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SubjectRFC [Patch] few useful page reclaim mm tracepoints
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Here a few mm page reclaim tracepoints that really show what is being
reclaimed and from where. mm_get_scanratio reports the number anonymous
and pagecache pages as well as the percent that will be reclaimed from
each. mm_pagereclaim_shrinkactive reports whether it is shrinking
anonymous or pagecache pages, the number scanned and the number actually
moved(deactivated). mm_pagereclaim_shrinkinactive reports whether it is
shrinking anonymous or pagecache pages, the number scanned and the
number actually reclaimed. These three simple mm tracepoints capture
much of the page reclaim activity.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# tracer: mm
#
# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | | |
kswapd1-549 [004] 149.524509: mm_get_scanratio: 2043329
anonymous pages, reclaiming 1% - 1312 pagecache pages, reclaiming 99%
kswapd1-549 [004] 149.524709: mm_pagereclaim_shrinkactive:
anonymous, scanned 32, moved 32, priority 12
kswapd1-549 [004] 149.524542:
mm_pagereclaim_shrinkinactive: anonymous, scanned 32, reclaimed 32,
priority 7



diff --git a/include/trace/events/mm.h b/include/trace/events/mm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5a5ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/mm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#if !defined(_TRACE_MM_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_MM_H
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM mm
+
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_pagereclaim_shrinkactive,
+
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned long scanned, unsigned long moved,
+ int file, int priority),
+
+ TP_ARGS(scanned, moved, file, priority),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(unsigned long, scanned)
+ __field(unsigned long, moved)
+ __field(int, file)
+ __field(int, priority)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->scanned = scanned;
+ __entry->moved = moved;
+ __entry->file = file;
+ __entry->priority = priority;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%s, scanned %ld, moved %ld, priority %d",
+ __entry->file ? "pagecache" : "anonymous",
+ __entry->scanned, __entry->moved,
+ __entry->priority)
+ );
+
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_pagereclaim_shrinkinactive,
+
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed,
+ int file, int priority),
+
+ TP_ARGS(scanned, reclaimed, file, priority),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(unsigned long, scanned)
+ __field(unsigned long, reclaimed)
+ __field(int, file)
+ __field(int, priority)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->scanned = scanned;
+ __entry->reclaimed = reclaimed;
+ __entry->file = file;
+ __entry->priority = priority;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%s, scanned %ld, reclaimed %ld, priority %d",
+ __entry->file ? "pagecache" : "anonymous",
+ __entry->scanned, __entry->reclaimed,
+ __entry->priority)
+ );
+
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_get_scanratio,
+
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned long anon, unsigned long file,
+ unsigned long percent_anon, unsigned long percent_file),
+
+ TP_ARGS(anon, file, percent_anon, percent_file),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(unsigned long, anon)
+ __field(unsigned long, file)
+ __field(unsigned long, percent_anon)
+ __field(unsigned long, percent_file)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->anon = anon;
+ __entry->file = file;
+ __entry->percent_anon = percent_anon;
+ __entry->percent_file = percent_file;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("%ld anonymous pages, reclaiming %ld%% - %ld pagecache pages, reclaiming %ld%%",
+ __entry->anon, __entry->percent_anon,
+ __entry->file, __entry->percent_file)
+
+ );
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_MM_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index ba8228e..8797a26 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/delayacct.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/mm.h>

#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -1168,6 +1170,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long max_scan,
done:
local_irq_enable();
pagevec_release(&pvec);
+ trace_mm_pagereclaim_shrinkinactive(nr_scanned, nr_reclaimed,
+ file, priority);
return nr_reclaimed;
}

@@ -1325,6 +1329,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_pages, struct zone *zone,
LRU_BASE + file * LRU_FILE);

spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+ trace_mm_pagereclaim_shrinkactive(pgscanned, pgmoved, file, priority);
}

static int inactive_anon_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
@@ -1491,6 +1496,7 @@ static void get_scan_ratio(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
/* Normalize to percentages */
percent[0] = 100 * ap / (ap + fp + 1);
percent[1] = 100 - percent[0];
+ trace_mm_get_scanratio(anon, file, percent[0], percent[1]);
}

/*
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