Re: [RFC v1 5/5] maple_tree: replace preallocation with slub percpu array prefill

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> [230808 05:53]:
> With the percpu array we can try not doing the preallocations in maple
> tree, and instead make sure the percpu array is prefilled, and using
> GFP_ATOMIC in places that relied on the preallocation (in case we miss
> or fail trylock on the array), i.e. mas_store_prealloc(). For now simply
> add __GFP_NOFAIL there as well.
> 
> First I tried to change mas_node_count_gfp() to not preallocate anything
> anywhere, but that lead to warns and panics, even though the other
> caller mas_node_count() uses GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN so it has no
> guarantees... So I changed just mas_preallocate(). I let it still to
> truly preallocate a single node, but maybe it's not necessary?

Ah, yes.  I added a check to make sure we didn't allocate more nodes
when using preallocations.  This check is what you are hitting when you
don't allocate anything.  This is tracked in mas_flags by
setting/clearing MA_STATE_PREALLOC.  Good news, that check works!

> ---
>  lib/maple_tree.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
> index 7a8e7c467d7c..5a209d88c318 100644
> --- a/lib/maple_tree.c
> +++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
> @@ -5534,7 +5534,12 @@ void mas_store_prealloc(struct ma_state *mas, void *entry)
>  
>  	mas_wr_store_setup(&wr_mas);
>  	trace_ma_write(__func__, mas, 0, entry);
> +
> +retry:
>  	mas_wr_store_entry(&wr_mas);
> +	if (unlikely(mas_nomem(mas, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOFAIL)))
> +		goto retry;
> +
>  	MAS_WR_BUG_ON(&wr_mas, mas_is_err(mas));
>  	mas_destroy(mas);
>  }
> @@ -5550,9 +5555,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mas_store_prealloc);
>  int mas_preallocate(struct ma_state *mas, gfp_t gfp)
>  {
>  	int ret;
> +	int count = 1 + mas_mt_height(mas) * 3;
>  
> -	mas_node_count_gfp(mas, 1 + mas_mt_height(mas) * 3, gfp);
> -	mas->mas_flags |= MA_STATE_PREALLOC;
> +	mas_node_count_gfp(mas, 1, gfp);
> +	kmem_cache_prefill_percpu_array(maple_node_cache, count, gfp);
>  	if (likely(!mas_is_err(mas)))
>  		return 0;
>  
> -- 
> 2.41.0
>