Hi,
Tried your patch on 2.2.4-test9-pre4
with the included debug patch applied.
Rebooted, started mmap002
After a while it starts outputting (magic did not work
this time - usually does):
- - -
"VM: try_to_free_pages (result: 1) try_again # 12345"
"VM: try_to_free_pages (result: 1) try_again # 12346"
- - -
My interpretation:
1) try_to_free_pages succeeds (or returns ok when it did not work)
2) __alloc_pages still can't alloc
Maybe it is different limits,
try_to_free_pages requires less to succeed than
__alloc_pages_limit requires.
or a bug in
__alloc_pages_limit(zonelist, order, PAGES_MIN, direct_reclaim)
Note:
12345 is an example, it loops to over 30000...
/RogerL
Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've found and fixed the deadlocks in the new VM. They turned out
> to be single-cpu only bugs, which explains why they didn't crash my
> SMP tesnt box ;)
>
> They have to do with the fact that processes schedule away while
> holding IO locks after waking up kswapd. At that point kswapd
> spends its time spinning on the IO locks and single-cpu systems
> will die...
>
> Due to bad connectivity I'm not attaching this patch but have only
> put it online on my home page:
>
> http://www.surriel.com/patches/2.4.0-t9p2-vmpatch
>
> (yes, I'm at a conference now ... the worst beating this patch
> has had is a full night in 'make bzImage' with mem=8m)
>
> regards,
>
> Rik
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--- mm/page_alloc.c.orig Thu Sep 21 20:02:54 2000
+++ mm/page_alloc.c Thu Sep 21 20:49:35 2000
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
int direct_reclaim = 0;
unsigned int gfp_mask = zonelist->gfp_mask;
struct page * page = NULL;
+ int try_again_loops = 0;
/*
* Allocations put pressure on the VM subsystem.
@@ -320,8 +321,10 @@
/*
* Are we low on inactive pages?
*/
- if (inactive_shortage() > inactive_target / 2 && free_shortage())
+ if (inactive_shortage() > inactive_target / 2 && free_shortage()) {
+ printk("VM: inactive shortage wake kswapd\n");
wakeup_kswapd(0);
+ }
try_again:
/*
@@ -410,6 +413,7 @@
* piece of free memory.
*/
if (order > 0 && (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT)) {
+ printk("VM: higher order");
zone = zonelist->zones;
/* First, clean some dirty pages. */
page_launder(gfp_mask, 1);
@@ -444,7 +448,9 @@
* processes, etc).
*/
if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) {
- try_to_free_pages(gfp_mask);
+ int success = try_to_free_pages(gfp_mask);
+ printk("VM: try_to_free_pages (result: %d) try_again # %d\n",
+ success, ++try_again_loops);
memory_pressure++;
goto try_again;
}
