Re: [PATCH v2] mm: align larger anonymous mappings on THP boundaries

From: Suren Baghdasaryan
Date: Wed Jan 17 2024 - 19:11:21 EST


On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:09 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:09 AM Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 16. 01. 24, 12:53, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On 09. 08. 22, 20:24, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > >> Align larger anonymous memory mappings on THP boundaries by
> > > >> going through thp_get_unmapped_area if THPs are enabled for
> > > >> the current process.
> > > >>
> > > >> With this patch, larger anonymous mappings are now THP aligned.
> > > >> When a malloc library allocates a 2MB or larger arena, that
> > > >> arena can now be mapped with THPs right from the start, which
> > > >> can result in better TLB hit rates and execution time.
> > > >
> > > > This appears to break 32bit processes on x86_64 (at least). In
> > > > particular, 32bit kernel or firefox builds in our build system.
> > > >
> > > > Reverting this on top of 6.7 makes it work again.
> > > >
> > > > Downstream report:
> > > > https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218841
> > > >
> > > > So running:
> > > > pahole -J --btf_gen_floats -j --lang_exclude=rust
> > > > --skip_encoding_btf_inconsistent_proto --btf_gen_optimized .tmp_vmlinux.btf
> > > >
> > > > crashes or errors out with some random errors:
> > > > [182671] STRUCT idr's field 'idr_next' offset=128 bit_size=0 type=181346
> > > > Error emitting field
> > > >
> > > > strace shows mmap() fails with ENOMEM right before the errors:
> > > > 1223 mmap2(NULL, 5783552, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> > > > MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0 <unfinished ...>
> > > > ...
> > > > 1223 <... mmap2 resumed>) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate
> > > > memory)
> > > >
> > > > Note the .tmp_vmlinux.btf above can be arbitrary, but likely large
> > > > enough. For reference, one is available at:
> > > > https://decibel.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/n/btf
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > This works around the problem, of course (but is a band-aid, not a fix):
> > >
> > > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > > @@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long
> > > addr, unsigned long len,
> > > */
> > > pgoff = 0;
> > > get_area = shmem_get_unmapped_area;
> > > - } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
> > > + } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
> > > !in_32bit_syscall()) {
> > > /* Ensures that larger anonymous mappings are THP
> > > aligned. */
> > > get_area = thp_get_unmapped_area;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > thp_get_unmapped_area() does not take care of the legacy stuff...
> >
> > Could you please help test the below patch? It is compiled, but I
> > don't have 32 bit userspace or machine to test it.
>
> Hmm. I think you misunderstood me. This is happening on x86_64 emulated system.

I mean it's x86_64 Android emulator, so kernel is 64bit.

>
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > index 94ef5c02b459..a4d0839e5f31 100644
> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > @@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ static unsigned long
> > __thp_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp,
> > loff_t off_align = round_up(off, size);
> > unsigned long len_pad, ret;
> >
> > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) || in_compat_syscall())
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > if (off_end <= off_align || (off_end - off_align) < size)
> > return 0;
> >
> >
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > --
> > > js
> > > suse labs
> > >
> >