In the effort to reduce zombie memcgs [1], it was discovered that the
memcg LRU doesn't apply enough pressure on offlined memcgs. Specifically,
instead of rotating them to the tail of the current generation
(MEMCG_LRU_TAIL) for a second attempt, it moves them to the next
generation (MEMCG_LRU_YOUNG) after the first attempt.
Not applying enough pressure on offlined memcgs can cause them to build
up, and this can be particularly harmful to memory-constrained systems.
On Pixel 8 Pro, launching apps for 50 cycles:
Before After Change
Zombie memcgs 45 35 -22%
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/CABdmKX2M6koq4Q0Cmp_-=wbP0Qa190HdEGGaHfxNS05gAkUtPA@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231208061407.2125867-4-yuzhao@google.com
Fixes: e4dde56cd2 ("mm: multi-gen LRU: per-node lru_gen_folio lists")
Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Reported-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
Tested-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@google.com>
Cc: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@quicinc.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Jaroslav Pulchart <jaroslav.pulchart@gooddata.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <ryncsn@gmail.com>
Cc: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
