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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam11 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6CA6980032 X-Stat-Signature: xkupdxosttmzhprcjzewez5e16hayckd X-HE-Tag: 1742302948-385827 X-HE-Meta: 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 dlCMbRLs W5dtpPXwO/sN79Fq+zvPvR0gYmEPgiQimlA08fYyswH9LSsrAgVYO5lPf9AsvOWlnT+x5OuzX07bme3M= X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000001, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 18.03.25 04:43, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:56:06 +0800 yangge1116@126.com wrote: > >> From: yangge >> >> For different CMAs, concurrent allocation of CMA memory ideally should not >> require synchronization using locks. Currently, a global cma_mutex lock is >> employed to synchronize all CMA allocations, which can impact the >> performance of concurrent allocations across different CMAs. >> >> To test the performance impact, follow these steps: >> 1. Boot the kernel with the command line argument hugetlb_cma=30G to >> allocate a 30GB CMA area specifically for huge page allocations. (note: >> on my machine, which has 3 nodes, each node is initialized with 10G of >> CMA) >> 2. Use the dd command with parameters if=/dev/zero of=/dev/shm/file bs=1G >> count=30 to fully utilize the CMA area by writing zeroes to a file in >> /dev/shm. >> 3. Open three terminals and execute the following commands simultaneously: >> (Note: Each of these commands attempts to allocate 10GB [2621440 * 4KB >> pages] of CMA memory.) >> On Terminal 1: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb1/alloc >> On Terminal 2: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb2/alloc >> On Terminal 3: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb3/alloc >> >> We attempt to allocate pages through the CMA debug interface and use the >> time command to measure the duration of each allocation. >> Performance comparison: >> Without this patch With this patch >> Terminal1 ~7s ~7s >> Terminal2 ~14s ~8s >> Terminal3 ~21s ~7s >> >> To slove problem above, we could use per-CMA locks to improve concurrent >> allocation performance. This would allow each CMA to be managed >> independently, reducing the need for a global lock and thus improving >> scalability and performance. > > This patch was in and out of mm-unstable for a while, as Frank's series > "hugetlb/CMA improvements for large systems" was being added and > dropped. > > Consequently it hasn't received any testing for a while. > > Below is the version which I've now re-added to mm-unstable. Can > you please check this and retest it? > > Thanks. > > From: Ge Yang > Subject: mm/cma: using per-CMA locks to improve concurrent allocation performance > Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:56:06 +0800 > > For different CMAs, concurrent allocation of CMA memory ideally should not > require synchronization using locks. Currently, a global cma_mutex lock > is employed to synchronize all CMA allocations, which can impact the > performance of concurrent allocations across different CMAs. > > To test the performance impact, follow these steps: > 1. Boot the kernel with the command line argument hugetlb_cma=30G to > allocate a 30GB CMA area specifically for huge page allocations. (note: > on my machine, which has 3 nodes, each node is initialized with 10G of > CMA) > 2. Use the dd command with parameters if=/dev/zero of=/dev/shm/file bs=1G > count=30 to fully utilize the CMA area by writing zeroes to a file in > /dev/shm. > 3. Open three terminals and execute the following commands simultaneously: > (Note: Each of these commands attempts to allocate 10GB [2621440 * 4KB > pages] of CMA memory.) > On Terminal 1: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb1/alloc > On Terminal 2: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb2/alloc > On Terminal 3: time echo 2621440 > /sys/kernel/debug/cma/hugetlb3/alloc > > We attempt to allocate pages through the CMA debug interface and use the > time command to measure the duration of each allocation. > Performance comparison: > Without this patch With this patch > Terminal1 ~7s ~7s > Terminal2 ~14s ~8s > Terminal3 ~21s ~7s > > To solve problem above, we could use per-CMA locks to improve concurrent > allocation performance. This would allow each CMA to be managed > independently, reducing the need for a global lock and thus improving > scalability and performance. > > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1739152566-744-1-git-send-email-yangge1116@126.com > Signed-off-by: Ge Yang > Reviewed-by: Barry Song > Acked-by: David Hildenbrand > Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador > Cc: Aisheng Dong > Cc: Baolin Wang > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Acked-by: David Hildenbrand -- Cheers, David / dhildenb