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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:01:05 +0000
From: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
CC: "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"matthew.wilcox@...cle.com" <matthew.wilcox@...cle.com>,
"kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
"william.kucharski@...cle.com" <william.kucharski@...cle.com>,
"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"hdanton@...a.com" <hdanton@...a.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 5/6] mm,thp: add read-only THP support for (non-shmem)
FS
> On Jun 24, 2019, at 5:47 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 10:47:48PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
>> This patch is (hopefully) the first step to enable THP for non-shmem
>> filesystems.
>>
>> This patch enables an application to put part of its text sections to THP
>> via madvise, for example:
>>
>> madvise((void *)0x600000, 0x200000, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
>>
>> We tried to reuse the logic for THP on tmpfs.
>>
>> Currently, write is not supported for non-shmem THP. khugepaged will only
>> process vma with VM_DENYWRITE. The next patch will handle writes, which
>> would only happen when the vma with VM_DENYWRITE is unmapped.
>>
>> An EXPERIMENTAL config, READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS, is added to gate this
>> feature.
>>
>> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
>> ---
>> mm/Kconfig | 11 ++++++
>> mm/filemap.c | 4 +--
>> mm/khugepaged.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>> mm/rmap.c | 12 ++++---
>> 4 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
>> index f0c76ba47695..0a8fd589406d 100644
>> --- a/mm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/mm/Kconfig
>> @@ -762,6 +762,17 @@ config GUP_BENCHMARK
>>
>> See tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_benchmark.c
>>
>> +config READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS
>> + bool "Read-only THP for filesystems (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>> + depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE && SHMEM
>> +
>> + help
>> + Allow khugepaged to put read-only file-backed pages in THP.
>> +
>> + This is marked experimental because it is a new feature. Write
>> + support of file THPs will be developed in the next few release
>> + cycles.
>> +
>> config ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
>> bool
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
>> index 5f072a113535..e79ceccdc6df 100644
>> --- a/mm/filemap.c
>> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
>> @@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ static void unaccount_page_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping,
>> __mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_SHMEM, -nr);
>> if (PageTransHuge(page))
>> __dec_node_page_state(page, NR_SHMEM_THPS);
>> - } else {
>> - VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTransHuge(page), page);
>> + } else if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
>> + __dec_node_page_state(page, NR_FILE_THPS);
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
>> index 158cad542627..090127e4e185 100644
>> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
>> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
>> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ enum scan_result {
>> SCAN_CGROUP_CHARGE_FAIL,
>> SCAN_EXCEED_SWAP_PTE,
>> SCAN_TRUNCATED,
>> + SCAN_PAGE_HAS_PRIVATE,
>> };
>>
>> #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>> @@ -404,7 +405,11 @@ static bool hugepage_vma_check(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> (vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE) ||
>> test_bit(MMF_DISABLE_THP, &vma->vm_mm->flags))
>> return false;
>> - if (shmem_file(vma->vm_file)) {
>> +
>> + if (shmem_file(vma->vm_file) ||
>> + (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS) &&
>> + vma->vm_file &&
>> + (vm_flags & VM_DENYWRITE))) {
>> if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE))
>> return false;
>> return IS_ALIGNED((vma->vm_start >> PAGE_SHIFT) - vma->vm_pgoff,
>> @@ -456,8 +461,9 @@ int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> unsigned long hstart, hend;
>>
>> /*
>> - * khugepaged does not yet work on non-shmem files or special
>> - * mappings. And file-private shmem THP is not supported.
>> + * khugepaged only supports read-only files for non-shmem files.
>> + * khugepaged does not yet work on special mappings. And
>> + * file-private shmem THP is not supported.
>> */
>> if (!hugepage_vma_check(vma, vm_flags))
>> return 0;
>> @@ -1287,12 +1293,12 @@ static void retract_page_tables(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t pgoff)
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> - * collapse_file - collapse small tmpfs/shmem pages into huge one.
>> + * collapse_file - collapse filemap/tmpfs/shmem pages into huge one.
>> *
>> * Basic scheme is simple, details are more complex:
>> * - allocate and lock a new huge page;
>> * - scan page cache replacing old pages with the new one
>> - * + swap in pages if necessary;
>> + * + swap/gup in pages if necessary;
>> * + fill in gaps;
>> * + keep old pages around in case rollback is required;
>> * - if replacing succeeds:
>> @@ -1316,7 +1322,11 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> LIST_HEAD(pagelist);
>> XA_STATE_ORDER(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
>> int nr_none = 0, result = SCAN_SUCCEED;
>> + bool is_shmem = shmem_file(file);
>>
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS
>> + VM_BUG_ON(!is_shmem);
>> +#endif
>
> VM_BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS) && !is_shmem);
Will fix.
>
>> VM_BUG_ON(start & (HPAGE_PMD_NR - 1));
>>
>> /* Only allocate from the target node */
>> @@ -1348,7 +1358,8 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> } while (1);
>>
>> __SetPageLocked(new_page);
>> - __SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
>> + if (is_shmem)
>> + __SetPageSwapBacked(new_page);
>> new_page->index = start;
>> new_page->mapping = mapping;
>>
>> @@ -1363,7 +1374,7 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> struct page *page = xas_next(&xas);
>>
>> VM_BUG_ON(index != xas.xa_index);
>> - if (!page) {
>> + if (is_shmem && !page) {
>> /*
>> * Stop if extent has been truncated or hole-punched,
>> * and is now completely empty.
>> @@ -1384,7 +1395,7 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> continue;
>> }
>>
>> - if (xa_is_value(page) || !PageUptodate(page)) {
>> + if (is_shmem && (xa_is_value(page) || !PageUptodate(page))) {
>> xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
>> /* swap in or instantiate fallocated page */
>> if (shmem_getpage(mapping->host, index, &page,
>> @@ -1392,6 +1403,23 @@ static void collapse_file(struct mm_struct *mm,
>> result = SCAN_FAIL;
>> goto xa_unlocked;
>> }
>> + } else if (!page || xa_is_value(page)) {
>> + xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
>> + page_cache_sync_readahead(mapping, &file->f_ra, file,
>> + index, PAGE_SIZE);
>> + lru_add_drain();
>
> Why?
isolate_lru_page() is likely to fail if we don't drain the pagevecs.
>
>> + page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
>> + if (unlikely(page == NULL)) {
>> + result = SCAN_FAIL;
>> + goto xa_unlocked;
>> + }
>> + } else if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
>
> Maybe we should try wait_on_page_locked() here before give up?
Are you referring to the "if (!PageUptodate(page))" case?
>
>> + VM_BUG_ON(is_shmem);
>> + result = SCAN_FAIL;
>> + goto xa_locked;
>> + } else if (!is_shmem && PageDirty(page)) {
>> + result = SCAN_FAIL;
>> + goto xa_locked;
>> } else if (trylock_page(page)) {
>> get_page(page);
>> xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
> --
> Kirill A. Shutemov
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