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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Speed up mremap on large regions
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
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On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:36 PM Kirill A. Shutemov
<kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 05:09:02PM -0700, Lokesh Gidra wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 8:27 AM Kirill A. Shutemov
> > > <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 03:42:17PM -0700, Lokesh Gidra wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 3:32 PM Kirill A. Shutemov
> > > > > <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:21:17PM +0000, Kalesh Singh wrote:
> > > > > > > mremap time can be optimized by moving entries at the PMD/PUD level if
> > > > > > > the source and destination addresses are PMD/PUD-aligned and
> > > > > > > PMD/PUD-sized. Enable moving at the PMD and PUD levels on arm64 and
> > > > > > > x86. Other architectures where this type of move is supported and known to
> > > > > > > be safe can also opt-in to these optimizations by enabling HAVE_MOVE_PMD
> > > > > > > and HAVE_MOVE_PUD.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Observed Performance Improvements for remapping a PUD-aligned 1GB-sized
> > > > > > > region on x86 and arm64:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     - HAVE_MOVE_PMD is already enabled on x86 : N/A
> > > > > > >     - Enabling HAVE_MOVE_PUD on x86   : ~13x speed up
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >     - Enabling HAVE_MOVE_PMD on arm64 : ~ 8x speed up
> > > > > > >     - Enabling HAVE_MOVE_PUD on arm64 : ~19x speed up
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >           Altogether, HAVE_MOVE_PMD and HAVE_MOVE_PUD
> > > > > > >           give a total of ~150x speed up on arm64.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a *real* workload that benefit from HAVE_MOVE_PUD?
> > > > > >
> > > > > We have a Java garbage collector under development which requires
> > > > > moving physical pages of multi-gigabyte heap using mremap. During this
> > > > > move, the application threads have to be paused for correctness. It is
> > > > > critical to keep this pause as short as possible to avoid jitters
> > > > > during user interaction. This is where HAVE_MOVE_PUD will greatly
> > > > > help.
> > > >
> > > > Any chance to quantify the effect of mremap() with and without
> > > > HAVE_MOVE_PUD?
> > > >
> > > > I doubt it's a major contributor to the GC pause. I expect you need to
> > > > move tens of gigs to get sizable effect. And if your GC routinely moves
> > > > tens of gigs, maybe problem somewhere else?
> > > >
> > > > I'm asking for numbers, because increase in complexity comes with cost.
> > > > If it doesn't provide an substantial benefit to a real workload
> > > > maintaining the code forever doesn't make sense.
> > >
> > mremap is indeed the biggest contributor to the GC pause. It has to
> > take place in what is typically known as a 'stop-the-world' pause,
> > wherein all application threads are paused. During this pause the GC
> > thread flips the GC roots (threads' stacks, globals etc.), and then
> > resumes threads along with concurrent compaction of the heap.This
> > GC-root flip differs depending on which compaction algorithm is being
> > used.
> >
> > In our case it involves updating object references in threads' stacks
> > and remapping java heap to a different location. The threads' stacks
> > can be handled in parallel with the mremap. Therefore, the dominant
> > factor is indeed the cost of mremap. From patches 2 and 4, it is clear
> > that remapping 1GB without this optimization will take ~9ms on arm64.
> >
> > Although this mremap has to happen only once every GC cycle, and the
> > typical size is also not going to be more than a GB or 2, pausing
> > application threads for ~9ms is guaranteed to cause jitters. OTOH,
> > with this optimization, mremap is reduced to ~60us, which is a totally
> > acceptable pause time.
> >
> > Unfortunately, implementation of the new GC algorithm hasn't yet
> > reached the point where I can quantify the effect of this
> > optimization. But I can confirm that without this optimization the new
> > GC will not be approved.
>
> IIUC, the 9ms -> 90us improvement attributed to combination HAVE_MOVE_PMD
> and HAVE_MOVE_PUD, right? I expect HAVE_MOVE_PMD to be reasonable for some
> workloads, but marginal benefit of HAVE_MOVE_PUD is in doubt. Do you see
> it's useful for your workload?
>
Yes, 9ms -> 90us is when both are combined. The past experience has
been that even ~1ms long stop-the-world pause is prone to cause
jitters. HAVE_MOVE_PMD takes us only this far. So HAVE_MOVE_PUD is
required to bring the mremap cost to acceptable level.

Ideally, I was hoping that the functionality of HAVE_MOVE_PMD can be
extended to all levels of the hierarchical page table, and in the
process simplify the implementation. But unfortunately, that doesn't
seem to be possible from patch 3.

> --
>  Kirill A. Shutemov