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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9D6A31C000E X-Stat-Signature: 6jrejkqwh3ozcw5w4me5ettn641ptjkz X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam06 X-HE-Tag: 1743512691-641257 X-HE-Meta: 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 To/YBnIt 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 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, 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 01.04.25 12:45, Ryan Roberts wrote: > On 30/03/2025 15:57, Baolin Wang wrote: >> >> >> On 2025/3/27 22:08, Ryan Roberts wrote: >>> On 25/03/2025 23:38, Baolin Wang wrote: >>>> When I tested the mincore() syscall, I observed that it takes longer with >>>> 64K mTHP enabled on my Arm64 server. The reason is the mincore_pte_range() >>>> still checks each PTE individually, even when the PTEs are contiguous, >>>> which is not efficient. >>>> >>>> Thus we can use folio_pte_batch() to get the batch number of the present >>>> contiguous PTEs, which can improve the performance. I tested the mincore() >>>> syscall with 1G anonymous memory populated with 64K mTHP, and observed an >>>> obvious performance improvement: >>>> >>>> w/o patch        w/ patch        changes >>>> 6022us            1115us            +81% >>>> >>>> Moreover, I also tested mincore() with disabling mTHP/THP, and did not >>>> see any obvious regression. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang >>>> --- >>>>   mm/mincore.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- >>>>   1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/mm/mincore.c b/mm/mincore.c >>>> index 832f29f46767..88be180b5550 100644 >>>> --- a/mm/mincore.c >>>> +++ b/mm/mincore.c >>>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ >>>>     #include >>>>   #include "swap.h" >>>> +#include "internal.h" >>>>     static int mincore_hugetlb(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask, unsigned long >>>> addr, >>>>               unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk) >>>> @@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ static int mincore_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long >>>> addr, unsigned long end, >>>>       pte_t *ptep; >>>>       unsigned char *vec = walk->private; >>>>       int nr = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT; >>>> +    int step, i; >>>>         ptl = pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma); >>>>       if (ptl) { >>>> @@ -118,16 +120,31 @@ static int mincore_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long >>>> addr, unsigned long end, >>>>           walk->action = ACTION_AGAIN; >>>>           return 0; >>>>       } >>>> -    for (; addr != end; ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) { >>>> +    for (; addr != end; ptep += step, addr += step * PAGE_SIZE) { >>>>           pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep); >>>>   +        step = 1; >>>>           /* We need to do cache lookup too for pte markers */ >>>>           if (pte_none_mostly(pte)) >>>>               __mincore_unmapped_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE, >>>>                            vma, vec); >>>> -        else if (pte_present(pte)) >>>> -            *vec = 1; >>>> -        else { /* pte is a swap entry */ >>>> +        else if (pte_present(pte)) { >>>> +            if (pte_batch_hint(ptep, pte) > 1) { >>>> +                struct folio *folio = vm_normal_folio(vma, addr, pte); >>>> + >>>> +                if (folio && folio_test_large(folio)) { >>>> +                    const fpb_t fpb_flags = FPB_IGNORE_DIRTY | >>>> +                                FPB_IGNORE_SOFT_DIRTY; >>>> +                    int max_nr = (end - addr) / PAGE_SIZE; >>>> + >>>> +                    step = folio_pte_batch(folio, addr, ptep, pte, >>>> +                            max_nr, fpb_flags, NULL, NULL, NULL); >>>> +                } >>>> +            } >>> >>> You could simplify to the following, I think, to avoid needing to grab the folio >>> and call folio_pte_batch(): >>> >>>             else if (pte_present(pte)) { >>>                 int max_nr = (end - addr) / PAGE_SIZE; >>>                 step = min(pte_batch_hint(ptep, pte), max_nr); >>>             } ... >>> >>> I expect the regression you are seeing here is all due to calling ptep_get() for >>> every pte in the contpte batch, which will cause 16 memory reads per pte (to >>> gather the access/dirty bits). For small folios its just 1 read per pte. >> >> Right. >> >>> pte_batch_hint() will skip forward in blocks of 16 so you now end up with the >>> same number as for the small folio case. You don't need all the fancy extras >>> that folio_pte_batch() gives you here. >> >> Sounds reasonable. Your suggestion looks simple, but my method can batch the >> whole large folio (such as large folios containing more than 16 contiguous PTEs) >> at once. > > Sure but folio_pte_batch() just implements that with another loop that calls > pte_batch_hint(), so it all amounts to the same thing. In fact there are some > extra checks in folio_pte_batch() that you don't need so it might be a bit slower. I don't enjoy open-coding the batching, especially if only cont-pte users will benefit from it. But I also don't enjoy the open-coded pte_batch_hint() :) But we really don't need the folio here, so I assume the short variant you (Ryan) suggest is alright to just avoid the ptep_get(). As Oscar says, these details might soon be hidden inside a new page table walker API (even though it will likely end up using folio_pte_batch() internally, TBD). -- Cheers, David / dhildenb