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Mel Gorman 24512228b7 mm: do not boost watermarks to avoid fragmentation for the DISCONTIG memory model 
Mikulas Patocka reported that commit 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small
amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs") "broke"
memory management on parisc.

The machine is not NUMA but the DISCONTIG model creates three pgdats
even though it's a UMA machine for the following ranges

        0) Start 0x0000000000000000 End 0x000000003fffffff Size   1024 MB
        1) Start 0x0000000100000000 End 0x00000001bfdfffff Size   3070 MB
        2) Start 0x0000004040000000 End 0x00000040ffffffff Size   3072 MB

Mikulas reported:

	With the patch 1c30844d2, the kernel will incorrectly reclaim the
	first zone when it fills up, ignoring the fact that there are two
	completely free zones. Basiscally, it limits cache size to 1GiB.

	For example, if I run:
	# dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/null bs=1M count=2048

	- with the proper kernel, there should be "Buffers - 2GiB"
	when this command finishes. With the patch 1c30844d2, buffers
	will consume just 1GiB or slightly more, because the kernel was
	incorrectly reclaiming them.

The page allocator and reclaim makes assumptions that pgdats really
represent NUMA nodes and zones represent ranges and makes decisions on
that basis.  Watermark boosting for small pgdats leads to unexpected
results even though this would have behaved reasonably on SPARSEMEM.

DISCONTIG is essentially deprecated and even parisc plans to move to
SPARSEMEM so there is no need to be fancy, this patch simply disables
watermark boosting by default on DISCONTIGMEM.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190419094335.GJ18914@techsingularity.net
Fixes: 1c30844d2d ("mm: reclaim small amounts of memory when an external fragmentation event occurs")
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-04-26 09:18:05 -07:00
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kasan kasan: fix variable 'tag' set but not used warning 2019-03-29 10:01:36 -07:00
backing-dev.c writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches 2019-01-22 14:39:38 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c virtio_balloon: fix deadlock on OOM 2017-11-14 23:57:38 +02:00
cleancache.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug.c: remove static scoped cma_debugfs_root 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
cma.c memblock: emphasize that memblock_alloc_range() returns a physical address 2019-03-12 10:04:01 -07:00
cma.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
compaction.c mm/compaction.c: abort search if isolation fails 2019-04-04 11:56:15 +01:00
debug_page_ref.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
debug.c mm/debug.c: fix __dump_page when mapping->host is not set 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
dmapool.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap: Fix boot hang with earlyprintk=efi,keep 2017-12-11 14:54:44 +01:00
fadvise.c vfs: implement readahead(2) using POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED 2018-08-30 20:01:32 +02:00
failslab.c mm: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-03-05 21:07:17 -08:00
filemap.c filemap: add a comment about FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT behavior 2019-03-15 11:26:07 -07:00
frame_vector.c mm/frame_vector.c: release a semaphore in 'get_vaddr_frames()' 2017-12-14 16:00:48 -08:00
frontswap.c mm: use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-06-15 07:55:25 +09:00
gup_benchmark.c mm: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-03-05 21:07:17 -08:00
gup.c Merge branch 'page-refs' (page ref overflow) 2019-04-14 15:09:40 -07:00
highmem.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
hmm.c mm/hmm: convert to use vm_fault_t 2019-03-12 10:04:00 -07:00
huge_memory.c mm/huge_memory.c: fix modifying of page protection by insert_pfn_pmd() 2019-04-05 16:02:31 -10:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: rename page_counter's count/limit into usage/max 2018-06-07 17:34:35 -07:00
hugetlb.c Merge branch 'page-refs' (page ref overflow) 2019-04-14 15:09:40 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c mm/memory_failure: Remove unused trapno from memory_failure 2018-01-23 12:17:42 -06:00
init-mm.c mm: Allocate the mm_cpumask (mm->cpu_bitmap[]) dynamically based on nr_cpu_ids 2018-07-17 09:35:30 +02:00
internal.h mm, compaction: capture a page under direct compaction 2019-03-05 21:07:17 -08:00
interval_tree.c mm/interval_tree.c: use vma_pages() helper 2018-01-31 17:18:37 -08:00
Kconfig ksm: replace jhash2 with xxhash 2018-12-28 12:11:46 -08:00
Kconfig.debug mm/page_owner: move config option to mm/Kconfig.debug 2019-03-05 21:07:18 -08:00
khugepaged.c mm: memcontrol: expose THP events on a per-memcg basis 2019-03-05 21:07:19 -08:00
kmemleak-test.c
kmemleak.c mm/kmemleak.c: fix unused-function warning 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
ksm.c mm: ksm: do not block on page lock when searching stable tree 2019-03-05 21:07:19 -08:00
list_lru.c numa: make "nr_node_ids" unsigned int 2019-03-05 21:07:19 -08:00
maccess.c Revert "x86/fault: BUG() when uaccess helpers fault on kernel addresses" 2019-02-25 09:10:51 -08:00
madvise.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
Makefile mm: remove nobootmem 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
memblock.c mm: memblock: update comments and kernel-doc 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
memcontrol.c mm: writeback: use exact memcg dirty counts 2019-04-05 16:02:31 -10:00
memfd.c mm/memfd: add an F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE seal to memfd 2019-03-05 21:07:19 -08:00
memory_hotplug.c mm/memory_hotplug.c: drop memory device reference after find_memory_block() 2019-04-26 09:18:04 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm: hwpoison: fix thp split handing in soft_offline_in_use_page() 2019-03-05 21:07:13 -08:00
memory.c mm/memory.c: fix modifying of page protection by insert_pfn() 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm: mempolicy: make mbind() return -EIO when MPOL_MF_STRICT is specified 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
mempool.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
memtest.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
migrate.c mm/migrate.c: add missing flush_dcache_page for non-mapped page migrate 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
mincore.c Revert "Change mincore() to count "mapped" pages rather than "cached" pages" 2019-01-24 09:04:37 +13:00
mlock.c mm: remove zone_lru_lock() function, access ->lru_lock directly 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
mm_init.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
mmap.c coredump: fix race condition between mmget_not_zero()/get_task_mm() and core dumping 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
mmu_context.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
mmu_gather.c mm: Replace call_rcu_sched() with call_rcu() 2018-11-27 09:21:46 -08:00
mmu_notifier.c mm/mmu_notifier: use structure for invalidate_range_start/end calls v2 2018-12-28 12:11:50 -08:00
mmzone.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mprotect.c mm: update ptep_modify_prot_commit to take old pte value as arg 2019-03-05 21:07:18 -08:00
mremap.c mm,mremap: bail out earlier in mremap_to under map pressure 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
msync.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
nommu.c mm/gup: cache dev_pagemap while pinning pages 2018-10-26 16:38:15 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm,oom: don't kill global init via memory.oom.group 2019-03-05 21:07:19 -08:00
page_alloc.c mm: do not boost watermarks to avoid fragmentation for the DISCONTIG memory model 2019-04-26 09:18:05 -07:00
page_counter.c memcg: introduce memory.min 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
page_ext.c memblock: drop memblock_alloc_*_nopanic() variants 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
page_idle.c mm: remove zone_lru_lock() function, access ->lru_lock directly 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
page_io.c mm/page_io.c: fix polled swap page in 2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation.c: fix a wrong flag in set_migratetype_isolate() 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
page_owner.c mm: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-03-05 21:07:17 -08:00
page_poison.c page_poison: play nicely with KASAN 2019-03-05 21:07:13 -08:00
page_vma_mapped.c mm/rmap: map_pte() was not handling private ZONE_DEVICE page properly 2018-10-31 08:54:11 -07:00
page-writeback.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
pagewalk.c mm: kernel-doc: add missing parameter descriptions 2018-04-05 21:36:27 -07:00
percpu-internal.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
percpu-km.c percpu: km: no need to consider pcpu_group_offsets[0] 2019-02-26 13:47:58 -08:00
percpu-stats.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: allow select gfp to be passed to underlying allocators 2018-02-18 05:33:01 -08:00
percpu.c percpu: stop printing kernel addresses 2019-03-18 10:36:36 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c x86/mm: Page size aware flush_tlb_mm_range() 2018-10-09 16:51:11 +02:00
process_vm_access.c mm: docs: add blank lines to silence sphinx "Unexpected indentation" errors 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
quicklist.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
readahead.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
rmap.c mm: remove zone_lru_lock() function, access ->lru_lock directly 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
rodata_test.c mm: fix RODATA_TEST failure "rodata_test: test data was not read only" 2017-10-03 17:54:24 -07:00
shmem.c mm: swapoff: shmem_unuse() stop eviction without igrab() 2019-04-19 09:46:04 -07:00
slab_common.c mm: add support for kmem caches in DMA32 zone 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
slab.c slab: store tagged freelist for off-slab slabmgmt 2019-04-19 09:46:04 -07:00
slab.h mm: add support for kmem caches in DMA32 zone 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
slob.c slab: __GFP_ZERO is incompatible with a constructor 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
slub.c mm: add support for kmem caches in DMA32 zone 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm: remove include/linux/bootmem.h 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
sparse.c mm/hotplug: fix offline undo_isolate_page_range() 2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
swap_slots.c mm, swap, get_swap_pages: use entry_size instead of cluster in parameter 2018-08-22 10:52:44 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: swap: add comment for swap_vma_readahead 2019-03-05 21:07:16 -08:00
swap.c mm: remove zone_lru_lock() function, access ->lru_lock directly 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
swapfile.c mm: swapoff: shmem_unuse() stop eviction without igrab() 2019-04-19 09:46:04 -07:00
truncate.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
usercopy.c mm/usercopy.c: no check page span for stack objects 2019-01-08 17:15:11 -08:00
userfaultfd.c hugetlbfs: revert "use i_mmap_rwsem for more pmd sharing synchronization" 2019-01-08 17:15:11 -08:00
util.c mm/util.c: fix strndup_user() comment 2019-04-05 16:02:31 -10:00
vmacache.c mm: get rid of vmacache_flush_all() entirely 2018-09-13 15:18:04 -10:00
vmalloc.c docs/core-api/mm: fix return value descriptions in mm/ 2019-03-05 21:07:20 -08:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: convert to use match_string() helper 2018-06-07 17:34:36 -07:00
vmscan.c mm: fix inactive list balancing between NUMA nodes and cgroups 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
vmstat.c mm/vmstat.c: fix /proc/vmstat format for CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG_SMP=n 2019-04-19 09:46:04 -07:00
workingset.c mm/workingset: remove unused @mapping argument in workingset_eviction() 2019-03-05 21:07:21 -08:00
z3fold.c z3fold: fix possible reclaim races 2018-11-18 10:15:09 -08:00
zbud.c mm: docs: fix parameter names mismatch 2018-02-06 18:32:48 -08:00
zpool.c mm/zpool.c: zpool_evictable: fix mismatch in parameter name and kernel-doc 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
zsmalloc.c mm/zsmalloc.c: fix fall-through annotation 2018-10-26 16:26:35 -07:00
zswap.c mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic 2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00