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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] mm/rmap: integrate PMD-mapped folio splitting into
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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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On 06.06.24 10:01, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 06.06.24 05:55, Lance Yang wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 10:28 PM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05.06.24 16:20, Lance Yang wrote:
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 8:46 PM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 21.05.24 06:02, Lance Yang wrote:
>>>>>> In preparation for supporting try_to_unmap_one() to unmap PMD-mapped
>>>>>> folios, start the pagewalk first, then call split_huge_pmd_address() to
>>>>>> split the folio.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD will no longer perform immediately, we might
>>>>>> encounter a PMD-mapped THP missing the mlock in the VM_LOCKED range during
>>>>>> the page walk. It’s probably necessary to mlock this THP to prevent it from
>>>>>> being picked up during page reclaim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
>>>>>> Suggested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <ioworker0@gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> [...] again, sorry for the late review.
>>>>
>>>> No worries at all, thanks for taking time to review!
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
>>>>>> index ddffa30c79fb..08a93347f283 100644
>>>>>> --- a/mm/rmap.c
>>>>>> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
>>>>>> @@ -1640,9 +1640,6 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>>>>          if (flags & TTU_SYNC)
>>>>>>                  pvmw.flags = PVMW_SYNC;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -     if (flags & TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD)
>>>>>> -             split_huge_pmd_address(vma, address, false, folio);
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>          /*
>>>>>>           * For THP, we have to assume the worse case ie pmd for invalidation.
>>>>>>           * For hugetlb, it could be much worse if we need to do pud
>>>>>> @@ -1668,20 +1665,35 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>>>>          mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          while (page_vma_mapped_walk(&pvmw)) {
>>>>>> -             /* Unexpected PMD-mapped THP? */
>>>>>> -             VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!pvmw.pte, folio);
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>                  /*
>>>>>>                   * If the folio is in an mlock()d vma, we must not swap it out.
>>>>>>                   */
>>>>>>                  if (!(flags & TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK) &&
>>>>>>                      (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) {
>>>>>>                          /* Restore the mlock which got missed */
>>>>>> -                     if (!folio_test_large(folio))
>>>>>> +                     if (!folio_test_large(folio) ||
>>>>>> +                         (!pvmw.pte && (flags & TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD)))
>>>>>>                                  mlock_vma_folio(folio, vma);
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you elaborate why you think this would be required? If we would have
>>>>> performed the  split_huge_pmd_address() beforehand, we would still be
>>>>> left with a large folio, no?
>>>>
>>>> Yep, there would still be a large folio, but it wouldn't be PMD-mapped.
>>>>
>>>> After Weifeng's series[1], the kernel supports mlock for PTE-mapped large
>>>> folio, but there are a few scenarios where we don't mlock a large folio, such
>>>> as when it crosses a VM_LOCKed VMA boundary.
>>>>
>>>>     -                     if (!folio_test_large(folio))
>>>>     +                     if (!folio_test_large(folio) ||
>>>>     +                         (!pvmw.pte && (flags & TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD)))
>>>>
>>>> And this check is just future-proofing and likely unnecessary. If encountering a
>>>> PMD-mapped THP missing the mlock for some reason, we can mlock this
>>>> THP to prevent it from being picked up during page reclaim, since it is fully
>>>> mapped and doesn't cross the VMA boundary, IIUC.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>> I would appreciate any suggestions regarding this check ;)
>>>
>>> Reading this patch only, I wonder if this change makes sense in the
>>> context here.
>>
>> Allow me to try explaining it again ;)
>>
>>>
>>> Before this patch, we would have PTE-mapped the PMD-mapped THP before
>>> reaching this call and skipped it due to "!folio_test_large(folio)".
>>
>> Yes, there is only a PTE-mapped THP when doing the "!folio_test_large(folio)"
>> check, as we will first conditionally split the PMD via
>> split_huge_pmd_address().
>>
>>>
>>> After this patch, we either
>>
>> Things will change. We'll first do the "!folio_test_large(folio)" check, then
>> conditionally split the PMD via split_huge_pmd_address().
>>
>>>
>>> a) PTE-remap the THP after this check, but retry and end-up here again,
>>> whereby we would skip it due to "!folio_test_large(folio)".
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> IIUC, we will skip it after this check, stop the page walk, and not
>> PTE-remap the THP.
>>
>>>
>>> b) Discard the PMD-mapped THP due to lazyfree directly. Can that
>>> co-exist with mlock and what would be the problem here with mlock?
>>
>> Before discarding a PMD-mapped THP as a whole, as patch #3 did,
>> we also perform the "!folio_test_large(folio)" check. If the THP coexists
>> with mlock, we will skip it, stop the page walk, and not discard it. IIUC.
> 
> But "!folio_test_large(folio)" would *skip* the THP and not consider it
> regarding mlock.
> 
> I'm probably missing something

I'm stupid, I missed that we still do the "goto walk_done_err;", only 
that we don't do the mlock_vma_folio(folio, vma);

Yes, let's drop it for now! :)

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb