linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm -v9 3/3] mm, THP, swap: Enable THP swap optimization only if has compound map

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:51:30 +0800
From:   "Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     "Huang\, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm -v9 3/3] mm, THP, swap: Enable THP swap optimization only if has compound map

Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 03:06:25PM +0800, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
>> 
>> If there is no compound map for a THP (Transparent Huge Page), it is
>> possible that the map count of some sub-pages of the THP is 0.  So it
>> is better to split the THP before swapping out. In this way, the
>> sub-pages not mapped will be freed, and we can avoid the unnecessary
>> swap out operations for these sub-pages.
>> 
>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  mm/swap_state.c | 12 +++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
>> index 3a3217f68937..b025c9878e5e 100644
>> --- a/mm/swap_state.c
>> +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
>> @@ -192,9 +192,15 @@ int add_to_swap(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
>>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>>  	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageUptodate(page), page);
>>  
>> -	/* cannot split, skip it */
>> -	if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page)) && !can_split_huge_page(page, NULL))
>> -		return 0;
>> +	if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page))) {
>> +		/* cannot split, skip it */
>> +		if (!can_split_huge_page(page, NULL))
>> +			return 0;
>> +		/* fallback to split huge page firstly if no PMD map */
>> +		if (!compound_mapcount(page) &&
>> +		    split_huge_page_to_list(page, list))
>> +			return 0;
>> +	}
>
> This looks good to me, but could you please elaborate the comment a
> little bit with what you have in the changelog? Something like:
>
> 	/*
> 	 * Split pages without a PMD map right away. Chances are
> 	 * some or all of the tail pages can be freed without IO.
> 	 */

The comments look much better!  Thanks!  I will change it.

Best Regards,
Huang, Ying