linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remove redundant lru_add

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Message-ID: <3c7d9b8878220571cb7e0760c3a463951252b762.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:57:53 -0800
From:   Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jianfeng Wang <jianfeng.w.wang@...cle.com>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove redundant lru_add_drain() prior to unmapping
 pages

On Tue, 2023-12-12 at 23:28 -0800, Jianfeng Wang wrote:
> When unmapping VMA pages, pages will be gathered in batch and released by
> tlb_finish_mmu() if CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER is not set. The function
> tlb_finish_mmu() is responsible for calling free_pages_and_swap_cache(),
> which calls lru_add_drain() to drain cached pages in folio_batch before
> releasing gathered pages. Thus, it is redundant to call lru_add_drain()
> before gathering pages, if CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER is not set.
> 
> Remove lru_add_drain() prior to gathering and unmapping pages in
> exit_mmap() and unmap_region() if CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER is not set.
> 
> Note that the page unmapping process in oom_killer (e.g., in
> __oom_reap_task_mm()) also uses tlb_finish_mmu() and does not have
> redundant lru_add_drain(). So, this commit makes the code more consistent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Wang <jianfeng.w.wang@...cle.com>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 1971bfffcc03..0451285dee4f 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2330,7 +2330,9 @@ static void unmap_region(struct mm_struct *mm, struct ma_state *mas,
>  	struct mmu_gather tlb;
>  	unsigned long mt_start = mas->index;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER

In your comment you say skip lru_add_drain() when CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER
is *not* set.  So shouldn't this be

#ifndef CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER ?

>  	lru_add_drain();
> +#endif
>  	tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
>  	update_hiwater_rss(mm);
>  	unmap_vmas(&tlb, mas, vma, start, end, tree_end, mm_wr_locked);
> @@ -3300,7 +3302,9 @@ void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER

same question as above.

>  	lru_add_drain();
> +#endif
>  	flush_cache_mm(mm);
>  	tlb_gather_mmu_fullmm(&tlb, mm);
>  	/* update_hiwater_rss(mm) here? but nobody should be looking */