mm/mglru: reclaim offlined memcgs harder
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: e4dde56c ("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>
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