mm: multi-gen LRU: section for working set protection

Patch series "mm: multi-gen LRU: improve".

This patch series improves a few MGLRU functions, collects related
functions, and adds additional documentation.

This patch (of 7):

Add a section for working set protection in the code and the design doc.
The admin doc already contains its usage.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-1-talumbau@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118001827.1040870-2-talumbau@google.com
Signed-off-by: T.J. Alumbaugh <talumbau@google.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst b/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
index d8f721f..6e1483e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ loop has detected outlying refaults from the tier this page is in. To
 this end, the feedback loop uses the first tier as the baseline, for
 the reason stated earlier.
 
+Working set protection
+----------------------
+Each generation is timestamped at birth. If ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` is
+set, an ``lruvec`` is protected from the eviction when its oldest
+generation was born within ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds. In other
+words, it prevents the working set of ``lru_gen_min_ttl`` milliseconds
+from getting evicted. The OOM killer is triggered if this working set
+cannot be kept in memory.
+
+This time-based approach has the following advantages:
+
+1. It is easier to configure because it is agnostic to applications
+   and memory sizes.
+2. It is more reliable because it is directly wired to the OOM killer.
+
 Summary
 -------
 The multi-gen LRU can be disassembled into the following parts:

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 394ff49..a741765 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4475,6 +4475,10 @@ done:
        return true;
 }
 
+/******************************************************************************
+ *                          working set protection
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
 static bool lruvec_is_sizable(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
        int gen, type, zone;