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There was a regression report for "mm/cma: manage the memory of the CMA
area by using the ZONE_MOVABLE" [1] and I think that it is related to
this problem. CMA patchset makes the system use one more zone
(ZONE_MOVABLE) and then increases min_free_kbytes. It reduces usable
memory and it could cause regression.
ZONE_MOVABLE only has movable pages so we don't need to keep enough
freepages to avoid or deal with fragmentation. So, don't count it.
This changes min_free_kbytes and thus min_watermark greatly if
ZONE_MOVABLE is used. It will make the user uses more memory.
System:
22GB ram, fakenuma, 2 nodes. 5 zones are used.
Before:
min_free_kbytes: 112640
zone_info (min_watermark):
Node 0, zone DMA
min 19
Node 0, zone DMA32
min 3778
Node 0, zone Normal
min 10191
Node 0, zone Movable
min 0
Node 0, zone Device
min 0
Node 1, zone DMA
min 0
Node 1, zone DMA32
min 0
Node 1, zone Normal
min 14043
Node 1, zone Movable
min 127
Node 1, zone Device
min 0
After:
min_free_kbytes: 90112
zone_info (min_watermark):
Node 0, zone DMA
min 15
Node 0, zone DMA32
min 3022
Node 0, zone Normal
min 8152
Node 0, zone Movable
min 0
Node 0, zone Device
min 0
Node 1, zone DMA
min 0
Node 1, zone DMA32
min 0
Node 1, zone Normal
min 11234
Node 1, zone Movable
min 102
Node 1, zone Device
min 0
[1] (lkml.kernel.org/r/20180102063528.GG30397%20()%20yexl-desktop)
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1522913236-15776-1-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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