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Date:   Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:07:52 +0530
From:   "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Ying Huang <ying.huang@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     Wei Xu <weixugc@...gle.com>, Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Tim C Chen <tim.c.chen@...el.com>,
        Brice Goglin <brice.goglin@...il.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hesham Almatary <hesham.almatary@...wei.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] mm/demotion: Update node_is_toptier to work with
 memory tiers

Ying Huang <ying.huang@...el.com> writes:

....

> > > 
>> > > is this good (not tested)?
>> > > /*
>> > >    * build the allowed promotion mask. Promotion is allowed
>> > >    * from higher memory tier to lower memory tier only if
>> > >    * lower memory tier doesn't include compute. We want to
>> > >    * skip promotion from a memory tier, if any node which is
>> > >    * part of that memory tier have CPUs. Once we detect such
>> > >    * a memory tier, we consider that tier as top tier from
>> > >    * which promotion is not allowed.
>> > >    */
>> > > list_for_each_entry_reverse(memtier, &memory_tiers, list) {
>> > > 	nodes_and(allowed, node_state[N_CPU], memtier->nodelist);
>> > > 	if (nodes_empty(allowed))
>> > > 		nodes_or(promotion_mask, promotion_mask, allowed);
>> > > 	else
>> > > 		break;
>> > > }
>> > > 
>> > > and then
>> > > 
>> > > static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
>> > > {
>> > > 
>> > > 	return !node_isset(node, promotion_mask);
>> > > }
>> > > 
>> > 
>> > This should work.  But it appears unnatural.  So, I don't think we
>> > should avoid to add more and more node masks to mitigate the design
>> > decision that we cannot access memory tier information directly.  All
>> > these becomes simple and natural, if we can access memory tier
>> > information directly.
>> > 
>> 
>> how do you derive whether node is toptier details if we have memtier 
>> details in pgdat?
>
> pgdat -> memory tier -> rank
>
> Then we can compare this rank with the fast memory rank.  The fast
> memory rank can be calculated dynamically at appropriate places.

This is what I am testing now. We still need to closely audit that lock
free access to the NODE_DATA()->memtier. For v6 I will keep this as a
separate patch and once we all agree that it is safe, I will fold it
back.

diff --git a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
index a388a806b61a..3e733de1a8a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory-tiers.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #define MAX_MEMORY_TIERS  (MAX_STATIC_MEMORY_TIERS + 2)
 
 extern bool numa_demotion_enabled;
-extern nodemask_t promotion_mask;
 int node_create_and_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier);
 int next_demotion_node(int node);
 int node_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier);
@@ -25,15 +24,7 @@ int node_get_memory_tier_id(int node);
 int node_reset_memory_tier(int node, int tier);
 void node_remove_from_memory_tier(int node);
 void node_get_allowed_targets(int node, nodemask_t *targets);
-
-/*
- * By default all nodes are top tiper. As we create new memory tiers
- * we below top tiers we add them to NON_TOP_TIER state.
- */
-static inline bool node_is_toptier(int node)
-{
-	return !node_isset(node, promotion_mask);
-}
+bool node_is_toptier(int node);
 
 #else
 #define numa_demotion_enabled	false
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index aab70355d64f..c4fcfd2b9980 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -928,6 +928,9 @@ typedef struct pglist_data {
 	/* Per-node vmstats */
 	struct per_cpu_nodestat __percpu *per_cpu_nodestats;
 	atomic_long_t		vm_stat[NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS];
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIERED_MEMORY
+	struct memory_tier *memtier;
+#endif
 } pg_data_t;
 
 #define node_present_pages(nid)	(NODE_DATA(nid)->node_present_pages)
diff --git a/mm/memory-tiers.c b/mm/memory-tiers.c
index 29a038bb38b0..31ef0fab5f19 100644
--- a/mm/memory-tiers.c
+++ b/mm/memory-tiers.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/memory.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ struct demotion_nodes {
 static void establish_migration_targets(void);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(memory_tier_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(memory_tiers);
-nodemask_t promotion_mask;
+static int top_tier_rank;
 /*
  * node_demotion[] examples:
  *
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ static void memory_tier_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	if (tier->dev.id >= MAX_STATIC_MEMORY_TIERS)
 		ida_free(&memtier_dev_id, tier->dev.id);
 
-	kfree(tier);
+	kfree_rcu(tier);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -233,6 +234,70 @@ static struct memory_tier *__get_memory_tier_from_id(int id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called with memory_tier_lock. Hence the device references cannot
+ * be dropped during this function.
+ */
+static void memtier_node_clear(int node, struct memory_tier *memtier)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+
+	pgdat = NODE_DATA(node);
+	if (!pgdat)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(pgdat->memtier, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure read side see the NULL value before we clear the node
+	 * from the nodelist.
+	 */
+	synchronize_rcu();
+	node_clear(node, memtier->nodelist);
+}
+
+static void memtier_node_set(int node, struct memory_tier *memtier)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+
+	pgdat = NODE_DATA(node);
+	if (!pgdat)
+		return;
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we mark the memtier NULL before we assign the new memory tier
+	 * to the NUMA node. This make sure that anybody looking at NODE_DATA
+	 * finds a NULL memtier or the one which is still valid.
+	 */
+	rcu_assign_pointer(pgdat->memtier, NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
+	node_set(node, memtier->nodelist);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(pgdat->memtier, memtier);
+}
+
+bool node_is_toptier(int node)
+{
+	bool toptier;
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+	struct memory_tier *memtier;
+
+	pgdat = NODE_DATA(node);
+	if (!pgdat)
+		return false;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	memtier = rcu_dereference(pgdat->memtier);
+	if (!memtier) {
+		toptier = true;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (memtier->rank >= top_tier_rank)
+		toptier = true;
+	else
+		toptier = false;
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return toptier;
+}
+
 static int __node_create_and_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -253,7 +318,7 @@ static int __node_create_and_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier)
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
-	node_set(node, memtier->nodelist);
+	memtier_node_set(node, memtier);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -275,12 +340,12 @@ int node_create_and_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier)
 	if (current_tier->dev.id == tier)
 		goto out;
 
-	node_clear(node, current_tier->nodelist);
+	memtier_node_clear(node, current_tier);
 
 	ret = __node_create_and_set_memory_tier(node, tier);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* reset it back to older tier */
-		node_set(node, current_tier->nodelist);
+		memtier_node_set(node, current_tier);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -305,7 +370,7 @@ static int __node_set_memory_tier(int node, int tier)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	node_set(node, memtier->nodelist);
+	memtier_node_set(node, memtier);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -374,12 +439,12 @@ int node_reset_memory_tier(int node, int tier)
 	if (current_tier->dev.id == tier)
 		goto out;
 
-	node_clear(node, current_tier->nodelist);
+	memtier_node_clear(node, current_tier);
 
 	ret = __node_set_memory_tier(node, tier);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* reset it back to older tier */
-		node_set(node, current_tier->nodelist);
+		memtier_node_set(node, current_tier);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -407,7 +472,7 @@ void node_remove_from_memory_tier(int node)
 	 * empty then unregister it to make it invisible
 	 * in sysfs.
 	 */
-	node_clear(node, memtier->nodelist);
+	memtier_node_clear(node, memtier);
 	if (nodes_empty(memtier->nodelist))
 		unregister_memory_tier(memtier);
 
@@ -570,15 +635,13 @@ static void establish_migration_targets(void)
 	 * a memory tier, we consider that tier as top tiper from
 	 * which promotion is not allowed.
 	 */
-	promotion_mask = NODE_MASK_NONE;
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(memtier, &memory_tiers, list) {
 		nodes_and(allowed, node_states[N_CPU], memtier->nodelist);
-		if (nodes_empty(allowed))
-			nodes_or(promotion_mask, promotion_mask, memtier->nodelist);
-		else
+		if (!nodes_empty(allowed)) {
+			top_tier_rank = memtier->rank;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
-
 	pr_emerg("top tier rank is %d\n", top_tier_rank);
 	allowed = NODE_MASK_NONE;
 	/*
@@ -748,7 +811,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *memory_tier_attr_groups[] = {
 
 static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, node;
 	struct memory_tier *memtier;
 
 	ret = subsys_system_register(&memory_tier_subsys, memory_tier_attr_groups);
@@ -766,7 +829,13 @@ static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
 		panic("%s() failed to register memory tier: %d\n", __func__, ret);
 
 	/* CPU only nodes are not part of memory tiers. */
-	memtier->nodelist = node_states[N_MEMORY];
+	for_each_node_state(node, N_MEMORY) {
+		/*
+		 * Should be safe to do this early in the boot.
+		 */
+		NODE_DATA(node)->memtier = memtier;
+		node_set(node, memtier->nodelist);
+	}
 	migrate_on_reclaim_init();
 
 	return 0;

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