2018-08-07 01:23:12

by Dennis Zhou

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Subject: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

From: "Dennis Zhou (Facebook)" <[email protected]>

Currently, percpu memory only exposes allocation and utilization
information via debugfs. This more or less is only really useful for
understanding the fragmentation and allocation information at a
per-chunk level with a few global counters. This is also gated behind a
config. BPF and cgroup, for example, have seen an increase use causing
increased use of percpu memory. Let's make it easier for someone to
identify how much memory is being used.

This patch adds the PercpuPopulated stat to meminfo to more easily
look up how much percpu memory is in use. This new number includes the
cost for all backing pages and not just insight at the a unit, per
chunk level. This stat includes only pages used to back the chunks
themselves excluding metadata. I think excluding metadata is fair
because the backing memory scales with the number of cpus and can
quickly outweigh the metadata. It also makes this calculation light.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <[email protected]>
---
fs/proc/meminfo.c | 2 ++
include/linux/percpu.h | 2 ++
mm/percpu.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
index 2fb04846ed11..ddd5249692e9 100644
--- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/mmzone.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/quicklist.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
(unsigned long)VMALLOC_TOTAL >> 10);
show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
+ show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());

#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
seq_printf(m, "HardwareCorrupted: %5lu kB\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index 296bbe49d5d1..1c80be42822c 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -149,4 +149,6 @@ extern phys_addr_t per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(void *addr);
(typeof(type) __percpu *)__alloc_percpu(sizeof(type), \
__alignof__(type))

+extern int pcpu_nr_populated_pages(void);
+
#endif /* __LINUX_PERCPU_H */
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 0b6480979ac7..08a4341f30c5 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ static LIST_HEAD(pcpu_map_extend_chunks);
*/
int pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages;

+/*
+ * The number of populated pages in use by the allocator, protected by
+ * pcpu_lock. This number is kept per a unit per chunk (i.e. when a page gets
+ * allocated/deallocated, it is allocated/deallocated in all units of a chunk
+ * and increments/decrements this count by 1).
+ */
+static int pcpu_nr_populated;
+
/*
* Balance work is used to populate or destroy chunks asynchronously. We
* try to keep the number of populated free pages between
@@ -1232,6 +1240,7 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_populated(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int page_start,

bitmap_set(chunk->populated, page_start, nr);
chunk->nr_populated += nr;
+ pcpu_nr_populated += nr;

if (!for_alloc) {
chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages += nr;
@@ -1260,6 +1269,7 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_depopulated(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
chunk->nr_populated -= nr;
chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages -= nr;
pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages -= nr;
+ pcpu_nr_populated -= nr;
}

/*
@@ -2176,6 +2186,9 @@ int __init pcpu_setup_first_chunk(const struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai,
pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages = pcpu_first_chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages;
pcpu_chunk_relocate(pcpu_first_chunk, -1);

+ /* include all regions of the first chunk */
+ pcpu_nr_populated += PFN_DOWN(size_sum);
+
pcpu_stats_chunk_alloc();
trace_percpu_create_chunk(base_addr);

@@ -2745,6 +2758,22 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)

#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */

+/*
+ * pcpu_nr_populated_pages - calculate total number of populated backing pages
+ *
+ * This reflects the number of pages populated to back the chunks.
+ * Metadata is excluded in the number exposed in meminfo as the number of
+ * backing pages scales with the number of cpus and can quickly outweigh the
+ * memory used for metadata. It also keeps this calculation nice and simple.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Total number of populated backing pages in use by the allocator.
+ */
+int pcpu_nr_populated_pages(void)
+{
+ return pcpu_nr_populated * pcpu_nr_units;
+}
+
/*
* Percpu allocator is initialized early during boot when neither slab or
* workqueue is available. Plug async management until everything is up
--
2.17.1



2018-08-07 13:19:49

by Vlastimil Babka

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

+CC linux-api

On 08/07/2018 02:56 AM, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> From: "Dennis Zhou (Facebook)" <[email protected]>
>
> Currently, percpu memory only exposes allocation and utilization
> information via debugfs. This more or less is only really useful for
> understanding the fragmentation and allocation information at a
> per-chunk level with a few global counters. This is also gated behind a
> config. BPF and cgroup, for example, have seen an increase use causing
> increased use of percpu memory. Let's make it easier for someone to
> identify how much memory is being used.
>
> This patch adds the PercpuPopulated stat to meminfo to more easily
> look up how much percpu memory is in use. This new number includes the
> cost for all backing pages and not just insight at the a unit, per
> chunk level. This stat includes only pages used to back the chunks
> themselves excluding metadata. I think excluding metadata is fair
> because the backing memory scales with the number of cpus and can
> quickly outweigh the metadata. It also makes this calculation light.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <[email protected]>

Sounds useful and cheap, so why not, I guess.

> ---
> fs/proc/meminfo.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/percpu.h | 2 ++
> mm/percpu.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt should be updated as well

> 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> index 2fb04846ed11..ddd5249692e9 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #include <linux/mman.h>
> #include <linux/mmzone.h>
> #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> +#include <linux/percpu.h>
> #include <linux/quicklist.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> #include <linux/swap.h>
> @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> (unsigned long)VMALLOC_TOTAL >> 10);
> show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
> show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
> + show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> seq_printf(m, "HardwareCorrupted: %5lu kB\n",
> diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
> index 296bbe49d5d1..1c80be42822c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/percpu.h
> +++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
> @@ -149,4 +149,6 @@ extern phys_addr_t per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(void *addr);
> (typeof(type) __percpu *)__alloc_percpu(sizeof(type), \
> __alignof__(type))
>
> +extern int pcpu_nr_populated_pages(void);
> +
> #endif /* __LINUX_PERCPU_H */
> diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
> index 0b6480979ac7..08a4341f30c5 100644
> --- a/mm/percpu.c
> +++ b/mm/percpu.c
> @@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ static LIST_HEAD(pcpu_map_extend_chunks);
> */
> int pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages;
>
> +/*
> + * The number of populated pages in use by the allocator, protected by
> + * pcpu_lock. This number is kept per a unit per chunk (i.e. when a page gets
> + * allocated/deallocated, it is allocated/deallocated in all units of a chunk
> + * and increments/decrements this count by 1).
> + */
> +static int pcpu_nr_populated;

It better be unsigned long, to match others.

> +
> /*
> * Balance work is used to populate or destroy chunks asynchronously. We
> * try to keep the number of populated free pages between
> @@ -1232,6 +1240,7 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_populated(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int page_start,
>
> bitmap_set(chunk->populated, page_start, nr);
> chunk->nr_populated += nr;
> + pcpu_nr_populated += nr;
>
> if (!for_alloc) {
> chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages += nr;
> @@ -1260,6 +1269,7 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_depopulated(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk,
> chunk->nr_populated -= nr;
> chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages -= nr;
> pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages -= nr;
> + pcpu_nr_populated -= nr;
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -2176,6 +2186,9 @@ int __init pcpu_setup_first_chunk(const struct pcpu_alloc_info *ai,
> pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages = pcpu_first_chunk->nr_empty_pop_pages;
> pcpu_chunk_relocate(pcpu_first_chunk, -1);
>
> + /* include all regions of the first chunk */
> + pcpu_nr_populated += PFN_DOWN(size_sum);
> +
> pcpu_stats_chunk_alloc();
> trace_percpu_create_chunk(base_addr);
>
> @@ -2745,6 +2758,22 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>
> +/*
> + * pcpu_nr_populated_pages - calculate total number of populated backing pages
> + *
> + * This reflects the number of pages populated to back the chunks.
> + * Metadata is excluded in the number exposed in meminfo as the number of
> + * backing pages scales with the number of cpus and can quickly outweigh the
> + * memory used for metadata. It also keeps this calculation nice and simple.
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + * Total number of populated backing pages in use by the allocator.
> + */
> +int pcpu_nr_populated_pages(void)

Also unsigned long please.

Thanks,
Vlastimil

> +{
> + return pcpu_nr_populated * pcpu_nr_units;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Percpu allocator is initialized early during boot when neither slab or
> * workqueue is available. Plug async management until everything is up
>


Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Dennis Zhou wrote:

> diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> index 2fb04846ed11..ddd5249692e9 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #include <linux/mman.h>
> #include <linux/mmzone.h>
> #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> +#include <linux/percpu.h>
> #include <linux/quicklist.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> #include <linux/swap.h>
> @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> (unsigned long)VMALLOC_TOTAL >> 10);
> show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
> show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
> + show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());

Populated? Can we avoid this for simplicities sake: "Percpu"?

We do not count pages that are not present elsewhere either and those
counters do not have "populated" in them.

> int pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages;
>
> +/*
> + * The number of populated pages in use by the allocator, protected by
> + * pcpu_lock. This number is kept per a unit per chunk (i.e. when a page gets
> + * allocated/deallocated, it is allocated/deallocated in all units of a chunk
> + * and increments/decrements this count by 1).
> + */
> +static int pcpu_nr_populated;

pcpu_nr_pages?


2018-08-07 15:23:33

by Dennis Zhou

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

Hi Vlastimil,

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 03:18:31PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt should be updated as well
>

Will do.

> >
> > +/*
> > + * The number of populated pages in use by the allocator, protected by
> > + * pcpu_lock. This number is kept per a unit per chunk (i.e. when a page gets
> > + * allocated/deallocated, it is allocated/deallocated in all units of a chunk
> > + * and increments/decrements this count by 1).
> > + */
> > +static int pcpu_nr_populated;
>
> It better be unsigned long, to match others.
>

Yeah that makes sense. I've changed this for v2.

> > +/*
> > + * pcpu_nr_populated_pages - calculate total number of populated backing pages
> > + *
> > + * This reflects the number of pages populated to back the chunks.
> > + * Metadata is excluded in the number exposed in meminfo as the number of
> > + * backing pages scales with the number of cpus and can quickly outweigh the
> > + * memory used for metadata. It also keeps this calculation nice and simple.
> > + *
> > + * RETURNS:
> > + * Total number of populated backing pages in use by the allocator.
> > + */
> > +int pcpu_nr_populated_pages(void)
>
> Also unsigned long please.
>

Changed for v2.

Thanks,
Dennis

2018-08-07 15:27:39

by Tejun Heo

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 02:12:06PM +0000, Christopher Lameter wrote:
> > @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> > (unsigned long)VMALLOC_TOTAL >> 10);
> > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
> > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
> > + show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());
>
> Populated? Can we avoid this for simplicities sake: "Percpu"?
>
> We do not count pages that are not present elsewhere either and those
> counters do not have "populated" in them.

Yeah, let's do "Percpu".

Thanks.

--
tejun

2018-08-07 15:31:11

by Dennis Zhou

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

Hi Christopher,

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 02:12:06PM +0000, Christopher Lameter wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
> > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
> > + show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());
>
> Populated? Can we avoid this for simplicities sake: "Percpu"?

Yeah, I've dropped populated.

>
> We do not count pages that are not present elsewhere either and those
> counters do not have "populated" in them.

I see, that makes sense. I think I was trying to keep an external
distinction between what we reserve and what we actually have populated
that really isn't useful outside of playing with the allocator itself.

> > int pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages;
> >
> > +/*
> > + * The number of populated pages in use by the allocator, protected by
> > + * pcpu_lock. This number is kept per a unit per chunk (i.e. when a page gets
> > + * allocated/deallocated, it is allocated/deallocated in all units of a chunk
> > + * and increments/decrements this count by 1).
> > + */
> > +static int pcpu_nr_populated;
>
> pcpu_nr_pages?
>

I'd rather keep it as pcpu_nr_populated because internally in pcpu_chunk
we maintain nr_pages and nr_populated. That way we keep the same meaning
at the chunk and global level.

Thanks,
Dennis

2018-08-07 17:48:24

by Dennis Zhou

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add percpu populated pages count to meminfo

Hi Tejun,

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:11:46AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 02:12:06PM +0000, Christopher Lameter wrote:
> > > @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> > > (unsigned long)VMALLOC_TOTAL >> 10);
> > > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocUsed: ", 0ul);
> > > show_val_kb(m, "VmallocChunk: ", 0ul);
> > > + show_val_kb(m, "PercpuPopulated:", pcpu_nr_populated_pages());
> >
> > Populated? Can we avoid this for simplicities sake: "Percpu"?
> >
> > We do not count pages that are not present elsewhere either and those
> > counters do not have "populated" in them.
>
> Yeah, let's do "Percpu".
>

Sounds good, I've dropped populated.

Thanks,
Dennis