From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BABBC5517A for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56226208E4 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=suse.com header.i=@suse.com header.b="PmVmHiDn" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 56226208E4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id AF1EB6B006C; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:47:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id AA4E86B006E; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:47:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 9E02C6B0070; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:47:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0019.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.19]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714766B006C for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:47:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin21.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay01.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FDE0180AD81D for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:39 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77402259438.21.laugh06_0e02bbc27257 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin21.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABE5180442C0 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:38 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: laugh06_0e02bbc27257 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 3726 Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by imf24.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.com; s=susede1; t=1603435657; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=klhtciLu5zqObcp6VC8lGKNOReb4sC7Hz8VWst07W2Y=; b=PmVmHiDn0PfT0NcTU++Qm5ePPlICPwdf4uapEZrNAtmW9iT6XCEwlsn/uX/j6WVBFytBWa zm2smNYGEBBvL4tKz2LMtfc0zKufDqltW/rWvyATV0utmAyalM72iuW3m/18X2s7Qo/NJh 7QNHpJqkx4CoBHfg2VOry0/ae8CFSmI= Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4C6B0D1; Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:47:37 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:47:36 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Rik van Riel Cc: Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com, Mel Gorman , Andrea Arcangeli , Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,thp,shmem: limit shmem THP alloc gfp_mask Message-ID: <20201023064736.GQ23790@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20201021234846.5cc97e62@imladris.surriel.com> <20201022081532.GJ23790@dhcp22.suse.cz> <004062456494e9003b0f71b911f06f8c58a12797.camel@surriel.com> <20201022155022.GO23790@dhcp22.suse.cz> <1b2d262c30bd839ac433587532a27ad800df4771.camel@surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1b2d262c30bd839ac433587532a27ad800df4771.camel@surriel.com> X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu 22-10-20 12:06:01, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 17:50 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Thu 22-10-20 09:25:21, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 10:15 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > > On Wed 21-10-20 23:48:46, Rik van Riel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c > > > > > index 537c137698f8..d1290eb508e5 100644 > > > > > --- a/mm/shmem.c > > > > > +++ b/mm/shmem.c > > > > > @@ -1545,8 +1545,11 @@ static struct page > > > > > *shmem_alloc_hugepage(gfp_t gfp, > > > > > return NULL; > > > > > > > > > > shmem_pseudo_vma_init(&pvma, info, hindex); > > > > > - page = alloc_pages_vma(gfp | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NORETRY > > > > > | > > > > > __GFP_NOWARN, > > > > > - HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, &pvma, 0, > > > > > numa_node_id(), > > > > > true); > > > > > + /* Limit the gfp mask according to THP configuration. > > > > > */ > > > > > + gfp |= __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN; > > > > > > > > What is the reason for these when alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask > > > > provides > > > > the full mask? > > > > > > The mapping_gfp_mask for the shmem file might have additional > > > restrictions above and beyond the gfp mask returned by > > > alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask, and I am not sure we should just > > > ignore the mapping_gfp_mask. > > > > No, we shouldn't. But I do not see why you should be adding the above > > set of flags on top. > > Because THP allocations are higher order and optimistic, > and we want them to: > 1) be annotated as compound allocations > 2) fail (and fall back to 4kB allocations) when they cannot > be easily satisfied, and > 3) not create a spew of allocation failure backtraces on > the (serial) console when these THP allocations fail This all is already returned from alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs