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Subject: Re: [PATCH v21 17/19] mm/lru: replace pgdat lru_lock with lruvec lock
To:     Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com>, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
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Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
        Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
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From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
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Date:   Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:46:30 +0100
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On 11/5/20 9:55 AM, Alex Shi wrote:
> This patch moves per node lru_lock into lruvec, thus bring a lru_lock for
> each of memcg per node. So on a large machine, each of memcg don't
> have to suffer from per node pgdat->lru_lock competition. They could go
> fast with their self lru_lock.
> 
> After move memcg charge before lru inserting, page isolation could
> serialize page's memcg, then per memcg lruvec lock is stable and could
> replace per node lru lock.
> 
> In func isolate_migratepages_block, compact_unlock_should_abort and
> lock_page_lruvec_irqsave are open coded to work with compact_control.
> Also add a debug func in locking which may give some clues if there are
> sth out of hands.
> 
> Daniel Jordan's testing show 62% improvement on modified readtwice case
> on his 2P * 10 core * 2 HT broadwell box.
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200915165807.kpp7uhiw7l3loofu@ca-dmjordan1.us.oracle.com/
> 
> On a large machine with memcg enabled but not used, the page's lruvec
> seeking pass a few pointers, that may lead to lru_lock holding time
> increase and a bit regression.
> 
> Hugh Dickins helped on the patch polish, thanks!
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Rong Chen <rong.a.chen@intel.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@gmail.com>
> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@linux.alibaba.com>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
> Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>