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Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:21:08 +0800
From:   Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
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        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [External] [PATCH v2 5/8] hugetlb: call update_and_free_page
 without hugetlb_lock

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 7:24 AM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> With the introduction of remove_hugetlb_page(), there is no need for
> update_and_free_page to hold the hugetlb lock.  Change all callers to
> drop the lock before calling.
>
> With additional code modifications, this will allow loops which decrease
> the huge page pool to drop the hugetlb_lock with each page to reduce
> long hold times.
>
> The ugly unlock/lock cycle in free_pool_huge_page will be removed in
> a subsequent patch which restructures free_pool_huge_page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
> ---
>  mm/hugetlb.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 16beabbbbe49..dec7bd0dc63d 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1451,16 +1451,18 @@ static void __free_huge_page(struct page *page)
>
>         if (HPageTemporary(page)) {
>                 remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, false);
> +               spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>                 update_and_free_page(h, page);
>         } else if (h->surplus_huge_pages_node[nid]) {
>                 /* remove the page from active list */
>                 remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, true);
> +               spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>                 update_and_free_page(h, page);
>         } else {
>                 arch_clear_hugepage_flags(page);
>                 enqueue_huge_page(h, page);
> +               spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>         }
> -       spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>  }
>
>  /*
> @@ -1741,7 +1743,13 @@ static int free_pool_huge_page(struct hstate *h, nodemask_t *nodes_allowed,
>                                 list_entry(h->hugepage_freelists[node].next,
>                                           struct page, lru);
>                         remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, acct_surplus);
> +                       /*
> +                        * unlock/lock around update_and_free_page is temporary
> +                        * and will be removed with subsequent patch.
> +                        */
> +                       spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>                         update_and_free_page(h, page);
> +                       spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
>                         ret = 1;
>                         break;
>                 }
> @@ -1810,8 +1818,9 @@ int dissolve_free_huge_page(struct page *page)
>                 }
>                 remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, false);
>                 h->max_huge_pages--;
> +               spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
>                 update_and_free_page(h, head);
> -               rc = 0;
> +               return 0;
>         }
>  out:
>         spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> @@ -2674,22 +2683,35 @@ static void try_to_free_low(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
>                                                 nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
>  {
>         int i;
> +       struct page *page, *next;
> +       LIST_HEAD(page_list);
>
>         if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
>                 return;
>
> +       /*
> +        * Collect pages to be freed on a list, and free after dropping lock
> +        */
> +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&page_list);

INIT_LIST_HEAD is unnecessary. Because the macro of
LIST_HEAD already initializes the list_head structure.

>         for_each_node_mask(i, *nodes_allowed) {
> -               struct page *page, *next;
>                 struct list_head *freel = &h->hugepage_freelists[i];
>                 list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, freel, lru) {
>                         if (count >= h->nr_huge_pages)
> -                               return;
> +                               goto out;
>                         if (PageHighMem(page))
>                                 continue;
>                         remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, false);
> -                       update_and_free_page(h, page);
> +                       list_add(&page->lru, &page_list);
>                 }
>         }
> +
> +out:
> +       spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, &page_list, lru) {
> +               update_and_free_page(h, page);
> +               cond_resched();
> +       }
> +       spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
>  }
>  #else
>  static inline void try_to_free_low(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
> --
> 2.30.2
>

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