linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] mm: don't take lru lock when splitting isolated thp

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Date:   Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:39:36 -0600
From:   Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>, Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
        Shuang Zhai <zhais@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] mm: don't take lru lock when splitting isolated thp

We won't put its tail pages on lru when splitting an isolated thp
under reclaim or migration, and therefore we don't need to take the
lru lock.

Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Shuang Zhai <zhais@...gle.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index afff3ac87067..d8b655856e79 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -2342,17 +2342,14 @@ static void remap_page(struct page *page, unsigned int nr)
 	}
 }
 
-static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *tail,
-		struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *list)
+static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *tail, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(head), head);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageCompound(tail), head);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageLRU(tail), head);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&lruvec->lru_lock);
 
 	if (list) {
-		/* page reclaim is reclaiming a huge page */
-		VM_WARN_ON(PageLRU(head));
+		/* page reclaim or migration is splitting an isolated thp */
 		get_page(tail);
 		list_add_tail(&tail->lru, list);
 	} else {
@@ -2363,8 +2360,7 @@ static void lru_add_page_tail(struct page *head, struct page *tail,
 	}
 }
 
-static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
-		struct lruvec *lruvec, struct list_head *list)
+static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail, struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct page *page_tail = head + tail;
 
@@ -2425,19 +2421,21 @@ static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
 	 * pages to show after the currently processed elements - e.g.
 	 * migrate_pages
 	 */
-	lru_add_page_tail(head, page_tail, lruvec, list);
+	lru_add_page_tail(head, page_tail, list);
 }
 
 static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
 		pgoff_t end)
 {
 	struct page *head = compound_head(page);
-	struct lruvec *lruvec;
+	struct lruvec *lruvec = NULL;
 	struct address_space *swap_cache = NULL;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	unsigned int nr = thp_nr_pages(head);
 	int i;
 
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(list && PageLRU(head), head);
+
 	/* complete memcg works before add pages to LRU */
 	split_page_memcg(head, nr);
 
@@ -2450,10 +2448,11 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
 	}
 
 	/* lock lru list/PageCompound, ref frozen by page_ref_freeze */
-	lruvec = lock_page_lruvec(head);
+	if (!list)
+		lruvec = lock_page_lruvec(head);
 
 	for (i = nr - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
-		__split_huge_page_tail(head, i, lruvec, list);
+		__split_huge_page_tail(head, i, list);
 		/* Some pages can be beyond i_size: drop them from page cache */
 		if (head[i].index >= end) {
 			ClearPageDirty(head + i);
@@ -2471,7 +2470,8 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
 	}
 
 	ClearPageCompound(head);
-	unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);
+	if (lruvec)
+		unlock_page_lruvec(lruvec);
 	/* Caller disabled irqs, so they are still disabled here */
 
 	split_page_owner(head, nr);
@@ -2645,6 +2645,7 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(is_huge_zero_page(head), head);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(head), head);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageCompound(head), head);
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(list && PageLRU(head), head);
 
 	if (PageWriteback(head))
 		return -EBUSY;
-- 
2.32.0.554.ge1b32706d8-goog