Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] Enable >0 order folio memory compaction

[Ryan Roberts]

On 02/01/2024 20:50, Zi Yan wrote:
> On 21 Nov 2023, at 12:11, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> 
>> On 21/11/2023 16:45, Zi Yan wrote:
>>> On 21 Nov 2023, at 10:46, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> vm-scalability results
>>>>> ===
>>>>>
>>>>> =========================================================================================
>>>>> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>>>>>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/mmap-xread-seq-mt/vm-scalability
>>>>>
>>>>> commit:
>>>>>   6.6.0-rc4-mm-everything-2023-10-21-02-40+
>>>>>   6.6.0-rc4-split-folio-in-compaction+
>>>>>   6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>>>>>   6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>>>>>   6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
>>>>>
>>>>> 6.6.0-rc4-mm-eve 6.6.0-rc4-split-folio-in-co 6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-i 6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-f 6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-f
>>>>> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>>>>>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>>>>>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>>>>>   12896955            +2.7%   13249322            -4.0%   12385175 ±  5%      +1.1%   13033951            -0.4%   12845698        vm-scalability.throughput
>>>>
>>>> Hi Zi,
>>>>
>>>> Are you able to add any commentary to these results as I'm struggling to
>>>> interpret them; Is a positive or negative change better (are they times or
>>>> rates?). What are the stddev values? The title suggests percent but the values
>>>> are huge - I'm trying to understand what the error bars look like - are the
>>>> swings real or noise?
>>>
>>> The metric is vm-scalability.throughput, so the larger the better. Some %stddev
>>> are not present since they are too small. For 6.6.0-rc4-folio-migration-in-compaction+,
>>> %stddev is greater than %change, so the change might be noise.
>>
>> Ahh got it - thanks!
>>
>>>
>>> Also, I talked to DavidH in last THP Cabal meeting about this. He suggested that
>>> there are a lot of noise in vm-scalability like what I have here and I should
>>> run more iterations and on bare metal. I am currently rerun them on a baremetal
>>> and more iterations on the existing VM and report the results later. Please
>>> note that the runs really take some time.
>>
>> Ahh ok, I'll wait for the bare metal numbers and will disregard these for now.
>> Thanks!
> 
> It seems that the unexpected big mmap-pread-seq-mt perf drop came from the mistake I
> made in patch 1. After fixing that, mmap-pread-seq-mt perf only drops 0.5%. The new
> results on top of 6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17 are at the end of the email.

Good news! I don't see the results for mmap-pread-seq-mt below - perhaps you
forgot to include it?

> 
> I am preparing v2 and will send it out soon.
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/mmap-xread-seq-mt/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>   13041962           +16.1%   15142976            +5.0%   13690666 ±  6%      +6.7%   13920441            +5.5%   13762582        vm-scalability.throughput

I'm still not sure I'm interpretting this correctly; is %change always relative
to 6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17 or is it relative to the previous
commit?

If the former, then it looks like splitting the folios is actually faster than
migrating them whole?


> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/mmap-pread-seq/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>   14998168            -1.0%   14852803            -0.7%   14890569            -0.3%   14946766            -0.4%   14943302        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/lru-file-readtwice/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>    6750930 ±  7%     +41.5%    9549570 ±  2%     +31.6%    8883545 ±  2%     +33.1%    8982606 ±  2%     +30.7%    8821667 ±  3%  vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/lru-file-mmap-read/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>    5818610 ± 14%     +43.1%    8329118 ±  2%     +26.0%    7331427 ±  4%     +23.2%    7170418 ±  4%     +22.8%    7147458 ±  4%  vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/qemu-vm/anon-r-rand/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>    1973808            -0.2%    1969617            -0.5%    1964376            +0.3%    1979245            +1.0%    1993677        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/size/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/512G/qemu-vm/anon-w-rand/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>     479486            +0.3%     481036            +0.0%     479580            +2.3%     490310            +1.6%     487107        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/size/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/512G/qemu-vm/anon-cow-rand/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>     453237            +1.2%     458580            +0.5%     455455            +2.6%     464830            +2.6%     465211        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/size/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/256G/qemu-vm/msync/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>    1074404 ±  5%     +78.7%    1920268           +78.7%    1920270           +77.2%    1903612           +78.0%    1912223        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> =========================================================================================
> compiler/kconfig/rootfs/runtime/size/tbox_group/test/testcase:
>   gcc-13/defconfig/debian/300s/256G/qemu-vm/msync-mt/vm-scalability
> 
> commit:
>   6.7.0-rc1-mm-everything-2023-11-15-00-17+
>   6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-in-compaction+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split+
>   6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-free-page-split-sort-src+
> 
> 6.7.0-rc1-mm-eve 6.7.0-rc1-split-folio-in-co 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-i 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f 6.7.0-rc1-folio-migration-f
> ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
>          %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev     %change         %stddev
>              \          |                \          |                \          |                \          |                \
>    2568988            +5.3%    2706227            +5.3%    2706214            +6.3%    2729716            +5.3%    2704539        vm-scalability.throughput
> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> Yan, Zi