Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] hugetlb: split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages

[Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>]

On 2024/1/2 21:12, Gang Li wrote:
> 1G and 2M huge pages have different allocation and initialization logic,
> which leads to subtle differences in parallelization. Therefore, it is
> appropriate to split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages into gigantic and
> non-gigantic.
>
> This patch has no functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@linux.dev>
> ---
>   mm/hugetlb.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>   1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 2606135ec55e6..92448e747991d 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -3509,6 +3509,47 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(unsigned long allocated, st
>   	}
>   }
>   
> +static unsigned long __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_gigantic(struct hstate *h)

The name is so long, how about hugetlb_gigantic_pages_alloc_boot?

> +{
> +	unsigned long i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> +		/*
> +		 * gigantic pages not added to list as they are not
> +		 * added to pools now.
> +		 */
> +		if (!alloc_bootmem_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE))
> +			break;
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
> +
> +	return i;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned long __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_non_gigantic(struct hstate *h)

hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot?

> +{
> +	unsigned long i;
> +	struct folio *folio;
> +	LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> +	nodemask_t node_alloc_noretry;
> +
> +	/* Bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations.*/
> +	nodes_clear(node_alloc_noretry);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> +		folio = alloc_pool_huge_folio(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY],
> +						&node_alloc_noretry);
> +		if (!folio)
> +			break;
> +		list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
> +
> +	prep_and_add_allocated_folios(h, &folio_list);
> +
> +	return i;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * NOTE: this routine is called in different contexts for gigantic and
>    * non-gigantic pages.
> @@ -3522,10 +3563,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(unsigned long allocated, st
>    */
>   static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
>   {
> -	unsigned long i;
> -	struct folio *folio;
> -	LIST_HEAD(folio_list);
> -	nodemask_t *node_alloc_noretry;
> +	unsigned long allocated;
>   
>   	/* skip gigantic hugepages allocation if hugetlb_cma enabled */
>   	if (hstate_is_gigantic(h) && hugetlb_cma_size) {
> @@ -3539,46 +3577,12 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
>   
>   	/* below will do all node balanced alloc */
>   	if (!hstate_is_gigantic(h)) {

It it unnecessary to reverse the condition. A little sime like following:

if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
     /* gigantic pages */
else
     /* normal pages */

> -		/*
> -		 * Bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations.
> -		 * Ignore errors as lower level routines can deal with
> -		 * node_alloc_noretry == NULL.  If this kmalloc fails at boot
> -		 * time, we are likely in bigger trouble.
> -		 */
> -		node_alloc_noretry = kmalloc(sizeof(*node_alloc_noretry),
> -						GFP_KERNEL);
> +		allocated = hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_non_gigantic(h);
>   	} else {
> -		/* allocations done at boot time */
> -		node_alloc_noretry = NULL;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* bit mask controlling how hard we retry per-node allocations */
> -	if (node_alloc_noretry)
> -		nodes_clear(*node_alloc_noretry);
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < h->max_huge_pages; ++i) {
> -		if (hstate_is_gigantic(h)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * gigantic pages not added to list as they are not
> -			 * added to pools now.
> -			 */
> -			if (!alloc_bootmem_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE))
> -				break;
> -		} else {
> -			folio = alloc_pool_huge_folio(h, &node_states[N_MEMORY],
> -							node_alloc_noretry);
> -			if (!folio)
> -				break;
> -			list_add(&folio->lru, &folio_list);
> -		}
> -		cond_resched();
> +		allocated = hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_gigantic(h);
>   	}
>   
> -	/* list will be empty if hstate_is_gigantic */
> -	prep_and_add_allocated_folios(h, &folio_list);
> -
> -	hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(i, h);
> -	kfree(node_alloc_noretry);
> +	hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report(allocated, h);
>   }
>   
>   static void __init hugetlb_init_hstates(void)