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-rw-r--r--module/spl/spl-kmem.c29
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
index fc04604d5..e458c2020 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(spl_kmem_cache_expire);
module_param(spl_kmem_cache_expire, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_kmem_cache_expire, "By age (0x1) or low memory (0x2)");
+/*
+ * KMC_RECLAIM_ONCE is set as the default until zfsonlinux/spl#268 is
+ * definitively resolved. Depending on the system configuration and
+ * workload this may increase the likelihood of out of memory events.
+ * For those cases it is advised that this option be set to zero.
+ */
+unsigned int spl_kmem_cache_reclaim = KMC_RECLAIM_ONCE;
+module_param(spl_kmem_cache_reclaim, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_kmem_cache_reclaim, "Single reclaim pass (0x1)");
+
unsigned int spl_kmem_cache_obj_per_slab = SPL_KMEM_CACHE_OBJ_PER_SLAB;
module_param(spl_kmem_cache_obj_per_slab, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(spl_kmem_cache_obj_per_slab, "Number of objects per slab");
@@ -2235,7 +2245,7 @@ __spl_kmem_cache_generic_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrink,
struct shrink_control *sc)
{
spl_kmem_cache_t *skc;
- int unused = 0;
+ int alloc = 0;
down_read(&spl_kmem_cache_sem);
list_for_each_entry(skc, &spl_kmem_cache_list, skc_list) {
@@ -2244,24 +2254,25 @@ __spl_kmem_cache_generic_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrink,
MAX(sc->nr_to_scan >> fls64(skc->skc_slab_objs), 1));
/*
- * Presume everything alloc'ed in reclaimable, this ensures
+ * Presume everything alloc'ed is reclaimable, this ensures
* we are called again with nr_to_scan > 0 so can try and
* reclaim. The exact number is not important either so
* we forgo taking this already highly contented lock.
*/
- unused += skc->skc_obj_alloc;
+ alloc += skc->skc_obj_alloc;
}
up_read(&spl_kmem_cache_sem);
/*
- * After performing reclaim always return -1 to indicate we cannot
- * perform additional reclaim. This prevents shrink_slabs() from
- * repeatedly invoking this generic shrinker and potentially spinning.
+ * When KMC_RECLAIM_ONCE is set allow only a single reclaim pass.
+ * This functionality only exists to work around a rare issue where
+ * shrink_slabs() is repeatedly invoked by many cores causing the
+ * system to thrash.
*/
- if (sc->nr_to_scan)
- return -1;
+ if ((spl_kmem_cache_reclaim & KMC_RECLAIM_ONCE) && sc->nr_to_scan)
+ return (-1);
- return unused;
+ return MAX((alloc * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure) / 100, 0);
}
SPL_SHRINKER_CALLBACK_WRAPPER(spl_kmem_cache_generic_shrinker);