Re: [v2 1/6] mm: hugetlb: Skip prep of tail pages when HVO is enabled

From: Mike Kravetz
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 19:47:27 EST


On 07/30/23 16:16, Usama Arif wrote:
> When vmemmap is optimizable, it will free all the duplicated tail
> pages in hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize while preparing the new hugepage.
> Hence, there is no need to prepare them.
>
> For 1G x86 hugepages, it avoids preparing
> 262144 - 64 = 262080 struct pages per hugepage.
>
> The indirection of using __prep_compound_gigantic_folio is also removed,
> as it just creates extra functions to indicate demote which can be done
> with the argument.
>
> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/hugetlb.c | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 2 +-
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h | 15 +++++++++++----
> 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

Thanks,

I just started looking at this series. Adding Muchun on Cc:

>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 64a3239b6407..541c07b6d60f 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1942,14 +1942,23 @@ static void prep_new_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio, int ni
> spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
> }
>
> -static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
> - unsigned int order, bool demote)
> +static bool prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio, struct hstate *h, bool demote)
> {
> int i, j;
> + int order = huge_page_order(h);
> int nr_pages = 1 << order;
> struct page *p;
>
> __folio_clear_reserved(folio);
> +
> + /*
> + * No need to prep pages that will be freed later by hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize.
> + * Hence, reduce nr_pages to the pages that will be kept.
> + */
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP) &&
> + vmemmap_should_optimize(h, &folio->page))

IIUC, vmemmap_optimize_enabled (checked in vmemmap_should_optimize) can be
modified at runtime via sysctl. If so, what prevents it from being changed
after this check and the later call to hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize()?
--
Mike Kravetz

> + nr_pages = HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE / sizeof(struct page);
> +
> for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> p = folio_page(folio, i);
>
> @@ -2019,18 +2028,6 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
> return false;
> }
>
> -static bool prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
> - unsigned int order)
> -{
> - return __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, order, false);
> -}
> -
> -static bool prep_compound_gigantic_folio_for_demote(struct folio *folio,
> - unsigned int order)
> -{
> - return __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, order, true);
> -}
> -
> /*
> * PageHuge() only returns true for hugetlbfs pages, but not for normal or
> * transparent huge pages. See the PageTransHuge() documentation for more
> @@ -2185,7 +2182,7 @@ static struct folio *alloc_fresh_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h,
> if (!folio)
> return NULL;
> if (hstate_is_gigantic(h)) {
> - if (!prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, huge_page_order(h))) {
> + if (!prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, h, false)) {
> /*
> * Rare failure to convert pages to compound page.
> * Free pages and try again - ONCE!
> @@ -3201,7 +3198,7 @@ static void __init gather_bootmem_prealloc(void)
>
> VM_BUG_ON(!hstate_is_gigantic(h));
> WARN_ON(folio_ref_count(folio) != 1);
> - if (prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, huge_page_order(h))) {
> + if (prep_compound_gigantic_folio(folio, h, false)) {
> WARN_ON(folio_test_reserved(folio));
> prep_new_hugetlb_folio(h, folio, folio_nid(folio));
> free_huge_page(page); /* add to the hugepage allocator */
> @@ -3624,8 +3621,7 @@ static int demote_free_hugetlb_folio(struct hstate *h, struct folio *folio)
> subpage = folio_page(folio, i);
> inner_folio = page_folio(subpage);
> if (hstate_is_gigantic(target_hstate))
> - prep_compound_gigantic_folio_for_demote(inner_folio,
> - target_hstate->order);
> + prep_compound_gigantic_folio(inner_folio, target_hstate, true);
> else
> prep_compound_page(subpage, target_hstate->order);
> folio_change_private(inner_folio, NULL);
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index c2007ef5e9b0..b721e87de2b3 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
> }
>
> /* Return true iff a HugeTLB whose vmemmap should and can be optimized. */
> -static bool vmemmap_should_optimize(const struct hstate *h, const struct page *head)
> +bool vmemmap_should_optimize(const struct hstate *h, const struct page *head)
> {
> if (!READ_ONCE(vmemmap_optimize_enabled))
> return false;
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
> index 25bd0e002431..3e7978a9af73 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h
> @@ -10,16 +10,17 @@
> #define _LINUX_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_H
> #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> -int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
> -void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
> -
> /*
> * Reserve one vmemmap page, all vmemmap addresses are mapped to it. See
> * Documentation/vm/vmemmap_dedup.rst.
> */
> #define HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
> +int hugetlb_vmemmap_restore(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
> +void hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize(const struct hstate *h, struct page *head);
> +bool vmemmap_should_optimize(const struct hstate *h, const struct page *head);
> +
> static inline unsigned int hugetlb_vmemmap_size(const struct hstate *h)
> {
> return pages_per_huge_page(h) * sizeof(struct page);
> @@ -51,6 +52,12 @@ static inline unsigned int hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable_size(const struct hstate
> {
> return 0;
> }
> +
> +static inline bool vmemmap_should_optimize(const struct hstate *h, const struct page *head)
> +{
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> #endif /* CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP */
>
> static inline bool hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable(const struct hstate *h)
> --
> 2.25.1
>