From: Wenchao Hao <haowenchao22@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>, Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>,
Wenchao Hao <haowenchao@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] mm/zsmalloc: introduce zs_free_deferred() for async handle freeing
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:16:14 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421121616.3298845-3-haowenchao@xiaomi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260421121616.3298845-1-haowenchao@xiaomi.com>
zs_free() is expensive due to internal locking (pool->lock, class->lock)
and potential zspage freeing. On the process exit path, the slow
zs_free() blocks memory reclamation, delaying overall memory release.
This has been reported to significantly impact Android low-memory
killing where slot_free() accounts for over 80% of the total swap
entry freeing cost.
Introduce zs_free_deferred() which queues handles into a fixed-size
per-pool array for later processing by a workqueue. This allows callers
to defer the expensive zs_free() and return quickly, so the process
exit path can release memory faster. The array capacity is derived from
a 128MB uncompressed data budget (128MB >> PAGE_SHIFT entries), which
scales naturally with PAGE_SIZE. When the array reaches half capacity,
the workqueue is scheduled to drain pending handles.
zs_free_deferred() uses spin_trylock() to access the deferred queue.
If the lock is contended (e.g. drain in progress) or the queue is full,
it falls back to synchronous zs_free() to guarantee correctness.
Also introduce zs_free_deferred_flush() for use during pool teardown to
ensure all pending handles are freed.
Signed-off-by: Wenchao Hao <haowenchao@xiaomi.com>
---
include/linux/zsmalloc.h | 2 +
mm/zsmalloc.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/zsmalloc.h b/include/linux/zsmalloc.h
index 478410c880b1..1e5ac1a39d41 100644
--- a/include/linux/zsmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/zsmalloc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ void zs_destroy_pool(struct zs_pool *pool);
unsigned long zs_malloc(struct zs_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t flags,
const int nid);
void zs_free(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long obj);
+void zs_free_deferred(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle);
+void zs_free_deferred_flush(struct zs_pool *pool);
size_t zs_huge_class_size(struct zs_pool *pool);
diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index 40687c8a7469..defc892555e4 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
#define ZS_HANDLE_SIZE (sizeof(unsigned long))
+#define ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_MAX_BYTES (128 << 20)
+#define ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_CAPACITY (ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_MAX_BYTES >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_THRESHOLD (ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_CAPACITY / 2)
+
/*
* Object location (<PFN>, <obj_idx>) is encoded as
* a single (unsigned long) handle value.
@@ -217,6 +221,13 @@ struct zs_pool {
/* protect zspage migration/compaction */
rwlock_t lock;
atomic_t compaction_in_progress;
+
+ /* deferred free support */
+ spinlock_t deferred_lock;
+ unsigned long *deferred_handles;
+ unsigned int deferred_count;
+ unsigned int deferred_capacity;
+ struct work_struct deferred_free_work;
};
static inline void zpdesc_set_first(struct zpdesc *zpdesc)
@@ -579,6 +590,19 @@ static int zs_stats_size_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
}
DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(zs_stats_size);
+static int zs_stats_deferred_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
+{
+ struct zs_pool *pool = s->private;
+
+ spin_lock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ seq_printf(s, "pending: %u\n", pool->deferred_count);
+ seq_printf(s, "capacity: %u\n", pool->deferred_capacity);
+ spin_unlock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(zs_stats_deferred);
+
static void zs_pool_stat_create(struct zs_pool *pool, const char *name)
{
if (!zs_stat_root) {
@@ -590,6 +614,9 @@ static void zs_pool_stat_create(struct zs_pool *pool, const char *name)
debugfs_create_file("classes", S_IFREG | 0444, pool->stat_dentry, pool,
&zs_stats_size_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file("deferred_free", S_IFREG | 0444,
+ pool->stat_dentry, pool,
+ &zs_stats_deferred_fops);
}
static void zs_pool_stat_destroy(struct zs_pool *pool)
@@ -1432,6 +1459,76 @@ void zs_free(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_free);
+static void zs_deferred_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct zs_pool *pool = container_of(work, struct zs_pool,
+ deferred_free_work);
+ unsigned long handle;
+
+ while (1) {
+ spin_lock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ if (pool->deferred_count == 0) {
+ spin_unlock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ break;
+ }
+ handle = pool->deferred_handles[--pool->deferred_count];
+ spin_unlock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+
+ zs_free(pool, handle);
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * zs_free_deferred - queue a handle for asynchronous freeing
+ * @pool: pool to free from
+ * @handle: handle to free
+ *
+ * Place @handle into a deferred free queue for later processing by a
+ * workqueue. This is intended for callers that are in atomic context
+ * (e.g. under a spinlock) and cannot afford the cost of zs_free()
+ * directly. When the queue reaches a threshold the work is scheduled.
+ * Falls back to synchronous zs_free() if the lock is contended (drain
+ * in progress) or if the queue is full.
+ */
+void zs_free_deferred(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
+{
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL((void *)handle))
+ return;
+
+ if (!spin_trylock(&pool->deferred_lock))
+ goto sync_free;
+
+ if (pool->deferred_count >= pool->deferred_capacity) {
+ spin_unlock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ goto sync_free;
+ }
+
+ pool->deferred_handles[pool->deferred_count++] = handle;
+ if (pool->deferred_count >= ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_THRESHOLD)
+ queue_work(system_wq, &pool->deferred_free_work);
+ spin_unlock(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ return;
+
+sync_free:
+ zs_free(pool, handle);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_free_deferred);
+
+/**
+ * zs_free_deferred_flush - flush all pending deferred frees
+ * @pool: pool to flush
+ *
+ * Wait for any scheduled work to complete, then drain any remaining
+ * handles. Must be called from process context.
+ */
+void zs_free_deferred_flush(struct zs_pool *pool)
+{
+ flush_work(&pool->deferred_free_work);
+ zs_deferred_free_work(&pool->deferred_free_work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_free_deferred_flush);
+
static void zs_object_copy(struct size_class *class, unsigned long dst,
unsigned long src)
{
@@ -2099,6 +2196,18 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name)
rwlock_init(&pool->lock);
atomic_set(&pool->compaction_in_progress, 0);
+ spin_lock_init(&pool->deferred_lock);
+ pool->deferred_capacity = ZS_DEFERRED_FREE_CAPACITY;
+ pool->deferred_handles = kvmalloc_array(pool->deferred_capacity,
+ sizeof(unsigned long),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pool->deferred_handles) {
+ kfree(pool);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ pool->deferred_count = 0;
+ INIT_WORK(&pool->deferred_free_work, zs_deferred_free_work);
+
pool->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pool->name)
goto err;
@@ -2201,6 +2310,7 @@ void zs_destroy_pool(struct zs_pool *pool)
int i;
zs_unregister_shrinker(pool);
+ zs_free_deferred_flush(pool);
zs_flush_migration(pool);
zs_pool_stat_destroy(pool);
@@ -2224,6 +2334,7 @@ void zs_destroy_pool(struct zs_pool *pool)
kfree(class);
}
+ kvfree(pool->deferred_handles);
kfree(pool->name);
kfree(pool);
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-21 12:16 [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] mm/zsmalloc: reduce zs_free() latency on swap release path Wenchao Hao
2026-04-21 12:16 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] mm:zsmalloc: drop class lock before freeing zspage Wenchao Hao
2026-04-21 12:16 ` Wenchao Hao [this message]
2026-04-21 12:16 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] zram: defer zs_free() in swap slot free notification path Wenchao Hao
2026-04-21 12:16 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] mm/zswap: defer zs_free() in zswap_invalidate() path Wenchao Hao
2026-04-21 15:54 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] mm/zsmalloc: reduce zs_free() latency on swap release path Nhat Pham
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