2023-09-19 06:28:11

by Muchun Song

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] hugetlb: batch PMD split for bulk vmemmap dedup



On 2023/9/19 07:01, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> From: Joao Martins <[email protected]>
>
> In an effort to minimize amount of TLB flushes, batch all PMD splits
> belonging to a range of pages in order to perform only 1 (global) TLB
> flush.
>
> Add a flags field to the walker and pass whether it's a bulk allocation
> or just a single page to decide to remap. First value
> (VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH) designates the request to not do the TLB
> flush when we split the PMD.
>
> Rebased and updated by Mike Kravetz
>
> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <[email protected]>
> ---
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index 147ed15bcae4..e8bc2f7567db 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> * @reuse_addr: the virtual address of the @reuse_page page.
> * @vmemmap_pages: the list head of the vmemmap pages that can be freed
> * or is mapped from.
> + * @flags: used to modify behavior in bulk operations
> */
> struct vmemmap_remap_walk {
> void (*remap_pte)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
> @@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ struct vmemmap_remap_walk {
> struct page *reuse_page;
> unsigned long reuse_addr;
> struct list_head *vmemmap_pages;
> +#define VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH BIT(0)

Please add a brief comment following this macro to explain what's the
behavior.

> + unsigned long flags;
> };
>
> -static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start)
> +static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, bool flush)
> {
> pmd_t __pmd;
> int i;
> @@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start)
> /* Make pte visible before pmd. See comment in pmd_install(). */
> smp_wmb();
> pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, pgtable);
> - flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + PMD_SIZE);
> + if (flush)
> + flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + PMD_SIZE);
> } else {
> pte_free_kernel(&init_mm, pgtable);
> }
> @@ -127,11 +131,20 @@ static int vmemmap_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr,
> do {
> int ret;
>
> - ret = split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd, addr & PMD_MASK);
> + ret = split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd, addr & PMD_MASK,
> + walk->flags & VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH);

!(walk->flags & VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH)?

Thanks.

> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
> +
> + /*
> + * We are only splitting, not remapping the hugetlb vmemmap
> + * pages.
> + */
> + if (!walk->remap_pte)
> + continue;
> +
> vmemmap_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, walk);
> } while (pmd++, addr = next, addr != end);
>
> @@ -198,7 +211,8 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> return ret;
> } while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
>
> - flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end);
> + if (walk->remap_pte)
> + flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end);
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -300,6 +314,36 @@ static void vmemmap_restore_pte(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
> set_pte_at(&init_mm, addr, pte, mk_pte(page, pgprot));
> }
>
> +/**
> + * vmemmap_remap_split - split the vmemmap virtual address range [@start, @end)
> + * backing PMDs of the directmap into PTEs
> + * @start: start address of the vmemmap virtual address range that we want
> + * to remap.
> + * @end: end address of the vmemmap virtual address range that we want to
> + * remap.
> + * @reuse: reuse address.
> + *
> + * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
> + */
> +static int vmemmap_remap_split(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> + unsigned long reuse)
> +{
> + int ret;
> + struct vmemmap_remap_walk walk = {
> + .remap_pte = NULL,
> + .flags = VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH,
> + };
> +
> + /* See the comment in the vmemmap_remap_free(). */
> + BUG_ON(start - reuse != PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> + mmap_read_lock(&init_mm);
> + ret = vmemmap_remap_range(reuse, end, &walk);
> + mmap_read_unlock(&init_mm);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * vmemmap_remap_free - remap the vmemmap virtual address range [@start, @end)
> * to the page which @reuse is mapped to, then free vmemmap
> @@ -323,6 +367,7 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> .remap_pte = vmemmap_remap_pte,
> .reuse_addr = reuse,
> .vmemmap_pages = vmemmap_pages,
> + .flags = 0,
> };
> int nid = page_to_nid((struct page *)reuse);
> gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
> @@ -371,6 +416,7 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> .remap_pte = vmemmap_restore_pte,
> .reuse_addr = reuse,
> .vmemmap_pages = vmemmap_pages,
> + .flags = 0,
> };
>
> vmemmap_remap_range(reuse, end, &walk);
> @@ -422,6 +468,7 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_alloc(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> .remap_pte = vmemmap_restore_pte,
> .reuse_addr = reuse,
> .vmemmap_pages = &vmemmap_pages,
> + .flags = 0,
> };
>
> /* See the comment in the vmemmap_remap_free(). */
> @@ -630,11 +677,35 @@ void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
> free_vmemmap_page_list(&vmemmap_pages);
> }
>
> +static void hugetlb_vmemmap_split(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
> +{
> + unsigned long vmemmap_start = (unsigned long)head, vmemmap_end;
> + unsigned long vmemmap_reuse;
> +
> + if (!vmemmap_should_optimize(h, head))
> + return;
> +
> + vmemmap_end = vmemmap_start + hugetlb_vmemmap_size(h);
> + vmemmap_reuse = vmemmap_start;
> + vmemmap_start += HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE;
> +
> + /*
> + * Split PMDs on the vmemmap virtual address range [@vmemmap_start,
> + * @vmemmap_end]
> + */
> + vmemmap_remap_split(vmemmap_start, vmemmap_end, vmemmap_reuse);
> +}
> +
> void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios(struct hstate *h, struct list_head *folio_list)
> {
> struct folio *folio;
> LIST_HEAD(vmemmap_pages);
>
> + list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru)
> + hugetlb_vmemmap_split(h, &folio->page);
> +
> + flush_tlb_all();
> +
> list_for_each_entry(folio, folio_list, lru) {
> int ret = __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(h, &folio->page,
> &vmemmap_pages);


2023-09-19 09:51:13

by Joao Martins

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] hugetlb: batch PMD split for bulk vmemmap dedup

On 19/09/2023 07:27, Muchun Song wrote:
> On 2023/9/19 07:01, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>> From: Joao Martins <[email protected]>
>>
>> In an effort to minimize amount of TLB flushes, batch all PMD splits
>> belonging to a range of pages in order to perform only 1 (global) TLB
>> flush.
>>
>> Add a flags field to the walker and pass whether it's a bulk allocation
>> or just a single page to decide to remap. First value
>> (VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH) designates the request to not do the TLB
>> flush when we split the PMD.
>>
>> Rebased and updated by Mike Kravetz
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> index 147ed15bcae4..e8bc2f7567db 100644
>> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>>    * @reuse_addr:        the virtual address of the @reuse_page page.
>>    * @vmemmap_pages:    the list head of the vmemmap pages that can be freed
>>    *            or is mapped from.
>> + * @flags:        used to modify behavior in bulk operations
>>    */
>>   struct vmemmap_remap_walk {
>>       void            (*remap_pte)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
>> @@ -35,9 +36,11 @@ struct vmemmap_remap_walk {
>>       struct page        *reuse_page;
>>       unsigned long        reuse_addr;
>>       struct list_head    *vmemmap_pages;
>> +#define VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH    BIT(0)
>
> Please add a brief comment following this macro to explain what's the
> behavior.
>

/* Skip the TLB flush when we split the PMD */

And will also do it in the next patch with:

/* Skip the TLB flush when we remap the PTE */

>> +    unsigned long        flags;
>>   };
>>   -static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start)
>> +static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, bool flush)
>>   {
>>       pmd_t __pmd;
>>       int i;
>> @@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ static int split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long
>> start)
>>           /* Make pte visible before pmd. See comment in pmd_install(). */
>>           smp_wmb();
>>           pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, pgtable);
>> -        flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + PMD_SIZE);
>> +        if (flush)
>> +            flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + PMD_SIZE);
>>       } else {
>>           pte_free_kernel(&init_mm, pgtable);
>>       }
>> @@ -127,11 +131,20 @@ static int vmemmap_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long
>> addr,
>>       do {
>>           int ret;
>>   -        ret = split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd, addr & PMD_MASK);
>> +        ret = split_vmemmap_huge_pmd(pmd, addr & PMD_MASK,
>> +                walk->flags & VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH);
>
> !(walk->flags & VMEMMAP_SPLIT_NO_TLB_FLUSH)?
>
Yeah -- Gah, I must be very distracted.

Thanks