linux/drivers/xen/xen-selfballoon.c
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   1/******************************************************************************
   2 * Xen selfballoon driver (and optional frontswap self-shrinking driver)
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (c) 2009-2011, Dan Magenheimer, Oracle Corp.
   5 *
   6 * This code complements the cleancache and frontswap patchsets to optimize
   7 * support for Xen Transcendent Memory ("tmem").  The policy it implements
   8 * is rudimentary and will likely improve over time, but it does work well
   9 * enough today.
  10 *
  11 * Two functionalities are implemented here which both use "control theory"
  12 * (feedback) to optimize memory utilization. In a virtualized environment
  13 * such as Xen, RAM is often a scarce resource and we would like to ensure
  14 * that each of a possibly large number of virtual machines is using RAM
  15 * efficiently, i.e. using as little as possible when under light load
  16 * and obtaining as much as possible when memory demands are high.
  17 * Since RAM needs vary highly dynamically and sometimes dramatically,
  18 * "hysteresis" is used, that is, memory target is determined not just
  19 * on current data but also on past data stored in the system.
  20 *
  21 * "Selfballooning" creates memory pressure by managing the Xen balloon
  22 * driver to decrease and increase available kernel memory, driven
  23 * largely by the target value of "Committed_AS" (see /proc/meminfo).
  24 * Since Committed_AS does not account for clean mapped pages (i.e. pages
  25 * in RAM that are identical to pages on disk), selfballooning has the
  26 * affect of pushing less frequently used clean pagecache pages out of
  27 * kernel RAM and, presumably using cleancache, into Xen tmem where
  28 * Xen can more efficiently optimize RAM utilization for such pages.
  29 *
  30 * When kernel memory demand unexpectedly increases faster than Xen, via
  31 * the selfballoon driver, is able to (or chooses to) provide usable RAM,
  32 * the kernel may invoke swapping.  In most cases, frontswap is able
  33 * to absorb this swapping into Xen tmem.  However, due to the fact
  34 * that the kernel swap subsystem assumes swapping occurs to a disk,
  35 * swapped pages may sit on the disk for a very long time; even if
  36 * the kernel knows the page will never be used again.  This is because
  37 * the disk space costs very little and can be overwritten when
  38 * necessary.  When such stale pages are in frontswap, however, they
  39 * are taking up valuable real estate.  "Frontswap selfshrinking" works
  40 * to resolve this:  When frontswap activity is otherwise stable
  41 * and the guest kernel is not under memory pressure, the "frontswap
  42 * selfshrinking" accounts for this by providing pressure to remove some
  43 * pages from frontswap and return them to kernel memory.
  44 *
  45 * For both "selfballooning" and "frontswap-selfshrinking", a worker
  46 * thread is used and sysfs tunables are provided to adjust the frequency
  47 * and rate of adjustments to achieve the goal, as well as to disable one
  48 * or both functions independently.
  49 *
  50 * While some argue that this functionality can and should be implemented
  51 * in userspace, it has been observed that bad things happen (e.g. OOMs).
  52 *
  53 * System configuration note: Selfballooning should not be enabled on
  54 * systems without a sufficiently large swap device configured; for best
  55 * results, it is recommended that total swap be increased by the size
  56 * of the guest memory. Note, that selfballooning should be disabled by default
  57 * if frontswap is not configured.  Similarly selfballooning should be enabled
  58 * by default if frontswap is configured and can be disabled with the
  59 * "tmem.selfballooning=0" kernel boot option.  Finally, when frontswap is
  60 * configured, frontswap-selfshrinking can be disabled  with the
  61 * "tmem.selfshrink=0" kernel boot option.
  62 *
  63 * Selfballooning is disallowed in domain0 and force-disabled.
  64 *
  65 */
  66
  67#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
  68
  69#include <linux/kernel.h>
  70#include <linux/bootmem.h>
  71#include <linux/swap.h>
  72#include <linux/mm.h>
  73#include <linux/mman.h>
  74#include <linux/workqueue.h>
  75#include <linux/device.h>
  76#include <xen/balloon.h>
  77#include <xen/tmem.h>
  78#include <xen/xen.h>
  79
  80/* Enable/disable with sysfs. */
  81static int xen_selfballooning_enabled __read_mostly;
  82
  83/*
  84 * Controls rate at which memory target (this iteration) approaches
  85 * ultimate goal when memory need is increasing (up-hysteresis) or
  86 * decreasing (down-hysteresis). Higher values of hysteresis cause
  87 * slower increases/decreases. The default values for the various
  88 * parameters were deemed reasonable by experimentation, may be
  89 * workload-dependent, and can all be adjusted via sysfs.
  90 */
  91static unsigned int selfballoon_downhysteresis __read_mostly = 8;
  92static unsigned int selfballoon_uphysteresis __read_mostly = 1;
  93
  94/* In HZ, controls frequency of worker invocation. */
  95static unsigned int selfballoon_interval __read_mostly = 5;
  96
  97/*
  98 * Minimum usable RAM in MB for selfballooning target for balloon.
  99 * If non-zero, it is added to totalreserve_pages and self-ballooning
 100 * will not balloon below the sum.  If zero, a piecewise linear function
 101 * is calculated as a minimum and added to totalreserve_pages.  Note that
 102 * setting this value indiscriminately may cause OOMs and crashes.
 103 */
 104static unsigned int selfballoon_min_usable_mb;
 105
 106/*
 107 * Amount of RAM in MB to add to the target number of pages.
 108 * Can be used to reserve some more room for caches and the like.
 109 */
 110static unsigned int selfballoon_reserved_mb;
 111
 112static void selfballoon_process(struct work_struct *work);
 113static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(selfballoon_worker, selfballoon_process);
 114
 115#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 116#include <linux/frontswap.h>
 117
 118/* Enable/disable with sysfs. */
 119static bool frontswap_selfshrinking __read_mostly;
 120
 121/*
 122 * The default values for the following parameters were deemed reasonable
 123 * by experimentation, may be workload-dependent, and can all be
 124 * adjusted via sysfs.
 125 */
 126
 127/* Control rate for frontswap shrinking. Higher hysteresis is slower. */
 128static unsigned int frontswap_hysteresis __read_mostly = 20;
 129
 130/*
 131 * Number of selfballoon worker invocations to wait before observing that
 132 * frontswap selfshrinking should commence. Note that selfshrinking does
 133 * not use a separate worker thread.
 134 */
 135static unsigned int frontswap_inertia __read_mostly = 3;
 136
 137/* Countdown to next invocation of frontswap_shrink() */
 138static unsigned long frontswap_inertia_counter;
 139
 140/*
 141 * Invoked by the selfballoon worker thread, uses current number of pages
 142 * in frontswap (frontswap_curr_pages()), previous status, and control
 143 * values (hysteresis and inertia) to determine if frontswap should be
 144 * shrunk and what the new frontswap size should be.  Note that
 145 * frontswap_shrink is essentially a partial swapoff that immediately
 146 * transfers pages from the "swap device" (frontswap) back into kernel
 147 * RAM; despite the name, frontswap "shrinking" is very different from
 148 * the "shrinker" interface used by the kernel MM subsystem to reclaim
 149 * memory.
 150 */
 151static void frontswap_selfshrink(void)
 152{
 153        static unsigned long cur_frontswap_pages;
 154        static unsigned long last_frontswap_pages;
 155        static unsigned long tgt_frontswap_pages;
 156
 157        last_frontswap_pages = cur_frontswap_pages;
 158        cur_frontswap_pages = frontswap_curr_pages();
 159        if (!cur_frontswap_pages ||
 160                        (cur_frontswap_pages > last_frontswap_pages)) {
 161                frontswap_inertia_counter = frontswap_inertia;
 162                return;
 163        }
 164        if (frontswap_inertia_counter && --frontswap_inertia_counter)
 165                return;
 166        if (cur_frontswap_pages <= frontswap_hysteresis)
 167                tgt_frontswap_pages = 0;
 168        else
 169                tgt_frontswap_pages = cur_frontswap_pages -
 170                        (cur_frontswap_pages / frontswap_hysteresis);
 171        frontswap_shrink(tgt_frontswap_pages);
 172        frontswap_inertia_counter = frontswap_inertia;
 173}
 174
 175#endif /* CONFIG_FRONTSWAP */
 176
 177#define MB2PAGES(mb)    ((mb) << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT))
 178#define PAGES2MB(pages) ((pages) >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT))
 179
 180/*
 181 * Use current balloon size, the goal (vm_committed_as), and hysteresis
 182 * parameters to set a new target balloon size
 183 */
 184static void selfballoon_process(struct work_struct *work)
 185{
 186        unsigned long cur_pages, goal_pages, tgt_pages, floor_pages;
 187        unsigned long useful_pages;
 188        bool reset_timer = false;
 189
 190        if (xen_selfballooning_enabled) {
 191                cur_pages = totalram_pages;
 192                tgt_pages = cur_pages; /* default is no change */
 193                goal_pages = vm_memory_committed() +
 194                                totalreserve_pages +
 195                                MB2PAGES(selfballoon_reserved_mb);
 196#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 197                /* allow space for frontswap pages to be repatriated */
 198                if (frontswap_selfshrinking)
 199                        goal_pages += frontswap_curr_pages();
 200#endif
 201                if (cur_pages > goal_pages)
 202                        tgt_pages = cur_pages -
 203                                ((cur_pages - goal_pages) /
 204                                  selfballoon_downhysteresis);
 205                else if (cur_pages < goal_pages)
 206                        tgt_pages = cur_pages +
 207                                ((goal_pages - cur_pages) /
 208                                  selfballoon_uphysteresis);
 209                /* else if cur_pages == goal_pages, no change */
 210                useful_pages = max_pfn - totalreserve_pages;
 211                if (selfballoon_min_usable_mb != 0)
 212                        floor_pages = totalreserve_pages +
 213                                        MB2PAGES(selfballoon_min_usable_mb);
 214                /* piecewise linear function ending in ~3% slope */
 215                else if (useful_pages < MB2PAGES(16))
 216                        floor_pages = max_pfn; /* not worth ballooning */
 217                else if (useful_pages < MB2PAGES(64))
 218                        floor_pages = totalreserve_pages + MB2PAGES(16) +
 219                                        ((useful_pages - MB2PAGES(16)) >> 1);
 220                else if (useful_pages < MB2PAGES(512))
 221                        floor_pages = totalreserve_pages + MB2PAGES(40) +
 222                                        ((useful_pages - MB2PAGES(40)) >> 3);
 223                else /* useful_pages >= MB2PAGES(512) */
 224                        floor_pages = totalreserve_pages + MB2PAGES(99) +
 225                                        ((useful_pages - MB2PAGES(99)) >> 5);
 226                if (tgt_pages < floor_pages)
 227                        tgt_pages = floor_pages;
 228                balloon_set_new_target(tgt_pages +
 229                        balloon_stats.current_pages - totalram_pages);
 230                reset_timer = true;
 231        }
 232#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 233        if (frontswap_selfshrinking) {
 234                frontswap_selfshrink();
 235                reset_timer = true;
 236        }
 237#endif
 238        if (reset_timer)
 239                schedule_delayed_work(&selfballoon_worker,
 240                        selfballoon_interval * HZ);
 241}
 242
 243#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 244
 245#include <linux/capability.h>
 246
 247#define SELFBALLOON_SHOW(name, format, args...)                         \
 248        static ssize_t show_##name(struct device *dev,  \
 249                                          struct device_attribute *attr, \
 250                                          char *buf) \
 251        { \
 252                return sprintf(buf, format, ##args); \
 253        }
 254
 255SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballooning, "%d\n", xen_selfballooning_enabled);
 256
 257static ssize_t store_selfballooning(struct device *dev,
 258                            struct device_attribute *attr,
 259                            const char *buf,
 260                            size_t count)
 261{
 262        bool was_enabled = xen_selfballooning_enabled;
 263        unsigned long tmp;
 264        int err;
 265
 266        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 267                return -EPERM;
 268
 269        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &tmp);
 270        if (err)
 271                return err;
 272        if ((tmp != 0) && (tmp != 1))
 273                return -EINVAL;
 274
 275        xen_selfballooning_enabled = !!tmp;
 276        if (!was_enabled && xen_selfballooning_enabled)
 277                schedule_delayed_work(&selfballoon_worker,
 278                        selfballoon_interval * HZ);
 279
 280        return count;
 281}
 282
 283static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballooning, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 284                   show_selfballooning, store_selfballooning);
 285
 286SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballoon_interval, "%d\n", selfballoon_interval);
 287
 288static ssize_t store_selfballoon_interval(struct device *dev,
 289                                          struct device_attribute *attr,
 290                                          const char *buf,
 291                                          size_t count)
 292{
 293        unsigned long val;
 294        int err;
 295
 296        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 297                return -EPERM;
 298        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 299        if (err)
 300                return err;
 301        if (val == 0)
 302                return -EINVAL;
 303        selfballoon_interval = val;
 304        return count;
 305}
 306
 307static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballoon_interval, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 308                   show_selfballoon_interval, store_selfballoon_interval);
 309
 310SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballoon_downhys, "%d\n", selfballoon_downhysteresis);
 311
 312static ssize_t store_selfballoon_downhys(struct device *dev,
 313                                         struct device_attribute *attr,
 314                                         const char *buf,
 315                                         size_t count)
 316{
 317        unsigned long val;
 318        int err;
 319
 320        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 321                return -EPERM;
 322        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 323        if (err)
 324                return err;
 325        if (val == 0)
 326                return -EINVAL;
 327        selfballoon_downhysteresis = val;
 328        return count;
 329}
 330
 331static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballoon_downhysteresis, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 332                   show_selfballoon_downhys, store_selfballoon_downhys);
 333
 334
 335SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballoon_uphys, "%d\n", selfballoon_uphysteresis);
 336
 337static ssize_t store_selfballoon_uphys(struct device *dev,
 338                                       struct device_attribute *attr,
 339                                       const char *buf,
 340                                       size_t count)
 341{
 342        unsigned long val;
 343        int err;
 344
 345        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 346                return -EPERM;
 347        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 348        if (err)
 349                return err;
 350        if (val == 0)
 351                return -EINVAL;
 352        selfballoon_uphysteresis = val;
 353        return count;
 354}
 355
 356static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballoon_uphysteresis, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 357                   show_selfballoon_uphys, store_selfballoon_uphys);
 358
 359SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballoon_min_usable_mb, "%d\n",
 360                                selfballoon_min_usable_mb);
 361
 362static ssize_t store_selfballoon_min_usable_mb(struct device *dev,
 363                                               struct device_attribute *attr,
 364                                               const char *buf,
 365                                               size_t count)
 366{
 367        unsigned long val;
 368        int err;
 369
 370        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 371                return -EPERM;
 372        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 373        if (err)
 374                return err;
 375        if (val == 0)
 376                return -EINVAL;
 377        selfballoon_min_usable_mb = val;
 378        return count;
 379}
 380
 381static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballoon_min_usable_mb, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 382                   show_selfballoon_min_usable_mb,
 383                   store_selfballoon_min_usable_mb);
 384
 385SELFBALLOON_SHOW(selfballoon_reserved_mb, "%d\n",
 386                                selfballoon_reserved_mb);
 387
 388static ssize_t store_selfballoon_reserved_mb(struct device *dev,
 389                                             struct device_attribute *attr,
 390                                             const char *buf,
 391                                             size_t count)
 392{
 393        unsigned long val;
 394        int err;
 395
 396        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 397                return -EPERM;
 398        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 399        if (err)
 400                return err;
 401        if (val == 0)
 402                return -EINVAL;
 403        selfballoon_reserved_mb = val;
 404        return count;
 405}
 406
 407static DEVICE_ATTR(selfballoon_reserved_mb, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 408                   show_selfballoon_reserved_mb,
 409                   store_selfballoon_reserved_mb);
 410
 411
 412#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 413SELFBALLOON_SHOW(frontswap_selfshrinking, "%d\n", frontswap_selfshrinking);
 414
 415static ssize_t store_frontswap_selfshrinking(struct device *dev,
 416                                             struct device_attribute *attr,
 417                                             const char *buf,
 418                                             size_t count)
 419{
 420        bool was_enabled = frontswap_selfshrinking;
 421        unsigned long tmp;
 422        int err;
 423
 424        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 425                return -EPERM;
 426        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &tmp);
 427        if (err)
 428                return err;
 429        if ((tmp != 0) && (tmp != 1))
 430                return -EINVAL;
 431        frontswap_selfshrinking = !!tmp;
 432        if (!was_enabled && !xen_selfballooning_enabled &&
 433             frontswap_selfshrinking)
 434                schedule_delayed_work(&selfballoon_worker,
 435                        selfballoon_interval * HZ);
 436
 437        return count;
 438}
 439
 440static DEVICE_ATTR(frontswap_selfshrinking, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 441                   show_frontswap_selfshrinking, store_frontswap_selfshrinking);
 442
 443SELFBALLOON_SHOW(frontswap_inertia, "%d\n", frontswap_inertia);
 444
 445static ssize_t store_frontswap_inertia(struct device *dev,
 446                                       struct device_attribute *attr,
 447                                       const char *buf,
 448                                       size_t count)
 449{
 450        unsigned long val;
 451        int err;
 452
 453        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 454                return -EPERM;
 455        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 456        if (err)
 457                return err;
 458        if (val == 0)
 459                return -EINVAL;
 460        frontswap_inertia = val;
 461        frontswap_inertia_counter = val;
 462        return count;
 463}
 464
 465static DEVICE_ATTR(frontswap_inertia, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 466                   show_frontswap_inertia, store_frontswap_inertia);
 467
 468SELFBALLOON_SHOW(frontswap_hysteresis, "%d\n", frontswap_hysteresis);
 469
 470static ssize_t store_frontswap_hysteresis(struct device *dev,
 471                                          struct device_attribute *attr,
 472                                          const char *buf,
 473                                          size_t count)
 474{
 475        unsigned long val;
 476        int err;
 477
 478        if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 479                return -EPERM;
 480        err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 481        if (err)
 482                return err;
 483        if (val == 0)
 484                return -EINVAL;
 485        frontswap_hysteresis = val;
 486        return count;
 487}
 488
 489static DEVICE_ATTR(frontswap_hysteresis, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 490                   show_frontswap_hysteresis, store_frontswap_hysteresis);
 491
 492#endif /* CONFIG_FRONTSWAP */
 493
 494static struct attribute *selfballoon_attrs[] = {
 495        &dev_attr_selfballooning.attr,
 496        &dev_attr_selfballoon_interval.attr,
 497        &dev_attr_selfballoon_downhysteresis.attr,
 498        &dev_attr_selfballoon_uphysteresis.attr,
 499        &dev_attr_selfballoon_min_usable_mb.attr,
 500        &dev_attr_selfballoon_reserved_mb.attr,
 501#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 502        &dev_attr_frontswap_selfshrinking.attr,
 503        &dev_attr_frontswap_hysteresis.attr,
 504        &dev_attr_frontswap_inertia.attr,
 505#endif
 506        NULL
 507};
 508
 509static const struct attribute_group selfballoon_group = {
 510        .name = "selfballoon",
 511        .attrs = selfballoon_attrs
 512};
 513#endif
 514
 515int register_xen_selfballooning(struct device *dev)
 516{
 517        int error = -1;
 518
 519#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 520        error = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &selfballoon_group);
 521#endif
 522        return error;
 523}
 524EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_xen_selfballooning);
 525
 526int xen_selfballoon_init(bool use_selfballooning, bool use_frontswap_selfshrink)
 527{
 528        bool enable = false;
 529        unsigned long reserve_pages;
 530
 531        if (!xen_domain())
 532                return -ENODEV;
 533
 534        if (xen_initial_domain()) {
 535                pr_info("Xen selfballooning driver disabled for domain0\n");
 536                return -ENODEV;
 537        }
 538
 539        xen_selfballooning_enabled = tmem_enabled && use_selfballooning;
 540        if (xen_selfballooning_enabled) {
 541                pr_info("Initializing Xen selfballooning driver\n");
 542                enable = true;
 543        }
 544#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 545        frontswap_selfshrinking = tmem_enabled && use_frontswap_selfshrink;
 546        if (frontswap_selfshrinking) {
 547                pr_info("Initializing frontswap selfshrinking driver\n");
 548                enable = true;
 549        }
 550#endif
 551        if (!enable)
 552                return -ENODEV;
 553
 554        /*
 555         * Give selfballoon_reserved_mb a default value(10% of total ram pages)
 556         * to make selfballoon not so aggressive.
 557         *
 558         * There are mainly two reasons:
 559         * 1) The original goal_page didn't consider some pages used by kernel
 560         *    space, like slab pages and memory used by device drivers.
 561         *
 562         * 2) The balloon driver may not give back memory to guest OS fast
 563         *    enough when the workload suddenly aquries a lot of physical memory.
 564         *
 565         * In both cases, the guest OS will suffer from memory pressure and
 566         * OOM killer may be triggered.
 567         * By reserving extra 10% of total ram pages, we can keep the system
 568         * much more reliably and response faster in some cases.
 569         */
 570        if (!selfballoon_reserved_mb) {
 571                reserve_pages = totalram_pages / 10;
 572                selfballoon_reserved_mb = PAGES2MB(reserve_pages);
 573        }
 574        schedule_delayed_work(&selfballoon_worker, selfballoon_interval * HZ);
 575
 576        return 0;
 577}
 578EXPORT_SYMBOL(xen_selfballoon_init);
 579