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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Cc: vbabka@suse.cz, alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com, guro@fb.com,
	hannes@cmpxchg.org, hughd@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	mhocko@kernel.org, vdavydov.dev@gmail.com, willy@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: test page->flags directly in page_lru()
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:15:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210224051558.79e31c60eea2c088f4a1b300@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210224084807.2179942-1-yuzhao@google.com>

On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:48:07 -0700 Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> wrote:

> Currently page_lru() uses Page{Active,Unevictable} to determine which
> lru list a page belongs to. Page{Active,Unevictable} contain
> compound_head() and therefore page_lru() essentially tests
> PG_{active,unevictable} against compound_head(page)->flags. Once an
> lru list is determined, page->lru, rather than
> compound_head(page)->lru, will be added to or deleted from it.
> 
> Though not bug, having compound_head() in page_lru() increases the
> size of vmlinux by O(KB) because page_lru() is inlined many places.
> And removing compound_head() entirely from Page{Active,Unevictable}
> may not be the best option (for the moment) either because there
> may be other cases that need compound_head(). This patch makes
> page_lru() and __clear_page_lru_flags(), which are used immediately
> before and after operations on page->lru, test
> PG_{active,unevictable} directly against page->flags instead.

Oh geeze.

> --- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
> @@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ static __always_inline void __clear_page_lru_flags(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLRU(page), page);
>  
> -	__ClearPageLRU(page);
> -
>  	/* this shouldn't happen, so leave the flags to bad_page() */
> -	if (PageActive(page) && PageUnevictable(page))
> +	if ((page->flags & (BIT(PG_active) | BIT(PG_unevictable))) ==
> +	    (BIT(PG_active) | BIT(PG_unevictable)))
>  		return;

This isn't very nice.  At the very least we should have (documented!)
helper functions for this:

/* comment goes here */
static inline bool RawPageActive(struct page *page)
{
	...
}



However.

Here's what the preprocessor produces for an allmodconfig version of
PageActive():

static inline __attribute__((__gnu_inline__)) __attribute__((__unused__)) __attribute__((no_instrument_function)) __attribute__((__always_inline__)) int PageActive(struct page *page)
{
	return test_bit(PG_active, &({ do { if (__builtin_expect(!!(PagePoisoned(compound_head(page))), 0)) { dump_page(compound_head(page), "VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(" "PagePoisoned(compound_head(page))"")"); do { ({ asm volatile("%c0: nop\n\t" ".pushsection .discard.instr_begin\n\t" ".long %c0b - .\n\t" ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (373)); }); do { asm volatile("1:\t" ".byte 0x0f, 0x0b" "\n" ".pushsection __bug_table,\"aw\"\n" "2:\t" ".long " "1b" " - 2b" "\t# bug_entry::bug_addr\n" "\t" ".long " "%c0" " - 2b" "\t# bug_entry::file\n" "\t.word %c1" "\t# bug_entry::line\n" "\t.word %c2" "\t# bug_entry::flags\n" "\t.org 2b+%c3\n" ".popsection" : : "i" ("./include/linux/page-flags.h"), "i" (338), "i" (0), "i" (sizeof(struct bug_entry))); } while (0); do { ({ asm volatile("%c0:\n\t" ".pushsection .discard.unreachable\n\t" ".long %c0b - .\n\t" ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (374)); }); asm volatile(""); __builtin_unreachable(); } while (0); } while (0); } } while (0); compound_head(page); })->flags);

}

That's all to test a single bit!

Four calls to compound_head().

Compiling this:

int wibble(struct page *page)
{
	return PageActive(page);
}


to the below assembly output (allmodconfig build) and it appears that
the compiler did not CSE these calls.  Perhaps it would be beneficial
to give it a bit of help.


This is all nuts.  How much of this inlining is really justifiable?  Do
we know we wouldn't get a better kernel if we did

	mv mm-inline.h mm-not-inline-any-more.c

?

Methinks that mm-inline.c needs some serious work...



	.type	wibble, @function
wibble:
1:	call	__fentry__
	.section __mcount_loc, "a",@progbits
	.quad 1b
	.previous
	pushq	%r12	#
	pushq	%rbp	#
	pushq	%rbx	#
# mm/swap.c:1156: {
	movq	%rdi, %rbx	# page, page
	movq	%rbx, %rbp	# page, _14
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:184: 	unsigned long head = READ_ONCE(page->compound_head);
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	movq	8(%rbx), %r12	# page_2(D)->D.14210.D.14188.compound_head, _8
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:186: 	if (unlikely(head & 1))
	testb	$1, %r12b	#, _8
	je	.L2945	#,
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:187: 		return (struct page *) (head - 1);
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	leaq	-1(%r12), %rbp	#, _14
	jmp	.L2945	#
.L2945:
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:338: PAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD)
	cmpq	$-1, 0(%rbp)	#, MEM[(long unsigned int *)_15]
	jne	.L2946	#,
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:184: 	unsigned long head = READ_ONCE(page->compound_head);
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	movq	8(%rbx), %rbp	#, _16
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:186: 	if (unlikely(head & 1))
	testb	$1, %bpl	#, _16
	je	.L2947	#,
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:187: 		return (struct page *) (head - 1);
	leaq	-1(%rbp), %rbx	#, page
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
.L2947:
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:338: PAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD)
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	movq	$.LC20, %rsi	#,
	movq	%rbx, %rdi	# page,
	call	dump_page	#
#APP
# 338 "./include/linux/page-flags.h" 1
	373: nop	#
	.pushsection .discard.instr_begin
	.long 373b - .	#
	.popsection
	
# 0 "" 2
# 338 "./include/linux/page-flags.h" 1
	1:	.byte 0x0f, 0x0b
.pushsection __bug_table,"aw"
2:	.long 1b - 2b	# bug_entry::bug_addr
	.long .LC3 - 2b	# bug_entry::file	#
	.word 338	# bug_entry::line	#
	.word 0	# bug_entry::flags	#
	.org 2b+12	#
.popsection
# 0 "" 2
# 338 "./include/linux/page-flags.h" 1
	374:	#
	.pushsection .discard.unreachable
	.long 374b - .	#
	.popsection
	
# 0 "" 2
#NO_APP
.L2946:
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:184: 	unsigned long head = READ_ONCE(page->compound_head);
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	movq	8(%rbx), %rbp	#, _28
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:186: 	if (unlikely(head & 1))
	testb	$1, %bpl	#, _28
	je	.L2948	#,
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:187: 		return (struct page *) (head - 1);
	leaq	-1(%rbp), %rbx	#, page
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
.L2948:
# ./arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:207: 		(addr[nr >> _BITOPS_LONG_SHIFT])) != 0;
	call	__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc	#
	movq	(%rbx), %rax	# MEM[(const long unsigned int *)_35], _24
# mm/swap.c:1158: }
	popq	%rbx	#
	popq	%rbp	#
# ./arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:207: 		(addr[nr >> _BITOPS_LONG_SHIFT])) != 0;
	shrq	$5, %rax	#, tmp107
# ./include/linux/page-flags.h:338: PAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD) __CLEARPAGEFLAG(Active, active, PF_HEAD)
	andl	$1, %eax	#, tmp106
# mm/swap.c:1158: }
	popq	%r12	#
	ret



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-24 13:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-22 22:05 [PATCH v2 00/10] mm: lru related cleanups Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] mm: use add_page_to_lru_list() Yu Zhao
2021-01-26 18:57   ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-01-27  2:12   ` Miaohe Lin
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] mm: shuffle lru list addition and deletion functions Yu Zhao
2021-01-26 18:58   ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-01-27  2:14   ` Miaohe Lin
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] mm: don't pass "enum lru_list" to lru list addition functions Yu Zhao
2021-01-26 19:13   ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-01-26 21:34     ` Yu Zhao
2021-01-27 10:51       ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-01-26 22:01   ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-01-26 22:14     ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-23 22:50       ` Andrew Morton
2021-02-24  5:29         ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-24  8:06           ` Alex Shi
2021-02-24  8:37             ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-24  9:01               ` Alex Shi
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] mm: don't pass "enum lru_list" to trace_mm_lru_insertion() Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] mm: don't pass "enum lru_list" to del_page_from_lru_list() Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] mm: add __clear_page_lru_flags() to replace page_off_lru() Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] mm: VM_BUG_ON lru page flags Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] mm: fold page_lru_base_type() into its sole caller Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] mm: fold __update_lru_size() " Yu Zhao
2021-01-22 22:06 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] mm: make lruvec_lru_size() static Yu Zhao
2021-02-24  8:48   ` [PATCH] mm: test page->flags directly in page_lru() Yu Zhao
2021-02-24 13:15     ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2021-02-24 19:57       ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-24 21:56       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-24 22:34         ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-24 22:48           ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-24 23:50             ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-25  3:55               ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-25  5:22                 ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-25 12:12                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-26  9:17     ` [PATCH v2 0/3] trim the uses of compound_head() Yu Zhao
2021-02-26  9:17       ` [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: bypass compound_head() for PF_NO_TAIL when enforce=1 Yu Zhao
2021-02-26  9:17       ` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm: use PF_NO_TAIL for PG_lru Yu Zhao
2021-02-26 20:22         ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-26  9:17       ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm: use PF_ONLY_HEAD for PG_active and PG_unevictable Yu Zhao
2021-02-26 12:13         ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-26 19:49           ` Yu Zhao
2021-02-26 20:27             ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-03-01 11:50           ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2021-03-01 19:58             ` Yu Zhao
2021-03-01 20:16               ` Hugh Dickins
2021-03-01 20:26                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-02-26 10:52       ` [PATCH v2 0/3] trim the uses of compound_head() Vlastimil Babka
2021-02-26 19:04         ` Yu Zhao

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