Re: [PATCH v9 4/4] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: add hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap sysctl

[Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>]

On 5/5/22 01:02, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 08:36:00PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>> On 5/4/22 19:35, Muchun Song wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 03:12:39PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>>>> On 4/29/22 05:18, Muchun Song wrote:
>>>>> +static void vmemmap_optimize_mode_switch(enum vmemmap_optimize_mode to)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	if (vmemmap_optimize_mode == to)
>>>>> +		return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (to == VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_OFF)
>>>>> +		static_branch_dec(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>> +	else
>>>>> +		static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>> +	vmemmap_optimize_mode = to;
>>>>> +}
>>>>> +
>>>>>  static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_early_param(char *buf)
>>>>>  {
>>>>>  	bool enable;
>>>>> +	enum vmemmap_optimize_mode mode;
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable))
>>>>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>>>>  
>>>>> -	if (enable)
>>>>> -		static_branch_enable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>> -	else
>>>>> -		static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>> +	mode = enable ? VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_ON : VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_OFF;
>>>>> +	vmemmap_optimize_mode_switch(mode);
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	return 0;
>>>>>  }
>>>>> @@ -60,6 +80,8 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_alloc(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>>>>>  	vmemmap_end	= vmemmap_addr + (vmemmap_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
>>>>>  	vmemmap_reuse	= vmemmap_addr - PAGE_SIZE;
>>>>>  
>>>>> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!vmemmap_pages, head);
>>>>> +
>>>>>  	/*
>>>>>  	 * The pages which the vmemmap virtual address range [@vmemmap_addr,
>>>>>  	 * @vmemmap_end) are mapped to are freed to the buddy allocator, and
>>>>> @@ -69,8 +91,10 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_alloc(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>>>>>  	 */
>>>>>  	ret = vmemmap_remap_alloc(vmemmap_addr, vmemmap_end, vmemmap_reuse,
>>>>>  				  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_THISNODE);
>>>>> -	if (!ret)
>>>>> +	if (!ret) {
>>>>>  		ClearHPageVmemmapOptimized(head);
>>>>> +		static_branch_dec(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>> +	}
>>>>>  
>>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>>  }
>>>>> @@ -84,6 +108,8 @@ void hugetlb_vmemmap_free(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>>>>>  	if (!vmemmap_pages)
>>>>>  		return;
>>>>>  
>>>>> +	static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>>>>
>>>> Can you explain the reasoning behind doing the static_branch_inc here in free,
>>>> and static_branch_dec in alloc?
>>>> IIUC, they may not be absolutely necessary but you could use the count to
>>>> know how many optimized pages are in use?  Or, I may just be missing
>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Partly right. One 'count' is not enough. I have implemented this with similar
>>> approach in v6 [1]. Except the 'count', we also need a lock to do synchronization.
>>> However, both count and synchronization are included in static_key_inc/dec
>>> infrastructure. It is simpler to use static_key_inc/dec directly, right? 
>>>
>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220330153745.20465-5-songmuchun@bytedance.com/
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, but I am a little confused.
>>
>> vmemmap_optimize_mode_switch will static_key_inc to enable and static_key_dec
>> to disable.  In addition each time we optimize (allocate) a hugetlb page after
>> enabling we will static_key_inc.
>>
>> Suppose we have 1 hugetlb page optimized.  So static count == 2 IIUC.
>> The someone turns off optimization via sysctl.  static count == 1 ???
> 
> Definitely right.
> 
>> If we then add another hugetlb page via nr_hugepages it seems that it
>> would be optimized as static count == 1.  Is that correct?  Do we need
> 
> I'm wrong.
> 
>> to free all hugetlb pages with optimization before we can add new pages
>> without optimization?
>>
> 
> My bad. I think the following code would fix this.
> 
> Thanks for your review carefully.
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index 5820a681a724..997e192aeed7 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void hugetlb_vmemmap_free(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>         unsigned long vmemmap_end, vmemmap_reuse, vmemmap_pages;
> 
>         vmemmap_pages = hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_pages(h);
> -       if (!vmemmap_pages)
> +       if (!vmemmap_pages || READ_ONCE(vmemmap_optimize_mode) == VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_OFF)
>                 return;
> 
>         static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>  

If vmemmap_optimize_mode == VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_OFF is sufficient for turning
off optimizations, do we really need to static_branch_inc/dev for each
hugetlb page?

-- 
Mike Kravetz