linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: stackdepot: Add support to configure STACK_HASH

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Message-ID: <ed4a1e75-3e3a-4950-7bb5-3d83db7bf054@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:26:24 +0530
From:   Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@...eaurora.org>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:     glider@...gle.com, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        broonie@...nel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Yogesh Lal <ylal@...eaurora.org>,
        Vinayak Menon <vinmenon@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: stackdepot: Add support to configure STACK_HASH_SIZE



On 11/4/2020 3:59 PM, Vijayanand Jitta wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/4/2020 4:57 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
>> Sorry if this mail corrupts the mail thread or had heavy mangling
>> since I lost this mail from my mailbox so I am sending this mail by
>> web gmail.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:18 AM <vjitta@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Yogesh Lal <ylal@...eaurora.org>
>>>
>>> Use STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT to configure STACK_HASH_SIZE.
>>>
>>> Aim is to have configurable value for  STACK_HASH_SIZE,
>>> so depend on use case one can configure it.
>>>
>>> One example is of Page Owner, default value of
>>> STACK_HASH_SIZE lead stack depot to consume 8MB of static memory.
>>> Making it configurable and use lower value helps to enable features like
>>> CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER without any significant overhead.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Lal <ylal@...eaurora.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vinayak Menon <vinmenon@...eaurora.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@...eaurora.org>
>>> ---
>>>  lib/Kconfig      | 9 +++++++++
>>>  lib/stackdepot.c | 3 +--
>>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
>>> index 18d76b6..b3f8259 100644
>>> --- a/lib/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
>>> @@ -651,6 +651,15 @@ config STACKDEPOT
>>>         bool
>>>         select STACKTRACE
>>>
>>> +config STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT
>>> +       int "stack depot hash size (12 => 4KB, 20 => 1024KB)"
>>> +       range 12 20
>>> +       default 20
>>> +       depends on STACKDEPOT
>>> +       help
>>> +        Select the hash size as a power of 2 for the stackdepot hash table.
>>> +        Choose a lower value to reduce the memory impact.
>>> +
>>>  config SBITMAP
>>>         bool
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
>>> index 2caffc6..413c20b 100644
>>> --- a/lib/stackdepot.c
>>> +++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
>>> @@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static struct stack_record *depot_alloc_stack(unsigned long *entries, int size,
>>>         return stack;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> -#define STACK_HASH_ORDER 20
>>> -#define STACK_HASH_SIZE (1L << STACK_HASH_ORDER)
>>> +#define STACK_HASH_SIZE (1L << CONFIG_STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT)
>>>  #define STACK_HASH_MASK (STACK_HASH_SIZE - 1)
>>>  #define STACK_HASH_SEED 0x9747b28c
>>>
>>> --
>>> QUALCOMM INDIA, on behalf of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation
>>> 2.7.4
>>>
>>
>> 1. When we don't use page_owner, we don't want to waste any memory for
>> stackdepot hash array.
>> 2. When we use page_owner, we want to have reasonable stackdeport hash array
>>
>> With this configuration, it couldn't meet since we always need to
>> reserve a reasonable size for the array.
>> Can't we make the hash size as a kernel parameter?
>> With it, we could use it like this.
>>
>> 1. page_owner=off, stackdepot_stack_hash=0 -> no more wasted memory
>> when we don't use page_owner
>> 2. page_owner=on, stackdepot_stack_hash=8M -> reasonable hash size
>> when we use page_owner.
>>
>>
> 
> This idea looks fine to me. Andrew and others would like to hear your
> comments as well on this before implementing.
> 
> Thanks,
> Vijay
> 

Awaiting for comments from Andrew and others.

Thanks,
Vijay
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