Re: [PATCH] mm: migrate: record the mlocked page status to remove unnecessary lru drain

[Zi Yan]

On 19 Oct 2023, at 2:09, Huang, Ying wrote:

> Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 18 Oct 2023, at 9:04, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>
>>> When doing compaction, I found the lru_add_drain() is an obvious hotspot
>>> when migrating pages. The distribution of this hotspot is as follows:
>>>    - 18.75% compact_zone
>>>       - 17.39% migrate_pages
>>>          - 13.79% migrate_pages_batch
>>>             - 11.66% migrate_folio_move
>>>                - 7.02% lru_add_drain
>>>                   + 7.02% lru_add_drain_cpu
>>>                + 3.00% move_to_new_folio
>>>                  1.23% rmap_walk
>>>             + 1.92% migrate_folio_unmap
>>>          + 3.20% migrate_pages_sync
>>>       + 0.90% isolate_migratepages
>>>
>>> The lru_add_drain() was added by commit c3096e6782b7 ("mm/migrate:
>>> __unmap_and_move() push good newpage to LRU") to drain the newpage to LRU
>>> immediately, to help to build up the correct newpage->mlock_count in
>>> remove_migration_ptes() for mlocked pages. However, if there are no mlocked
>>> pages are migrating, then we can avoid this lru drain operation, especailly
>>> for the heavy concurrent scenarios.
>>
>> lru_add_drain() is also used to drain pages out of folio_batch. Pages in folio_batch
>> have an additional pin to prevent migration. See folio_get(folio); in folio_add_lru().
>
> lru_add_drain() is called after the page reference count checking in
> move_to_new_folio().  So, I don't this is an issue.

You are right. I missed that. Thanks for pointing this out.

>
>>>
>>> So we can record the source pages' mlocked status in migrate_folio_unmap(),
>>> and only drain the lru list when the mlocked status is set in migrate_folio_move().
>>> In addition, the page was already isolated from lru when migrating, so we
>>> check the mlocked status is stable by folio_test_mlocked() in migrate_folio_unmap().
>>>
>>> After this patch, I can see the hotpot of the lru_add_drain() is gone:
>>>    - 9.41% migrate_pages_batch
>>>       - 6.15% migrate_folio_move
>>>          - 3.64% move_to_new_folio
>>>             + 1.80% migrate_folio_extra
>>>             + 1.70% buffer_migrate_folio
>>>          + 1.41% rmap_walk
>>>          + 0.62% folio_add_lru
>>>       + 3.07% migrate_folio_unmap
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, the compaction latency shows some improvements when running
>>> thpscale:
>>>                             base                   patched
>>> Amean     fault-both-1      1131.22 (   0.00%)     1112.55 *   1.65%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-3      2489.75 (   0.00%)     2324.15 *   6.65%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-5      3257.37 (   0.00%)     3183.18 *   2.28%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-7      4257.99 (   0.00%)     4079.04 *   4.20%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-12     6614.02 (   0.00%)     6075.60 *   8.14%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-18    10607.78 (   0.00%)     8978.86 *  15.36%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-24    14911.65 (   0.00%)    11619.55 *  22.08%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-30    14954.67 (   0.00%)    14925.66 *   0.19%*
>>> Amean     fault-both-32    16654.87 (   0.00%)    15580.31 *   6.45%*
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  mm/migrate.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
>>> index 4caf405b6504..32c96f89710f 100644
>>> --- a/mm/migrate.c
>>> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
>>> @@ -1027,22 +1027,32 @@ union migration_ptr {
>>>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
>>>  	struct address_space *mapping;
>>>  };
>>> +
>>> +enum {
>>> +	PAGE_WAS_MAPPED = 1 << 0,
>>> +	PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED = 1 << 1,
>>> +};
>>> +
>>>  static void __migrate_folio_record(struct folio *dst,
>>> -				   unsigned long page_was_mapped,
>>> +				   unsigned long page_flags,
>>>  				   struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>>>  {
>>>  	union migration_ptr ptr = { .anon_vma = anon_vma };
>>>  	dst->mapping = ptr.mapping;
>>> -	dst->private = (void *)page_was_mapped;
>>> +	dst->private = (void *)page_flags;
>>>  }
>>>
>>>  static void __migrate_folio_extract(struct folio *dst,
>>>  				   int *page_was_mappedp,
>>> +				   int *page_was_mlocked,
>>>  				   struct anon_vma **anon_vmap)
>>>  {
>>>  	union migration_ptr ptr = { .mapping = dst->mapping };
>>> +	unsigned long page_flags = (unsigned long)dst->private;
>>> +
>>>  	*anon_vmap = ptr.anon_vma;
>>> -	*page_was_mappedp = (unsigned long)dst->private;
>>> +	*page_was_mappedp = page_flags & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED ? 1 : 0;
>>> +	*page_was_mlocked = page_flags & PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED ? 1 : 0;
>>>  	dst->mapping = NULL;
>>>  	dst->private = NULL;
>>>  }
>>> @@ -1103,7 +1113,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>  {
>>>  	struct folio *dst;
>>>  	int rc = -EAGAIN;
>>> -	int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>> +	int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>  	bool is_lru = !__folio_test_movable(src);
>>>  	bool locked = false;
>>> @@ -1157,6 +1167,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>  		folio_lock(src);
>>>  	}
>>>  	locked = true;
>>> +	page_was_mlocked = folio_test_mlocked(src);
>>>
>>>  	if (folio_test_writeback(src)) {
>>>  		/*
>>> @@ -1206,7 +1217,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>  	dst_locked = true;
>>>
>>>  	if (unlikely(!is_lru)) {
>>> -		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>> +		__migrate_folio_record(dst, 0, anon_vma);
>>>  		return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> @@ -1236,7 +1247,13 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>  	}
>>>
>>>  	if (!folio_mapped(src)) {
>>> -		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>> +		unsigned int page_flags = 0;
>>> +
>>> +		if (page_was_mapped)
>>> +			page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MAPPED;
>>> +		if (page_was_mlocked)
>>> +			page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED;
>>> +		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_flags, anon_vma);
>>>  		return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> @@ -1261,12 +1278,13 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>  			      struct list_head *ret)
>>>  {
>>>  	int rc;
>>> -	int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>> +	int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>  	bool is_lru = !__folio_test_movable(src);
>>>  	struct list_head *prev;
>>>
>>> -	__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped, &anon_vma);
>>> +	__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped,
>>> +				&page_was_mlocked, &anon_vma);
>>
>> It is better to read out the flag, then check page_was_mapped and page_was_mlocked
>> to avoid future __migrate_folio_extract() interface churns.
>
> IHMO, in contrast, it's better to use separate flags in
> __migrate_folio_record() too to avoid to pack flags in each call site.

I am OK with it as long as the parameters of these two are symmetric.

>
>>>  	prev = dst->lru.prev;
>>>  	list_del(&dst->lru);
>>>
>>> @@ -1287,7 +1305,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>  	 * isolated from the unevictable LRU: but this case is the easiest.
>>>  	 */
>>>  	folio_add_lru(dst);
>>> -	if (page_was_mapped)
>>> +	if (page_was_mlocked)
>>>  		lru_add_drain();
>>
>> Like I said at the top, this would be if (page_was_mapped || page_was_mlocked).
>>
>>>
>>>  	if (page_was_mapped)
>>> @@ -1321,8 +1339,15 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>  	 * right list unless we want to retry.
>>>  	 */
>>>  	if (rc == -EAGAIN) {
>>> +		unsigned int page_flags = 0;
>>> +
>>> +		if (page_was_mapped)
>>> +			page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MAPPED;
>>> +		if (page_was_mlocked)
>>> +			page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED;
>>> +
>>>  		list_add(&dst->lru, prev);
>>> -		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>> +		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_flags, anon_vma);
>>>  		return rc;
>>>  	}
>>>
>>> @@ -1799,10 +1824,11 @@ static int migrate_pages_batch(struct list_head *from,
>>>  	dst = list_first_entry(&dst_folios, struct folio, lru);
>>>  	dst2 = list_next_entry(dst, lru);
>>>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, &unmap_folios, lru) {
>>> -		int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>> +		int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>  		struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>
>>> -		__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped, &anon_vma);
>>> +		__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped,
>>> +					&page_was_mlocked, &anon_vma);
>>>  		migrate_folio_undo_src(folio, page_was_mapped, anon_vma,
>>>  				       true, ret_folios);
>>>  		list_del(&dst->lru);
>>> -- 
>>> 2.39.3
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Huang, Ying


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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