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This improves on the previous approach which freed each order-0 >> page individually in a loop. Testing shows performance to be improved by >> more than 10x in some cases. >> >> Since each page is order-0, we must decrement each page's reference >> count individually and only consider the page for freeing as part of a >> high order chunk if the reference count goes to zero. Additionally >> free_pages_prepare() must be called for each individual order-0 page >> too, so that the struct page state and global accounting state can be >> appropriately managed. But once this is done, the resulting high order >> chunks can be freed as a unit to the pcp or buddy. >> >> This significantly speeds up the free operation but also has the side >> benefit that high order blocks are added to the pcp instead of each page >> ending up on the pcp order-0 list; memory remains more readily available >> in high orders. >> >> vmalloc will shortly become a user of this new optimized >> free_contig_range() since it aggressively allocates high order >> non-compound pages, but then calls split_page() to end up with >> contiguous order-0 pages. These can now be freed much more efficiently. >> >> The execution time of the following function was measured in a server >> class arm64 machine: >> >> static int page_alloc_high_order_test(void) >> { >> unsigned int order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER; >> struct page *page; >> int i; >> >> for (i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { >> page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order); >> if (!page) >> return -1; >> split_page(page, order); >> free_contig_range(page_to_pfn(page), 1UL << order); >> } >> >> return 0; >> } >> >> Execution time before: 4097358 usec >> Execution time after: 729831 usec >> >> Perf trace before: >> >> 99.63% 0.00% kthreadd [kernel.kallsyms] [.] kthread >> | >> ---kthread >> 0xffffb33c12a26af8 >> | >> |--98.13%--0xffffb33c12a26060 >> | | >> | |--97.37%--free_contig_range >> | | | >> | | |--94.93%--___free_pages >> | | | | >> | | | |--55.42%--__free_frozen_pages >> | | | | | >> | | | | --43.20%--free_frozen_page_commit >> | | | | | >> | | | | --35.37%--_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore >> | | | | >> | | | |--11.53%--_raw_spin_trylock >> | | | | >> | | | |--8.19%--__preempt_count_dec_and_test >> | | | | >> | | | |--5.64%--_raw_spin_unlock >> | | | | >> | | | |--2.37%--__get_pfnblock_flags_mask.isra.0 >> | | | | >> | | | --1.07%--free_frozen_page_commit >> | | | >> | | --1.54%--__free_frozen_pages >> | | >> | --0.77%--___free_pages >> | >> --0.98%--0xffffb33c12a26078 >> alloc_pages_noprof >> >> Perf trace after: >> >> 8.42% 2.90% kthreadd [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __free_contig_range >> | >> |--5.52%--__free_contig_range >> | | >> | |--5.00%--free_prepared_contig_range >> | | | >> | | |--1.43%--__free_frozen_pages >> | | | | >> | | | --0.51%--free_frozen_page_commit >> | | | >> | | |--1.08%--_raw_spin_trylock >> | | | >> | | --0.89%--_raw_spin_unlock >> | | >> | --0.52%--free_pages_prepare >> | >> --2.90%--ret_from_fork >> kthread >> 0xffffae1c12abeaf8 >> 0xffffae1c12abe7a0 >> | >> --2.69%--vfree >> __free_contig_range >> >> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts >> Co-developed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum >> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum >> --- >> Changes since v3: >> - Move __free_contig_range() to more generic __free_contig_range_common() >> which will used to free frozen pages as well >> - Simplify the loop in __free_contig_range_common() >> - Rewrite the comment >> >> Changes since v2: >> - Handle different possible section boundries in __free_contig_range() >> - Drop the TODO >> - Remove return value from __free_contig_range() >> - Remove non-functional change from __free_pages_ok() >> >> Changes since v1: >> - Rebase on mm-new >> - Move FPI_PREPARED check inside __free_pages_prepare() now that >> fpi_flags are already being passed. >> - Add todo (Zi Yan) >> - Rerun benchmarks >> - Convert VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() to VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() >> - Rework order calculation in free_prepared_contig_range() and use >> MAX_PAGE_ORDER as high limit instead of pageblock_order as it must >> be up to internal __free_frozen_pages() how it frees them >> --- >> include/linux/gfp.h | 2 + >> mm/page_alloc.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- >> 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h >> index f82d74a77cad8..7c1f9da7c8e56 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h >> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h >> @@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ void free_contig_frozen_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages); >> void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages); >> #endif >> >> +void __free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages); >> + >> DEFINE_FREE(free_page, void *, free_page((unsigned long)_T)) >> >> #endif /* __LINUX_GFP_H */ >> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c >> index 75ee81445640b..18a96b51aa0be 100644 >> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c >> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c >> @@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ typedef int __bitwise fpi_t; >> /* Free the page without taking locks. Rely on trylock only. */ >> #define FPI_TRYLOCK ((__force fpi_t)BIT(2)) >> >> +/* free_pages_prepare() has already been called for page(s) being freed. */ >> +#define FPI_PREPARED ((__force fpi_t)BIT(3)) >> + >> /* prevent >1 _updater_ of zone percpu pageset ->high and ->batch fields */ >> static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcp_batch_high_lock); >> #define MIN_PERCPU_PAGELIST_HIGH_FRACTION (8) >> @@ -1310,6 +1313,9 @@ __always_inline bool __free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, > > Hm I noticed the function isn't static, but it should be, and this is a good > oportunity to make it so. I'll make it static in the v5. > >> bool compound = PageCompound(page); >> struct folio *folio = page_folio(page); >> >> + if (fpi_flags & FPI_PREPARED) >> + return true; >> + >> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page); >> >> trace_mm_page_free(page, order); > > ... > >> +/** >> + * __free_contig_range - Free contiguous range of order-0 pages. >> + * @pfn: Page frame number of the first page in the range. >> + * @nr_pages: Number of pages to free. >> + * >> + * For each order-0 struct page in the physically contiguous range, put a >> + * reference. Free any page who's reference count falls to zero. The >> + * implementation is functionally equivalent to, but significantly faster than >> + * calling __free_page() for each struct page in a loop. >> + * >> + * Memory allocated with alloc_pages(order>=1) then subsequently split to >> + * order-0 with split_page() is an example of appropriate contiguous pages that >> + * can be freed with this API. >> + * >> + * Context: May be called in interrupt context or while holding a normal >> + * spinlock, but not in NMI context or while holding a raw spinlock. >> + */ >> +void __free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages) >> +{ >> + __free_contig_range_common(pfn, nr_pages, false); >> +} >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__free_contig_range); > > I don't think the export is necessary for anything? Please drop. No, I'll drop it. > >> + >> #ifdef CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC >> /* Usage: See admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst */ >> static void alloc_contig_dump_pages(struct list_head *page_list) >> @@ -7330,8 +7430,7 @@ void free_contig_range(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages) >> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(PageHead(pfn_to_page(pfn)))) >> return; >> >> - for (; nr_pages--; pfn++) >> - __free_page(pfn_to_page(pfn)); >> + __free_contig_range(pfn, nr_pages); >> } >> EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_contig_range); >> #endif /* CONFIG_CONTIG_ALLOC */ >