Re: [PATCHv2 6/8] khugepaged: Allow to collapse PTE-mapped compound pages

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Apr 08 2020 - 09:29:51 EST


On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:29:35PM -0700, Yang Shi wrote:
>
>
> On 4/3/20 4:29 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > We can collapse PTE-mapped compound pages. We only need to avoid
> > handling them more than once: lock/unlock page only once if it's present
> > in the PMD range multiple times as it handled on compound level. The
> > same goes for LRU isolation and putback.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/khugepaged.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> > 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > index 1e7e6543ebca..49e56e4e30d1 100644
> > --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> > +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> > @@ -515,23 +515,37 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > static void release_pte_page(struct page *page)
> > {
> > - dec_node_page_state(page, NR_ISOLATED_ANON + page_is_file_cache(page));
> > + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page),
> > + NR_ISOLATED_ANON + page_is_file_cache(page),
> > + -compound_nr(page));
> > unlock_page(page);
> > putback_lru_page(page);
> > }
> > -static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte)
> > +static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
> > + struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
> > {
> > + struct page *page, *tmp;
> > +
> > while (--_pte >= pte) {
> > pte_t pteval = *_pte;
> > - if (!pte_none(pteval) && !is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval)))
> > - release_pte_page(pte_page(pteval));
> > +
> > + page = pte_page(pteval);
> > + if (!pte_none(pteval) && !is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval)) &&
> > + !PageCompound(page))
> > + release_pte_page(page);
> > + }
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, compound_pagelist, lru) {
> > + list_del(&page->lru);
> > + release_pte_page(page);
> > }
> > }
> > static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > unsigned long address,
> > - pte_t *pte)
> > + pte_t *pte,
> > + struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
> > {
> > struct page *page = NULL;
> > pte_t *_pte;
> > @@ -561,13 +575,21 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > goto out;
> > }
> > - /* TODO: teach khugepaged to collapse THP mapped with pte */
> > + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page), page);
> > +
> > if (PageCompound(page)) {
> > - result = SCAN_PAGE_COMPOUND;
> > - goto out;
> > - }
> > + struct page *p;
> > + page = compound_head(page);
> > - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page), page);
> > + /*
> > + * Check if we have dealt with the compound page
> > + * already
> > + */
> > + list_for_each_entry(p, compound_pagelist, lru) {
> > + if (page == p)
> > + goto next;
> > + }
> > + }
> > /*
> > * We can do it before isolate_lru_page because the
> > @@ -597,19 +619,15 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > result = SCAN_PAGE_COUNT;
> > goto out;
> > }
> > - if (pte_write(pteval)) {
> > - writable = true;
> > - } else {
> > - if (PageSwapCache(page) &&
> > - !reuse_swap_page(page, NULL)) {
> > - unlock_page(page);
> > - result = SCAN_SWAP_CACHE_PAGE;
> > - goto out;
> > - }
> > + if (!pte_write(pteval) && PageSwapCache(page) &&
> > + !reuse_swap_page(page, NULL)) {
> > /*
> > - * Page is not in the swap cache. It can be collapsed
> > - * into a THP.
> > + * Page is in the swap cache and cannot be re-used.
> > + * It cannot be collapsed into a THP.
> > */
> > + unlock_page(page);
> > + result = SCAN_SWAP_CACHE_PAGE;
> > + goto out;
> > }
> > /*
> > @@ -621,16 +639,23 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > result = SCAN_DEL_PAGE_LRU;
> > goto out;
> > }
> > - inc_node_page_state(page,
> > - NR_ISOLATED_ANON + page_is_file_cache(page));
> > + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page),
> > + NR_ISOLATED_ANON + page_is_file_cache(page),
> > + compound_nr(page));
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);
> > + if (PageCompound(page))
> > + list_add_tail(&page->lru, compound_pagelist);
> > +next:
> > /* There should be enough young pte to collapse the page */
> > if (pte_young(pteval) ||
> > page_is_young(page) || PageReferenced(page) ||
> > mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, address))
> > referenced++;
> > +
> > + if (pte_write(pteval))
> > + writable = true;
> > }
> > if (likely(writable)) {
> > if (likely(referenced)) {
> > @@ -644,7 +669,7 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > }
> > out:
> > - release_pte_pages(pte, _pte);
> > + release_pte_pages(pte, _pte, compound_pagelist);
> > trace_mm_collapse_huge_page_isolate(page, none_or_zero,
> > referenced, writable, result);
> > return 0;
> > @@ -653,13 +678,14 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
> > struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > unsigned long address,
> > - spinlock_t *ptl)
> > + spinlock_t *ptl,
> > + struct list_head *compound_pagelist)
> > {
> > + struct page *src_page, *tmp;
> > pte_t *_pte;
> > for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte + HPAGE_PMD_NR;
> > _pte++, page++, address += PAGE_SIZE) {
> > pte_t pteval = *_pte;
> > - struct page *src_page;
> > if (pte_none(pteval) || is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pteval))) {
> > clear_user_highpage(page, address);
> > @@ -679,7 +705,6 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
> > } else {
> > src_page = pte_page(pteval);
> > copy_user_highpage(page, src_page, address, vma);
> > - release_pte_page(src_page);
> > /*
> > * ptl mostly unnecessary, but preempt has to
> > * be disabled to update the per-cpu stats
> > @@ -693,9 +718,18 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
> > pte_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, _pte);
> > page_remove_rmap(src_page, false);
> > spin_unlock(ptl);
> > - free_page_and_swap_cache(src_page);
> > + if (!PageCompound(src_page)) {
> > + release_pte_page(src_page);
> > + free_page_and_swap_cache(src_page);
> > + }
> > }
> > }
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry_safe(src_page, tmp, compound_pagelist, lru) {
> > + list_del(&src_page->lru);
> > + release_pte_page(src_page);
> > + free_page_and_swap_cache(src_page);
> > + }
>
> It looks this may mess up the PTE-mapped THP's refcount if it has multiple
> PTE-mapped subpages since put_page() is not called for every PTE-mapped
> subpages.

Good catch!

I *think* something like this should fix the issue (untested):

diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index bfb6155f1d69..9a96f9bff798 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ static void release_pte_pages(pte_t *pte, pte_t *_pte,
list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, compound_pagelist, lru) {
list_del(&page->lru);
release_pte_page(page);
+ put_page(page);
}
}

@@ -682,8 +683,10 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(page), page);

- if (PageCompound(page))
+ if (PageCompound(page)) {
list_add_tail(&page->lru, compound_pagelist);
+ get_page(page);
+ }
next:
/* There should be enough young pte to collapse the page */
if (pte_young(pteval) ||
@@ -742,6 +745,8 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
} else {
src_page = pte_page(pteval);
copy_user_highpage(page, src_page, address, vma);
+ if (!PageCompound(src_page))
+ release_pte_page(src_page);
/*
* ptl mostly unnecessary, but preempt has to
* be disabled to update the per-cpu stats
@@ -755,10 +760,7 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_copy(pte_t *pte, struct page *page,
pte_clear(vma->vm_mm, address, _pte);
page_remove_rmap(src_page, false);
spin_unlock(ptl);
- if (!PageCompound(src_page)) {
- release_pte_page(src_page);
- free_page_and_swap_cache(src_page);
- }
+ free_page_and_swap_cache(src_page);
}
}

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Kirill A. Shutemov