[PATCH v2] mm: compaction: optimize compact_memory to comply with the admin-guide

[PATCH v2] mm: compaction: optimize compact_memory to comply with the admin-guide

[wenyang.linux]

From: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>

For the /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory file, the admin-guide states:
When 1 is written to the file, all zones are compacted such that free
memory is available in contiguous blocks where possible. This can be
important for example in the allocation of huge pages although processes
will also directly compact memory as required

But it was not strictly followed, writing any value would cause all
zones to be compacted.
It has been slightly optimized to comply with the admin-guide.
Enforce the 1 on the unlikely chance that the sysctl handler is ever
extended to do something different.

Commit ef4984384172 ("mm/compaction: remove unused variable sysctl_compact_memory")
has also been optimized a bit here, as the declaration in the external header
file has been eliminated, and sysctl_compact_memory also needs to be verified.

Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: William Lam <william.lam@bytedance.com>
Cc: Pintu Kumar <pintu@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Fu Wei <wefu@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
 mm/compaction.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index c8bcdea15f5f..ba57d4178866 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static int sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed __read_mostly = CONFIG_COMPACT_UNE
  */
 static unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
 static int sysctl_extfrag_threshold = 500;
+static int sysctl_compact_memory;
 
 static inline void
 update_fast_start_pfn(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn)
@@ -2780,6 +2781,15 @@ static int compaction_proactiveness_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int
 static int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			void *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (sysctl_compact_memory != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (write)
 		compact_nodes();
 
@@ -3095,7 +3105,7 @@ static int proc_dointvec_minmax_warn_RT_change(struct ctl_table *table,
 static struct ctl_table vm_compaction[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "compact_memory",
-		.data		= NULL,
+		.data		= &sysctl_compact_memory,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0200,
 		.proc_handler	= sysctl_compaction_handler,
-- 
2.37.2

Re: [PATCH v2] mm: compaction: optimize compact_memory to comply with the admin-guide

[Mel Gorman]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 11:52:35PM +0800, wenyang.linux@foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
> 
> For the /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory file, the admin-guide states:
> When 1 is written to the file, all zones are compacted such that free
> memory is available in contiguous blocks where possible. This can be
> important for example in the allocation of huge pages although processes
> will also directly compact memory as required
> 
> But it was not strictly followed, writing any value would cause all
> zones to be compacted.
> It has been slightly optimized to comply with the admin-guide.
> Enforce the 1 on the unlikely chance that the sysctl handler is ever
> extended to do something different.
> 
> Commit ef4984384172 ("mm/compaction: remove unused variable sysctl_compact_memory")
> has also been optimized a bit here, as the declaration in the external header
> file has been eliminated, and sysctl_compact_memory also needs to be verified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
> Cc: William Lam <william.lam@bytedance.com>
> Cc: Pintu Kumar <pintu@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Fu Wei <wefu@redhat.com>
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  mm/compaction.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index c8bcdea15f5f..ba57d4178866 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static int sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed __read_mostly = CONFIG_COMPACT_UNE
>   */
>  static unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
>  static int sysctl_extfrag_threshold = 500;
> +static int sysctl_compact_memory;
>  

__read_mostly but that aside, it's only used in
sysctl_compaction_handler so could also be declared as static within
that function. That way if CONFIG_SYSCTL is not set, it should be
guaranteed that the compiler does not save storage for it.

It's minor enough that With or without another version;

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs

Re: [PATCH v2] mm: compaction: optimize compact_memory to comply with the admin-guide

[Andrew Morton]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:58:48 +0100 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> wrote:

> > --- a/mm/compaction.c
> > +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> > @@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static int sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed __read_mostly = CONFIG_COMPACT_UNE
> >   */
> >  static unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_compaction_proactiveness = 20;
> >  static int sysctl_extfrag_threshold = 500;
> > +static int sysctl_compact_memory;
> >  
> 
> __read_mostly but that aside, it's only used in
> sysctl_compaction_handler so could also be declared as static within
> that function. That way if CONFIG_SYSCTL is not set, it should be
> guaranteed that the compiler does not save storage for it.

but

static struct ctl_table vm_compaction[] = {
	{
		.procname	= "compact_memory",
		.data		= &sysctl_compact_memory,
		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
		.mode		= 0200,
		.proc_handler	= sysctl_compaction_handler,
	},


I'll add the __read_mostly, thanks.