 
@@ -191,6 +192,14 @@  struct migrate_vma {
 int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args);
 void migrate_vma_pages(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
 void migrate_vma_finalize(struct migrate_vma *migrate);
+int next_demotion_node(int node);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_MIGRATION disabled: */
+
+static inline int next_demotion_node(int node)
+{
+	return NUMA_NO_NODE;
+}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATION */
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/migrate.h b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
index 9fb2a3bbcdfb..779f3fad9ecd 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/migrate.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/migrate.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ 
 	EM( MR_MEMPOLICY_MBIND,	"mempolicy_mbind")		\
 	EM( MR_NUMA_MISPLACED,	"numa_misplaced")		\
 	EM( MR_CONTIG_RANGE,	"contig_range")			\
-	EMe(MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")
+	EM( MR_LONGTERM_PIN,	"longterm_pin")			\
+	EMe(MR_DEMOTION,	"demotion")
 
 /*
  * First define the enums in the above macros to be exported to userspace
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 5199b9696bab..ddda32031f0c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/migrate.h>
 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
@@ -1231,6 +1232,23 @@  static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 	return PAGEREF_RECLAIM;
 }
 
+static bool migrate_demote_page_ok(struct page *page)
+{
+	int next_nid = next_demotion_node(page_to_nid(page));
+
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageHuge(page), page);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
+
+	if (next_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
+		return false;
+	if (PageTransHuge(page) && !thp_migration_supported())
+		return false;
+
+	// FIXME: actually enable this later in the series
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Check if a page is dirty or under writeback */
 static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
 				       bool *dirty, bool *writeback)
@@ -1261,6 +1279,47 @@  static void page_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
 		mapping->a_ops->is_dirty_writeback(page, dirty, writeback);
 }
 
+static struct page *alloc_demote_page(struct page *page, unsigned long node)
+{
+	struct migration_target_control mtc = {
+		/*
+		 * Allocate from 'node', or fail the quickly and quietly.
+		 * When this happens, 'page; will likely just be discarded
+		 * instead of migrated.
+		 */
+		.gfp_mask = (GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE & ~__GFP_RECLAIM) |
+			    __GFP_THISNODE  | __GFP_NOWARN |
+			    __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | GFP_NOWAIT,
+		.nid = node
+	};
+
+	return alloc_migration_target(page, (unsigned long)&mtc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Take pages on @demote_list and attempt to demote them to
+ * another node.  Pages which are not demoted are left on
+ * @demote_pages.
+ */
+static unsigned int demote_page_list(struct list_head *demote_pages,
+				     struct pglist_data *pgdat,
+				     struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+	int target_nid = next_demotion_node(pgdat->node_id);
+	unsigned int nr_succeeded = 0;
+	int err;
+
+	if (list_empty(demote_pages))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Demotion ignores all cpuset and mempolicy settings */
+	err = migrate_pages(demote_pages, alloc_demote_page, NULL,
+			    target_nid, MIGRATE_ASYNC, MR_DEMOTION,
+			    &nr_succeeded);
+
+	return nr_succeeded;
+}
+
 /*
  * shrink_page_list() returns the number of reclaimed pages
  */
@@ -1272,12 +1331,15 @@  static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
 	LIST_HEAD(free_pages);
+	LIST_HEAD(demote_pages);
 	unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
 	unsigned int pgactivate = 0;
+	bool do_demote_pass = true;
 
 	memset(stat, 0, sizeof(*stat));
 	cond_resched();
 
+retry:
 	while (!list_empty(page_list)) {
 		struct address_space *mapping;
 		struct page *page;
@@ -1426,6 +1488,16 @@  static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			; /* try to reclaim the page below */
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Before reclaiming the page, try to relocate
+		 * its contents to another node.
+		 */
+		if (do_demote_pass && migrate_demote_page_ok(page)) {
+			list_add(&page->lru, &demote_pages);
+			unlock_page(page);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
 		 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
@@ -1676,6 +1748,17 @@  static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		list_add(&page->lru, &ret_pages);
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page) || PageUnevictable(page), page);
 	}
+	/* 'page_list' is always empty here */
+
+	/* Migrate pages selected for demotion */
+	nr_reclaimed += demote_page_list(&demote_pages, pgdat, sc);
+	/* Pages that could not be demoted are still in @demote_pages */
+	if (!list_empty(&demote_pages)) {
+		/* Pages which failed to demoted go back on @page_list for retry: */
+		list_splice_init(&demote_pages, page_list);
+		do_demote_pass = false;
+		goto retry;
+	}
 
 	pgactivate = stat->nr_activate[0] + stat->nr_activate[1];