linux/mm
Henry Willard 14f69140ff mm: limit boost_watermark on small zones
Commit 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an
external fragmentation event occurs") adds a boost_watermark() function
which increases the min watermark in a zone by at least
pageblock_nr_pages or the number of pages in a page block.

On Arm64, with 64K pages and 512M huge pages, this is 8192 pages or
512M.  It does this regardless of the number of managed pages managed in
the zone or the likelihood of success.

This can put the zone immediately under water in terms of allocating
pages from the zone, and can cause a small machine to fail immediately
due to OoM.  Unlike set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(), which
substantially increases min_free_kbytes and is tied to THP,
boost_watermark() can be called even if THP is not active.

The problem is most likely to appear on architectures such as Arm64
where pageblock_nr_pages is very large.

It is desirable to run the kdump capture kernel in as small a space as
possible to avoid wasting memory.  In some architectures, such as Arm64,
there are restrictions on where the capture kernel can run, and
therefore, the space available.  A capture kernel running in 768M can
fail due to OoM immediately after boost_watermark() sets the min in zone
DMA32, where most of the memory is, to 512M.  It fails even though there
is over 500M of free memory.  With boost_watermark() suppressed, the
capture kernel can run successfully in 448M.

This patch limits boost_watermark() to boosting a zone's min watermark
only when there are enough pages that the boost will produce positive
results.  In this case that is estimated to be four times as many pages
as pageblock_nr_pages.

Mel said:

: There is no harm in marking it stable.  Clearly it does not happen very
: often but it's not impossible.  32-bit x86 is a lot less common now
: which would previously have been vulnerable to triggering this easily.
: ppc64 has a larger base page size but typically only has one zone.
: arm64 is likely the most vulnerable, particularly when CMA is
: configured with a small movable zone.

Fixes: 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs")
Signed-off-by: Henry Willard <henry.willard@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1588294148-6586-1-git-send-email-henry.willard@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2020-05-07 19:27:21 -07:00
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kasan kasan: unset panic_on_warn before calling panic() 2020-04-07 10:43:44 -07:00
backing-dev.c blkcg: rename blkcg->cgwb_refcnt to ->online_pin and always use it 2020-04-01 14:56:42 -06:00
balloon_compaction.c mm/balloon_compaction: suppress allocation warnings 2019-09-04 07:42:01 -04:00
cleancache.c Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug.c: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
cma.c mm: cma: NUMA node interface 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
cma.h
compaction.c mm/compaction: add missing annotation for compact_lock_irqsave 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c
debug.c mm: dump_page(): additional diagnostics for huge pinned pages 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
dmapool.c mm/dmapool.c: micro-optimisation remove unnecessary branch 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap.c: use %pa to print resource_size_t variables 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
fadvise.c fs: Export generic_fadvise() 2019-08-30 22:43:58 -07:00
failslab.c mm/failslab.c: by default, do not fail allocations with direct reclaim only 2019-07-12 11:05:43 -07:00
filemap.c mm: huge tmpfs: try to split_huge_page() when punching hole 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
frame_vector.c mm: untag user pointers in get_vaddr_frames 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
frontswap.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 482 2019-06-19 17:09:52 +02:00
gup_benchmark.c mm/gup_benchmark: support pin_user_pages() and related calls 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
gup.c mm, gup: return EINTR when gup is interrupted by fatal signals 2020-04-21 11:11:55 -07:00
highmem.c mm, x86/mm: Untangle address space layout definitions from basic pgtable type definitions 2019-12-10 10:12:55 +01:00
hmm.c mm/hmm: return error for non-vma snapshots 2020-03-30 16:58:36 -03:00
huge_memory.c userfaultfd: wp: support swap and page migration 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: use fallthrough; 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
hugetlb.c mm/hugetlb: fix a addressing exception caused by huge_pte_offset 2020-04-21 11:11:55 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/hwpoison-inject: use DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE to define debugfs fops 2019-12-01 12:59:09 -08:00
init-mm.c mm/init-mm.c: include <linux/mman.h> for vm_committed_as_batch 2019-10-19 06:32:32 -04:00
internal.h mm: add function __putback_isolated_page 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
interval_tree.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 248 2019-06-19 17:09:08 +02:00
Kconfig libnvdimm for 5.7 2020-04-08 21:03:40 -07:00
Kconfig.debug mm: add generic ptdump 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
khugepaged.c khugepaged: skip collapse if uffd-wp detected 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 333 2019-06-05 17:37:06 +02:00
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-02 09:35:26 -07:00
ksm.c mm/ksm: fix NULL pointer dereference when KSM zero page is enabled 2020-04-21 11:11:55 -07:00
list_lru.c mm: use fallthrough; 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
maccess.c uaccess: Add strict non-pagefault kernel-space read function 2019-11-02 12:39:12 -07:00
madvise.c mm: check that mm is still valid in madvise() 2020-04-24 13:28:03 -07:00
Makefile mm: introduce Reported pages 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
mapping_dirty_helpers.c mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: update huge page-table entry callbacks 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
memblock.c mm: cma: NUMA node interface 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
memcontrol.c mm, memcg: fix error return value of mem_cgroup_css_alloc() 2020-05-07 19:27:20 -07:00
memfd.c mm: page cache: store only head pages in i_pages 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug: add pgprot_t to mhp_params 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm: code cleanup for MADV_FREE 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
memory.c mm/memory.c: add vm_insert_pages() 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
mempolicy.c libnvdimm for 5.7 2020-04-08 21:03:40 -07:00
mempool.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
memremap.c mm/memremap: set caching mode for PCI P2PDMA memory to WC 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
memtest.c
migrate.c userfaultfd: wp: support swap and page migration 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
mincore.c mm: pagewalk: add 'depth' parameter to pte_hole 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
mlock.c mm: untag user pointers passed to memory syscalls 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
mm_init.c mm/mm_init.c: clean code. Use BUILD_BUG_ON when comparing compile time constant 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
mmap.c mm/vma: introduce VM_ACCESS_FLAGS 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
mmu_context.c
mmu_gather.c asm-generic/tlb: provide MMU_GATHER_TABLE_FREE 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: silence PROVE_RCU_LIST warnings 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
mmzone.c
mprotect.c mm/vma: introduce VM_ACCESS_FLAGS 2020-04-10 15:36:21 -07:00
mremap.c mm: Fix MREMAP_DONTUNMAP accounting on VMA merge 2020-04-19 14:07:10 -07:00
msync.c mm: untag user pointers passed to memory syscalls 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
nommu.c x86/mm: split vmalloc_sync_all() 2020-03-21 18:56:06 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm, oom: dump stack of victim when reaping failed 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm: limit boost_watermark on small zones 2020-05-07 19:27:21 -07:00
page_counter.c mm, memcg: prevent memory.min load/store tearing 2020-04-02 09:35:29 -07:00
page_ext.c mm/page_ext.c: drop pfn_present() check when onlining 2020-04-07 10:43:40 -07:00
page_idle.c mm/page_idle.c: fix oops because end_pfn is larger than max_pfn 2019-06-29 16:43:45 +08:00
page_io.c fs: Enable bmap() function to properly return errors 2020-02-03 08:05:37 -05:00
page_isolation.c mm: add function __putback_isolated_page 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
page_owner.c mm/page_owner: don't access uninitialized memmaps when reading /proc/pagetypeinfo 2019-10-19 06:32:31 -04:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poison.c: fix a typo in a comment 2019-09-24 15:54:08 -07:00
page_reporting.c mm/page_reporting: add budget limit on how many pages can be reported per pass 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
page_reporting.h mm: introduce Reported pages 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/page_vma_mapped.c: explicitly compare pfn for normal, hugetlbfs and THP page 2020-01-31 10:30:38 -08:00
page-writeback.c mm/gup/writeback: add callbacks for inaccessible pages 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
pagewalk.c x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the stack 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
percpu-internal.h percpu: convert chunk hints to be based on pcpu_block_md 2019-03-13 12:25:31 -07:00
percpu-km.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu-stats.c percpu: update copyright emails to dennis@kernel.org 2020-04-01 10:09:12 -07:00
percpu-vm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 428 2019-06-05 17:37:16 +02:00
percpu.c percpu: make pcpu_alloc() aware of current gfp context 2020-05-07 19:27:21 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c asm-generic/mm: stub out p{4,u}d_clear_bad() if __PAGETABLE_P{4,U}D_FOLDED 2019-12-01 06:29:19 -08:00
process_vm_access.c mm: docs: Fix a comment in process_vm_rw_core 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
ptdump.c x86: mm: avoid allocating struct mm_struct on the stack 2020-02-04 03:05:25 +00:00
readahead.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
rmap.c mm: prevent a warning when casting void* -> enum 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
rodata_test.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
shmem.c mm: shmem: disable interrupt when acquiring info->lock in userfaultfd_copy path 2020-04-21 11:11:56 -07:00
shuffle.c mm: adjust shuffle code to allow for future coalescing 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
shuffle.h mm: adjust shuffle code to allow for future coalescing 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
slab_common.c mm, slab_common: fix a typo in comment "eariler"->"earlier" 2020-04-10 15:36:20 -07:00
slab.c mm, debug_pagealloc: don't rely on static keys too early 2020-01-13 18:19:02 -08:00
slab.h mm: kmem: rename (__)memcg_kmem_(un)charge_memcg() to __memcg_kmem_(un)charge() 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
slob.c mm, sl[aou]b: guarantee natural alignment for kmalloc(power-of-two) 2019-10-07 15:47:20 -07:00
slub.c mm/slub: fix incorrect interpretation of s->offset 2020-05-07 19:27:20 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm/sparsemem: convert kmalloc_section_memmap() to populate_section_memmap() 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
sparse.c mm/sparse.c: move subsection_map related functions together 2020-04-07 10:43:40 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c
swap_slots.c mm/swap_slots.c: assign|reset cache slot by value directly 2020-04-02 09:35:27 -07:00
swap_state.c mm/swap_state.c: use the same way to count page in [add_to|delete_from]_swap_cache 2020-04-02 09:35:28 -07:00
swap.c mm: huge tmpfs: try to split_huge_page() when punching hole 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
swapfile.c proc: faster open/read/close with "permanent" files 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
truncate.c mm/thp: allow dropping THP from page cache 2019-10-19 06:32:33 -04:00
usercopy.c usercopy: Avoid HIGHMEM pfn warning 2019-09-17 15:20:17 -07:00
userfaultfd.c userfaultfd: wp: support write protection for userfault vma range 2020-04-07 10:43:39 -07:00
util.c mm/mmap.c: rb_parent is not necessary in __vma_link_list() 2019-12-01 06:29:19 -08:00
vmacache.c
vmalloc.c vmalloc: fix remap_vmalloc_range() bounds checks 2020-04-21 11:11:56 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm: vmpressure: use mem_cgroup_is_root API 2020-04-02 09:35:31 -07:00
vmscan.c mm/vmscan: remove unnecessary argument description of isolate_lru_pages() 2020-05-07 19:27:21 -07:00
vmstat.c mm, thp: track fallbacks due to failed memcg charges separately 2020-04-07 10:43:38 -07:00
workingset.c mm: vmscan: detect file thrashing at the reclaim root 2019-12-01 12:59:07 -08:00
z3fold.c mm/z3fold.c: do not include rwlock.h directly 2020-03-06 07:06:09 -06:00
zbud.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
zpool.c zpool: add malloc_support_movable to zpool_driver 2019-09-24 15:54:12 -07:00
zsmalloc.c mm: use fallthrough; 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig 2020-04-07 10:43:41 -07:00