linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] powerpc: Chunk calls to flush_dcache_range in arch_*

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Message-ID: <3bde4dbc-5176-0df5-a0bf-993eef2a333b@c-s.fr>
Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 08:19:38 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Alastair D'Silva <alastair@....ibm.com>, alastair@...ilva.org
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] powerpc: Chunk calls to flush_dcache_range in
 arch_*_memory



Le 03/09/2019 à 07:23, Alastair D'Silva a écrit :
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@...ilva.org>
> 
> When presented with large amounts of memory being hotplugged
> (in my test case, ~890GB), the call to flush_dcache_range takes
> a while (~50 seconds), triggering RCU stalls.
> 
> This patch breaks up the call into 1GB chunks, calling
> cond_resched() inbetween to allow the scheduler to run.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@...ilva.org>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> index cd540123874d..854aaea2c6ae 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
> @@ -104,11 +104,14 @@ int __weak remove_section_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>   	return -ENODEV;
>   }
>   
> +#define FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE SZ_1G

Maybe the name is a bit long for a local define. See if we could reduce 
code line splits below by shortening this name.

> +
>   int __ref arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>   			struct mhp_restrictions *restrictions)
>   {
>   	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>   	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	u64 i;
>   	int rc;
>   
>   	resize_hpt_for_hotplug(memblock_phys_mem_size());
> @@ -120,7 +123,12 @@ int __ref arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>   			start, start + size, rc);
>   		return -EFAULT;
>   	}
> -	flush_dcache_range(start, start + size);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < size; i += FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE) {
> +		flush_dcache_range(start + i,
> +				   min(start + size, start + i + FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE));

My eyes don't like it.

What about
	for (; i < size; i += FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE) {
		int len = min(size - i, FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE);

		flush_dcache_range(start + i, start + i + len);
		cond_resched();
	}

or

	end = start + size;
	for (; start < end; start += FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE, size -= FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE) {
		int len = min(size, FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE);

		flush_dcache_range(start, start + len);
		cond_resched();
	}

> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
>   
>   	return __add_pages(nid, start_pfn, nr_pages, restrictions);
>   }
> @@ -131,13 +139,19 @@ void __ref arch_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size,
>   	unsigned long start_pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>   	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>   	struct page *page = pfn_to_page(start_pfn) + vmem_altmap_offset(altmap);
> +	u64 i;
>   	int ret;
>   
>   	__remove_pages(page_zone(page), start_pfn, nr_pages, altmap);
>   
>   	/* Remove htab bolted mappings for this section of memory */
>   	start = (unsigned long)__va(start);
> -	flush_dcache_range(start, start + size);
> +	for (i = 0; i < size; i += FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE) {
> +		flush_dcache_range(start + i,
> +				   min(start + size, start + i + FLUSH_CHUNK_SIZE));
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}
> +

This piece of code looks pretty similar to the one before. Can we 
refactor into a small helper ?

>   	ret = remove_section_mapping(start, start + size);
>   	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
>   
> 

Christophe