Re: 回复: Re: [PATCH] migrate_pages: modify max number of pages to migrate in batch

["Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>]

李真能 <lizhenneng@kylinos.cn> writes:

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> 主　题：Re: [PATCH] migrate_pages: modify max number of pages to migrate in batch 
> 日　期：2024-06-25 09:17 
> 发件人：ying.huang 
> 收件人：李真能;
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> Hi, Zhenneng,
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> Zhenneng Li writes:
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>> We restrict the number of pages to be migrated to no more than
>> HPAGE_PMD_NR or NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION, but in fact, the
>> number of pages to be migrated may reach 2*HPAGE_PMD_NR-1 or 2
>> *NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION-1, it's not in inconsistent with the context.
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> Yes. It's not HPAGE_PMD_NR exactly.
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>> Please refer to the patch: 42012e0436d4(migrate_pages: restrict number
>> of pages to migrate in batch)
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>> Signed-off-by: Zhenneng Li 
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>> mm/migrate.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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>> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
>> index 781979567f64..7a4b37aac9e8 100644
>> --- a/mm/migrate.c
>> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
>> @@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>> break;
>> }
>> if (nr_pages >= NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION)
>> - list_cut_before(&folios, from, &folio2->lru);
>> + list_cut_before(&folios, from, &folio->lru);
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> If the first entry of the list "from" is a THP with size HPAGE_PMD_NR,
> "folio" will be the first entry of from, so that "folios" will be empty.
> Right?
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> Yes, It's right, so we can check whether it is the first entry of the list "from", new patch are as follows(attachment is
> patch file):
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 781979567f64..cce8e2b85e89 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -1957,11 +1957,12 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_folio_t get_new_folio,
> }
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> nr_pages += folio_nr_pages(folio);
> - if (nr_pages >= NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION)
> + if ((nr_pages >= NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION) &&
> + (!list_first_entry(from, struct folio, lru)))
> break;
> }
> if (nr_pages >= NR_MAX_BATCHED_MIGRATION)
> - list_cut_before(&folios, from, &folio2->lru);
> + list_cut_before(&folios, from, &folio->lru);
> else
> list_splice_init(from, &folios);
> if (mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC)
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I don't think that it's necessary to change this.  Yes, the max batch
number of the page migration may be 2*HPAGE_PMD_NR-1.  Does it cause any
latency issue for you?

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>> else
>> list_splice_init(from, &folios);
>> if (mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC)

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Best Regards,
Huang, Ying