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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: slowly shrink slabs with a relatively small number of objects
On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 08:29:56PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 31-08-18 14:31:41, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 05:15:39PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 13:34 -0700, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > >
> > > > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > > index fa2c150ab7b9..c910cf6bf606 100644
> > > > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > > > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > > > @@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ static unsigned long do_shrink_slab(struct
> > > > shrink_control *shrinkctl,
> > > > delta = freeable >> priority;
> > > > delta *= 4;
> > > > do_div(delta, shrinker->seeks);
> > > > +
> > > > + if (delta == 0 && freeable > 0)
> > > > + delta = min(freeable, batch_size);
> > > > +
> > > > total_scan += delta;
> > > > if (total_scan < 0) {
> > > > pr_err("shrink_slab: %pF negative objects to delete
> > > > nr=%ld\n",
> > >
> > > I agree that we need to shrink slabs with fewer than
> > > 4096 objects, but do we want to put more pressure on
> > > a slab the moment it drops below 4096 than we applied
> > > when it had just over 4096 objects on it?
> > >
> > > With this patch, a slab with 5000 objects on it will
> > > get 1 item scanned, while a slab with 4000 objects on
> > > it will see shrinker->batch or SHRINK_BATCH objects
> > > scanned every time.
> > >
> > > I don't know if this would cause any issues, just
> > > something to ponder.
> >
> > Hm, fair enough. So, basically we can always do
> >
> > delta = max(delta, min(freeable, batch_size));
> >
> > Does it look better?
>
> Why don't you use the same heuristic we use for the normal LRU raclaim?

Because we do reparent kmem lru lists on offlining.
Take a look at memcg_offline_kmem().

Thanks!

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