Currently the monitor work is scheduled with a fixed interval of HZ/20,
which is roughly 50 milliseconds. The drawback of this approach is
low utilization of the 512 page slots in scenarios with infrequence
kvfree_rcu() calls. For example on an Android system:
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kworker/3:3-507 [003] .... 470.286305: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000d0f0dde5 nr_records=6
kworker/6:1-76 [006] .... 470.416613: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000ea0d6556 nr_records=1
kworker/6:1-76 [006] .... 470.416625: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000003e025849 nr_records=9
kworker/3:3-507 [003] .... 471.390000: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000815a8713 nr_records=48
kworker/1:1-73 [001] .... 471.725785: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000fda9bf20 nr_records=3
kworker/1:1-73 [001] .... 471.725833: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000a425b67b nr_records=76
kworker/0:4-1411 [000] .... 472.085673: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000007996be9d nr_records=1
kworker/0:4-1411 [000] .... 472.085728: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000d0f0dde5 nr_records=5
kworker/6:1-76 [006] .... 472.260340: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x0000000065630ee4 nr_records=102
<snip>
In many cases, out of 512 slots, fewer than 10 were actually used.
In order to improve batching and make utilization more efficient this
commit sets a drain interval to a fixed 5-seconds interval. Floods are
detected when a page fills quickly, and in that case, the reclaim work
is re-scheduled for the next scheduling-clock tick (jiffy).
After this change:
<snip>
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5630.725708: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000005ab0ffb3 nr_records=121
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5630.989702: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x0000000060c84761 nr_records=47
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5630.989714: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000000babf308 nr_records=510
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5631.553790: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000bb7bd0ef nr_records=169
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5631.553808: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x0000000044c78753 nr_records=510
kworker/5:6-9428 [005] .... 5631.746102: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000d98519aa nr_records=123
kworker/4:7-9434 [004] .... 5632.001758: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x00000000526c9d44 nr_records=322
kworker/4:7-9434 [004] .... 5632.002073: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000002c6a8afa nr_records=185
kworker/7:1-371 [007] .... 5632.277515: rcu_invoke_kfree_bulk_callback: rcu_preempt bulk=0x000000007f4a962f nr_records=510
<snip>
Here, all but one of the cases, more than one hundreds slots were used,
representing an order-of-magnitude improvement.
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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