ARC: Notify dbuf cache about target size reduction

ARC target size might drop significantly under memory pressure,
especially if current ARC size was much smaller than the target.
Since dbuf cache size is a fraction of the target ARC size, it
might need eviction too.  Aside of memory from the dbuf eviction
itself, it might help ARC by making more buffers evictable.

Reviewed-by: Tony Hutter <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Ameer Hamza <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by:	Alexander Motin <[email protected]>
Sponsored by:	iXsystems, Inc.
Closes #17314

Author: amotin

include/sys/dbuf.h

@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ int dbuf_dnode_findbp(dnode_t *dn, uint64_t level, uint64_t blkid,
 
 void dbuf_init(void);
 void dbuf_fini(void);
+void dbuf_cache_reduce_target_size(void);
 
 boolean_t dbuf_is_metadata(dmu_buf_impl_t *db);
 

module/zfs/arc.c

@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
 #include <sys/dsl_pool.h>
 #include <sys/multilist.h>
 #include <sys/abd.h>
+#include <sys/dbuf.h>
 #include <sys/zil.h>
 #include <sys/fm/fs/zfs.h>
 #include <sys/callb.h>
@@ -4555,6 +4556,13 @@ arc_reduce_target_size(uint64_t to_free)
 		to_free = 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Since dbuf cache size is a fraction of target ARC size, we should
+	 * notify dbuf about the reduction, which might be significant,
+	 * especially if current ARC size was much smaller than the target.
+	 */
+	dbuf_cache_reduce_target_size();
+
 	/*
 	 * Whether or not we reduced the target size, request eviction if the
 	 * current size is over it now, since caller obviously wants some RAM.

module/zfs/dbuf.c

@@ -872,6 +872,19 @@ dbuf_evict_notify(uint64_t size)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Since dbuf cache size is a fraction of target ARC size, ARC calls this when
+ * its target size is reduced due to memory pressure.
+ */
+void
+dbuf_cache_reduce_target_size(void)
+{
+	uint64_t size = zfs_refcount_count(&dbuf_caches[DB_DBUF_CACHE].size);
+
+	if (size > dbuf_cache_target_bytes())
+		cv_signal(&dbuf_evict_cv);
+}
+
 static int
 dbuf_kstat_update(kstat_t *ksp, int rw)
 {