Re: [PATCH 0/3] Recalculate per-cpu page allocator batch and high limits after deferred meminit

[Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:58:49PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Oct, at 11:56:03AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > A private report stated that system CPU usage was excessive on an AMD
> > EPYC 2 machine while building kernels with much longer build times than
> > expected. The issue is partially explained by high zone lock contention
> > due to the per-cpu page allocator batch and high limits being calculated
> > incorrectly. This series addresses a large chunk of the problem. Patch 1
> > is mostly cosmetic but prepares for patch 2 which is the real fix. Patch
> > 3 is definiely cosmetic but was noticed while implementing the fix. Proper
> > details are in the changelog for patch 2.
> > 
> >  include/linux/mm.h |  3 ---
> >  mm/internal.h      |  3 +++
> >  mm/page_alloc.c    | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> Just to confirm, these patches don't fix the issue we're seeing on the
> EPYC 2 machines, but they do return the batch sizes to sensible values.

To be clear, does the patch a) fix *some* of the issue and there is
something else also going on that needs to be chased down or b) has no
impact on build time or system CPU usage on your machine?

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs