linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: improve hugetlb

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:22:30 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
Cc:     Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>, david@...hat.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, corbet@....net, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: improve hugetlb_vmemmap code
 readability

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 05:01:43PM +0800”, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:33:48AM +0200, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 02:35:12PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> > > -static __init int hugetlb_vmemmap_sysctls_init(void)
> > > +static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(void)
> > >  {
> > > +	const struct hstate *h;
> > > +	bool optimizable = false;
> > > +
> > >  	/*
> > > -	 * If "struct page" crosses page boundaries, the vmemmap pages cannot
> > > -	 * be optimized.
> > > +	 * There are only (RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page)) struct
> > > +	 * page structs that can be used when HVO is enabled.
> > >  	 */
> > > -	if (is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)))
> > > -		register_sysctl_init("vm", hugetlb_vmemmap_sysctls);
> > > +	BUILD_BUG_ON(__NR_USED_SUBPAGE >= RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page));
> > 
> > I need to take another look, but from the first glance there is something
> > here that caught my eye.
> >
> 
> Thanks for taking a look. This is introduced in commit f41f2ed43ca5.
>  
> > > +
> > > +	for_each_hstate(h) {
> > > +		char buf[16];
> > > +		unsigned int size = 0;
> > > +
> > > +		if (hugetlb_vmemmap_optimizable(h))
> > > +			size = hugetlb_vmemmap_size(h) - RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE;
> > > +		optimizable = size ? true : optimizable;
> > 
> > This feels weird, just use false instead of optimizable.
> >
> 
> This is a loop, we shoud keep "optimizable" as "true" as long as there is one
> hstate is optimizable. How about:
> 
>   if (size)
> 	optimizable = true;
> 
> > > +		string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf,
> > > +				sizeof(buf));
> > > +		pr_info("%d KiB vmemmap can be optimized for a %s page\n",
> > > +			size / SZ_1K, buf);
> > 
> > I do not have a strong opinion but I wonder whether this brings a lot.
> >
> 
> I thought the users can know what size HugeTLB is optimizable via
> this log.  E.g. On aarch64, 64KB HugeTLB cannot be optimizable.
> I do not have a strong opinion as well, if anyone think it is
> unnecessary, I'll drop it in next version.

I do not have a strong opinion.  I think it adds a little information.  For me,
the new logging of number of pages vmemmap optimized at boot seems a bit
redundant.  Here is a BEFORE/AFTER comparison.

BEFORE
------
[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-5.19.0-rc1-next-20220610+ root=UUID=49c13301-2555-44dc-847b-caabe1d62bdf ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 audit=0 transparent_hugepage=always hugetlb_free_vmemmap=on hugepages=512
...
[    0.330930] HugeTLB: can optimize 4095 vmemmap pages for hugepages-1048576kB
[    0.350450] HugeTLB: can optimize 7 vmemmap pages for hugepages-2048kB
[    0.359282] HugeTLB registered 1.00 GiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    0.359285] HugeTLB registered 2.00 MiB page size, pre-allocated 512 pages

AFTER
-----
[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-5.19.0-rc1-next-20220610+ root=UUID=49c13301-2555-44dc-847b-caabe1d62bdf ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 audit=0 transparent_hugepage=always hugetlb_free_vmemmap=on hugepages=512
...
[    0.409068] HugeTLB registered 1.00 GiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    0.409071] HugeTLB registered 2.00 MiB page size, pre-allocated 512 pages
[    1.246107] HugeTLB: 16380 KiB vmemmap can be optimized for a 1.00 GiB page
[    1.246110] HugeTLB: 28 KiB vmemmap can be optimized for a 2.00 MiB page
[    1.246123] HugeTLB: 512 huge pages whose vmemmap are optimized at boot

When I read those messages, I am not sure if 'optimized' is the best
word to use.  I know that using alloc/free throughout the code was
confusing.  But, wouldn't it perhaps be more clear to the end user if
the messages read?

HugeTLB: 16380 KiB vmemmap can be freed for a 1.00 GiB page

Also, how about having report_hugepages() call a routine that prints the
vmemmmap savings.  Then output could then look something like:

HugeTLB: registered 1.00 GiB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
	 16380 KiB vmemmap can be freed for a 1.00 GiB page
HugeTLB: registered 2.00 MiB page size, pre-allocated 512 pages
	 28 KiB vmemmap can be free for a 2.00 MiB page

Not insisting on these changes.  Just wanted to share the ideas.


Overall, the code improvements look good.
-- 
Mike Kravetz