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mm/vmscan : use vmcan_swappiness( ) basing on MEMCG config to elimiate unnecessary runtime cost

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PATCH RESEND 1/1 mm/vmscan : use vmcan_swappiness( ) basing on MEMCG config to elimiate unnecessary runtime cost

Currently, we get the vm_swappiness via vmscan_swappiness(), which calls global_reclaim() to check if this is a global reclaim.

Besides, the current implementation of global_reclaim() always returns true for the !CONFIG_MEGCG case, and judges the other case by checking whether scan_control->target_mem_cgroup is null or not.

Thus, we could just use two versions of vmscan_swappiness() based on MEMCG Kconfig , to eliminate the unnecessary run-time cost for the !CONFIG_MEMCG at all, and to squash all memcg-related checking into the CONFIG_MEMCG version.

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mm/memcontrol.c |    6 +++++-
mm/vmscan.c     |    9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
mm/memcontrol.c +5 -1
index c5792a5..1290320 100644
@@ -1525,9 +1525,13 @@ static unsigned long mem_cgroup_margin(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 int mem_cgroup_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct cgroup *cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp;
+
+	if (!memcg)
+		return vm_swappiness;
 
 	/* root ? */
+	cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
 	if (cgrp->parent == NULL)
 		return vm_swappiness;
 
mm/vmscan.c +7 -2
index 2cff0d4..1de652d 100644
@@ -1742,12 +1742,17 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
-	if (global_reclaim(sc))
-		return vm_swappiness;
 	return mem_cgroup_swappiness(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
 }
+#else
+static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+	return vm_swappiness;
+}
+#endif
 
 enum scan_balance {
 	SCAN_EQUAL,

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#1 lore raw

Please fix a typo in subject line (which affects how easy we can access paticular patches later with grepping subject lines.)

Quoted 64 lines · larmbr

Currently, we get the vm_swappiness via vmscan_swappiness(), which calls global_reclaim() to check if this is a global reclaim.

Besides, the current implementation of global_reclaim() always returns true for the !CONFIG_MEGCG case, and judges the other case by checking whether scan_control->target_mem_cgroup is null or not.

Thus, we could just use two versions of vmscan_swappiness() based on MEMCG Kconfig , to eliminate the unnecessary run-time cost for the !CONFIG_MEMCG at all, and to squash all memcg-related checking into the CONFIG_MEMCG version.

---

mm/memcontrol.c |    6 +++++-
mm/vmscan.c     |    9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
mm/memcontrol.c +5 -1
index c5792a5..1290320 100644
@@ -1525,9 +1525,13 @@ static unsigned long mem_cgroup_margin(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 
 int mem_cgroup_swappiness(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
-	struct cgroup *cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
+	struct cgroup *cgrp;
+
+	if (!memcg)
+		return vm_swappiness;
 
 	/* root ? */
+	cgrp = memcg->css.cgroup;
 	if (cgrp->parent == NULL)
 		return vm_swappiness;
 
mm/vmscan.c +7 -3
index 2cff0d4..1de652d 100644
@@ -1742,12 +1742,17 @@ static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	return shrink_inactive_list(nr_to_scan, lruvec, sc, lru);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc)
 {
-	if (global_reclaim(sc))
-		return vm_swappiness;
 	return mem_cgroup_swappiness(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
 }
+#else
+static int vmscan_swappiness(struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+	return vm_swappiness;
+}
+#endif
 
 enum scan_balance {
 	SCAN_EQUAL,
 
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#2 lore raw
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Quoted 11 lines · larmbr

Currently, we get the vm_swappiness via vmscan_swappiness(), which calls global_reclaim() to check if this is a global reclaim.

Besides, the current implementation of global_reclaim() always returns true for the !CONFIG_MEGCG case, and judges the other case by checking whether scan_control->target_mem_cgroup is null or not.

Thus, we could just use two versions of vmscan_swappiness() based on MEMCG Kconfig , to eliminate the unnecessary run-time cost for the !CONFIG_MEMCG at all, and to squash all memcg-related checking into the CONFIG_MEMCG version.

The compiler can easily detect that global_reclaim() always returns true for !CONFIG_MEMCG during compile time and not even generate a branch for this.

Quoted 1 line
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

You're adding more code for now gain.

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Quoted 8 lines · Johannes Weiner
Quoted 7 lines · larmbr

Currently, we get the vm_swappiness via vmscan_swappiness(), which calls global_reclaim() to check if this is a global reclaim.

Besides, the current implementation of global_reclaim() always returns true for the !CONFIG_MEGCG case, and judges the other case by checking whether scan_control->target_mem_cgroup is null or not.

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Thus, we could just use two versions of vmscan_swappiness() based on MEMCG Kconfig , to eliminate the unnecessary run-time cost for the !CONFIG_MEMCG at all, and to squash all memcg-related checking into the CONFIG_MEMCG version.

The compiler can easily detect that global_reclaim() always returns true for !CONFIG_MEMCG during compile time and not even generate a branch for this.

Hi, Johannes Weiner,

Thanks for your comment ;)

Andrew has pointed this out and this patch is abandoned.

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Regards,
Zhan Jianyu

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