On 09/11/23 at 06:53pm, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 10:38:29AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> > On 08/29/23 at 10:11am, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > > Store allocated objects in a separate nodes. A va->va_start
> > > address is converted into a correct node where it should
> > > be placed and resided. An addr_to_node() function is used
> > > to do a proper address conversion to determine a node that
> > > contains a VA.
> > >
> > > Such approach balances VAs across nodes as a result an access
> > > becomes scalable. Number of nodes in a system depends on number
> > > of CPUs divided by two. The density factor in this case is 1/2.
> > >
> > > Please note:
> > >
> > > 1. As of now allocated VAs are bound to a node-0. It means the
> > > patch does not give any difference comparing with a current
> > > behavior;
> > >
> > > 2. The global vmap_area_lock, vmap_area_root are removed as there
> > > is no need in it anymore. The vmap_area_list is still kept and
> > > is _empty_. It is exported for a kexec only;
> > >
> > > 3. The vmallocinfo and vread() have to be reworked to be able to
> > > handle multiple nodes.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > mm/vmalloc.c | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> > > 1 file changed, 161 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > index b7deacca1483..ae0368c314ff 100644
> > > --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> > > @@ -728,11 +728,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_to_pfn);
> > > #define DEBUG_AUGMENT_LOWEST_MATCH_CHECK 0
> > >
> > >
> > > -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vmap_area_lock);
> > > static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(free_vmap_area_lock);
> > > /* Export for kexec only */
> > > LIST_HEAD(vmap_area_list);
> > > -static struct rb_root vmap_area_root = RB_ROOT;
> > > static bool vmap_initialized __read_mostly;
> > >
> > > static struct rb_root purge_vmap_area_root = RB_ROOT;
> > > @@ -772,6 +770,38 @@ static struct rb_root free_vmap_area_root = RB_ROOT;
> > > */
> > > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmap_area *, ne_fit_preload_node);
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * An effective vmap-node logic. Users make use of nodes instead
> > > + * of a global heap. It allows to balance an access and mitigate
> > > + * contention.
> > > + */
> > > +struct rb_list {
> > > + struct rb_root root;
> > > + struct list_head head;
> > > + spinlock_t lock;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +struct vmap_node {
> > > + /* Bookkeeping data of this node. */
> > > + struct rb_list busy;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +static struct vmap_node *nodes, snode;
> > > +static __read_mostly unsigned int nr_nodes = 1;
> > > +static __read_mostly unsigned int node_size = 1;
> >
> > It could be better if calling these global variables a meaningful name,
> > e.g vmap_nodes, static_vmap_nodes, nr_vmap_nodes. When I use vim+cscope
> > to reference them, it gives me a super long list. Aside from that, a
> > simple name often makes me mistake it as a local virable. A weak
> > opinion.
> >
> I am OK to add "vmap_" prefix:
>
> vmap_nodes;
> vmap_nr_nodes;
~ nr_vmap_nodes?
> vmap_node_size;
> ..
>
> If you are not OK with that, feel free to propose other variants.
Other than the nr_nodes one, others look good to me, thanks a lot.