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Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 13:34:20 -0800
From: Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] mm: migrate: simplify the logic for handling
permanent failure
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 12:03 PM Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> On 3 Nov 2020, at 8:03, Yang Shi wrote:
>
> > When unmap_and_move{_huge_page}() returns !-EAGAIN and !MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS,
> > the page would be put back to LRU or proper list if it is non-LRU movable
> > page. But, the callers always call putback_movable_pages() to put the
> > failed pages back later on, so it seems not very efficient to put every
> > single page back immediately, and the code looks convoluted.
> >
> > Put the failed page on a separate list, then splice the list to migrate
> > list when all pages are tried. It is the caller's responsibility to
> > call putback_movable_pages() to handle failures. This also makes the
> > code simpler and more readable.
> >
> > After the change the rules are:
> > * Success: non hugetlb page will be freed, hugetlb page will be put
> > back
> > * -EAGAIN: stay on the from list
> > * -ENOMEM: stay on the from list
> > * Other errno: put on ret_pages list then splice to from list
>
> Can you put this before the switch case in the migrate_pages? That will
> be very helpful to understand the code.
Sure, I agree the switch case deserves some comments.
> >
> > The from list would be empty iff all pages are migrated successfully, it
>
> s/iff/if unless you really mean if and only if. :)
Yes, I mean if and only if.
>
>
> Everything else looks good to me. Thanks for making the code cleaner.
> With the changes above, you can add Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>.
Thanks.
>
> > was not so before. This has no impact to current existing callsites.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>
> > ---
> > mm/migrate.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> > index 8a2e7e19e27b..c33c92495ead 100644
> > --- a/mm/migrate.c
> > +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> > @@ -1169,7 +1169,8 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > free_page_t put_new_page,
> > unsigned long private, struct page *page,
> > int force, enum migrate_mode mode,
> > - enum migrate_reason reason)
> > + enum migrate_reason reason,
> > + struct list_head *ret)
> > {
> > int rc = MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
> > struct page *newpage = NULL;
> > @@ -1206,7 +1207,14 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > * migrated will have kept its references and be restored.
> > */
> > list_del(&page->lru);
> > + }
> >
> > + /*
> > + * If migration is successful, releases reference grabbed during
> > + * isolation. Otherwise, restore the page to right list unless
> > + * we want to retry.
> > + */
> > + if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS) {
> > /*
> > * Compaction can migrate also non-LRU pages which are
> > * not accounted to NR_ISOLATED_*. They can be recognized
> > @@ -1215,35 +1223,16 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > if (likely(!__PageMovable(page)))
> > mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_ISOLATED_ANON +
> > page_is_file_lru(page), -thp_nr_pages(page));
> > - }
> >
> > - /*
> > - * If migration is successful, releases reference grabbed during
> > - * isolation. Otherwise, restore the page to right list unless
> > - * we want to retry.
> > - */
> > - if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS) {
> > if (reason != MR_MEMORY_FAILURE)
> > /*
> > * We release the page in page_handle_poison.
> > */
> > put_page(page);
> > } else {
> > - if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
> > - if (likely(!__PageMovable(page))) {
> > - putback_lru_page(page);
> > - goto put_new;
> > - }
> > + if (rc != -EAGAIN)
> > + list_add_tail(&page->lru, ret);
> >
> > - lock_page(page);
> > - if (PageMovable(page))
> > - putback_movable_page(page);
> > - else
> > - __ClearPageIsolated(page);
> > - unlock_page(page);
> > - put_page(page);
> > - }
> > -put_new:
> > if (put_new_page)
> > put_new_page(newpage, private);
> > else
> > @@ -1274,7 +1263,8 @@ static int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > free_page_t put_new_page, unsigned long private,
> > struct page *hpage, int force,
> > - enum migrate_mode mode, int reason)
> > + enum migrate_mode mode, int reason,
> > + struct list_head *ret)
> > {
> > int rc = -EAGAIN;
> > int page_was_mapped = 0;
> > @@ -1290,7 +1280,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > * kicking migration.
> > */
> > if (!hugepage_migration_supported(page_hstate(hpage))) {
> > - putback_active_hugepage(hpage);
> > + list_move_tail(&hpage->lru, ret);
> > return -ENOSYS;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -1372,8 +1362,10 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > out_unlock:
> > unlock_page(hpage);
> > out:
> > - if (rc != -EAGAIN)
> > + if (rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
> > putback_active_hugepage(hpage);
> > + else if (rc != -EAGAIN && rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
> > + list_move_tail(&hpage->lru, ret);
> >
> > /*
> > * If migration was not successful and there's a freeing callback, use
> > @@ -1404,8 +1396,8 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
> > *
> > * The function returns after 10 attempts or if no pages are movable any more
> > * because the list has become empty or no retryable pages exist any more.
> > - * The caller should call putback_movable_pages() to return pages to the LRU
> > - * or free list only if ret != 0.
> > + * It is caller's responsibility to call putback_movable_pages() to return pages
> > + * to the LRU or free list only if ret != 0.
> > *
> > * Returns the number of pages that were not migrated, or an error code.
> > */
> > @@ -1426,6 +1418,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
> > struct page *page2;
> > int swapwrite = current->flags & PF_SWAPWRITE;
> > int rc, nr_subpages;
> > + LIST_HEAD(ret_pages);
> >
> > if (!swapwrite)
> > current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
> > @@ -1448,11 +1441,12 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
> > if (PageHuge(page))
> > rc = unmap_and_move_huge_page(get_new_page,
> > put_new_page, private, page,
> > - pass > 2, mode, reason);
> > + pass > 2, mode, reason,
> > + &ret_pages);
> > else
> > rc = unmap_and_move(get_new_page, put_new_page,
> > private, page, pass > 2, mode,
> > - reason);
> > + reason, &ret_pages);
> >
> > switch(rc) {
> > case -ENOMEM:
> > @@ -1519,6 +1513,12 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
> > nr_thp_failed += thp_retry;
> > rc = nr_failed;
> > out:
> > + /*
> > + * Put the permanent failure page back to migration list, they
> > + * will be put back to the right list by the caller.
> > + */
> > + list_splice(&ret_pages, from);
> > +
> > count_vm_events(PGMIGRATE_SUCCESS, nr_succeeded);
> > count_vm_events(PGMIGRATE_FAIL, nr_failed);
> > count_vm_events(THP_MIGRATION_SUCCESS, nr_thp_succeeded);
> > --
> > 2.26.2
>
>
> —
> Best Regards,
> Yan Zi
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