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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:18:59 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] mm: Share the anon_vma ref counts between KSM and
 page migration

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:02:33 +0000
Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:

> For clarity of review, KSM and page migration have separate refcounts on
> the anon_vma. While clear, this is a waste of memory. This patch gets
> KSM and page migration to share their toys in a spirit of harmony.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

Nitpick:
I think this refcnt has something different characteristics than other
usual refcnts. Even when refcnt goes down to 0, anon_vma will not be freed.
So, I think some kind of name as temporal_reference_count is better than
simple "refcnt". Then, it will be clearer what this refcnt is for.

Thanks,
-Kame

> ---
>  include/linux/rmap.h |   50 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
>  mm/ksm.c             |    4 ++--
>  mm/migrate.c         |    4 ++--
>  mm/rmap.c            |    6 ++----
>  4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
> index 6b5a1a9..55c0e9e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
> @@ -26,11 +26,17 @@
>   */
>  struct anon_vma {
>  	spinlock_t lock;	/* Serialize access to vma list */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KSM
> -	atomic_t ksm_refcount;
> -#endif
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> -	atomic_t migrate_refcount;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KSM) || defined(CONFIG_MIGRATION)
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The refcount is taken by either KSM or page migration
> +	 * to take a reference to an anon_vma when there is no
> +	 * guarantee that the vma of page tables will exist for
> +	 * the duration of the operation. A caller that takes
> +	 * the reference is responsible for clearing up the
> +	 * anon_vma if they are the last user on release
> +	 */
> +	atomic_t refcount;
>  #endif
>  	/*
>  	 * NOTE: the LSB of the head.next is set by
> @@ -44,46 +50,26 @@ struct anon_vma {
>  };
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KSM
> -static inline void ksm_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_KSM) || defined(CONFIG_MIGRATION)
> +static inline void anonvma_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  {
> -	atomic_set(&anon_vma->ksm_refcount, 0);
> +	atomic_set(&anon_vma->refcount, 0);
>  }
>  
> -static inline int ksm_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> +static inline int anonvma_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  {
> -	return atomic_read(&anon_vma->ksm_refcount);
> +	return atomic_read(&anon_vma->refcount);
>  }
>  #else
> -static inline void ksm_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> +static inline void anonvma_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  {
>  }
>  
> -static inline int ksm_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> +static inline int anonvma_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  {
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_KSM */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> -static inline void migrate_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> -{
> -	atomic_set(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount, 0);
> -}
> -
> -static inline int migrate_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> -{
> -	return atomic_read(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount);
> -}
> -#else
> -static inline void migrate_refcount_init(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> -{
> -}
> -
> -static inline int migrate_refcount(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
> -{
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -#endif /* CONFIG_MIGRATE */
>  
>  static inline struct anon_vma *page_anon_vma(struct page *page)
>  {
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index 56a0da1..7decf73 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -318,14 +318,14 @@ static void hold_anon_vma(struct rmap_item *rmap_item,
>  			  struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>  {
>  	rmap_item->anon_vma = anon_vma;
> -	atomic_inc(&anon_vma->ksm_refcount);
> +	atomic_inc(&anon_vma->refcount);
>  }
>  
>  static void drop_anon_vma(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
>  {
>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
>  
> -	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->ksm_refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
> +	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
>  		int empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head);
>  		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
>  		if (empty)
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 1ce6a2f..00777b0 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page, unsigned long private,
>  		rcu_read_lock();
>  		rcu_locked = 1;
>  		anon_vma = page_anon_vma(page);
> -		atomic_inc(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount);
> +		atomic_inc(&anon_vma->refcount);
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ skip_unmap:
>  rcu_unlock:
>  
>  	/* Drop an anon_vma reference if we took one */
> -	if (anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->migrate_refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
> +	if (anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_lock(&anon_vma->refcount, &anon_vma->lock)) {
>  		int empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head);
>  		spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
>  		if (empty)
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 11ba74a..96b5905 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ void anon_vma_unlink(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	list_del(&vma->anon_vma_node);
>  
>  	/* We must garbage collect the anon_vma if it's empty */
> -	empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !ksm_refcount(anon_vma) &&
> -					!migrate_refcount(anon_vma);
> +	empty = list_empty(&anon_vma->head) && !anonvma_refcount(anon_vma);
>  	spin_unlock(&anon_vma->lock);
>  
>  	if (empty)
> @@ -185,8 +184,7 @@ static void anon_vma_ctor(void *data)
>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = data;
>  
>  	spin_lock_init(&anon_vma->lock);
> -	ksm_refcount_init(anon_vma);
> -	migrate_refcount_init(anon_vma);
> +	anonvma_refcount_init(anon_vma);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&anon_vma->head);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.6.5
> 
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