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Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 00:30:22 +1200
From: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, chrisl@...nel.org,
surenb@...gle.com, kasong@...cent.com, minchan@...nel.org,
willy@...radead.org, ryan.roberts@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: swap: reuse exclusive folio directly instead of
wp page faults
On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 12:20 AM Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 12:10 AM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 31.05.24 13:55, Barry Song wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 11:08 PM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 31.05.24 12:48, Barry Song wrote:
> > >>> From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>
> > >>>
> > >>> After swapping out, we perform a swap-in operation. If we first read
> > >>> and then write, we encounter a major fault in do_swap_page for reading,
> > >>> along with additional minor faults in do_wp_page for writing. However,
> > >>> the latter appears to be unnecessary and inefficient. Instead, we can
> > >>> directly reuse in do_swap_page and completely eliminate the need for
> > >>> do_wp_page.
> > >>>
> > >>> This patch achieves that optimization specifically for exclusive folios.
> > >>> The following microbenchmark demonstrates the significant reduction in
> > >>> minor faults.
> > >>>
> > >>> #define DATA_SIZE (2UL * 1024 * 1024)
> > >>> #define PAGE_SIZE (4UL * 1024)
> > >>>
> > >>> static void *read_write_data(char *addr)
> > >>> {
> > >>> char tmp;
> > >>>
> > >>> for (int i = 0; i < DATA_SIZE; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
> > >>> tmp = *(volatile char *)(addr + i);
> > >>> *(volatile char *)(addr + i) = tmp;
> > >>> }
> > >>> }
> > >>>
> > >>> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> > >>> {
> > >>> struct rusage ru;
> > >>>
> > >>> char *addr = mmap(NULL, DATA_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> > >>> MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
> > >>> memset(addr, 0x11, DATA_SIZE);
> > >>>
> > >>> do {
> > >>> long old_ru_minflt, old_ru_majflt;
> > >>> long new_ru_minflt, new_ru_majflt;
> > >>>
> > >>> madvise(addr, DATA_SIZE, MADV_PAGEOUT);
> > >>>
> > >>> getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru);
> > >>> old_ru_minflt = ru.ru_minflt;
> > >>> old_ru_majflt = ru.ru_majflt;
> > >>>
> > >>> read_write_data(addr);
> > >>> getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru);
> > >>> new_ru_minflt = ru.ru_minflt;
> > >>> new_ru_majflt = ru.ru_majflt;
> > >>>
> > >>> printf("minor faults:%ld major faults:%ld\n",
> > >>> new_ru_minflt - old_ru_minflt,
> > >>> new_ru_majflt - old_ru_majflt);
> > >>> } while(0);
> > >>>
> > >>> return 0;
> > >>> }
> > >>>
> > >>> w/o patch,
> > >>> / # ~/a.out
> > >>> minor faults:512 major faults:512
> > >>>
> > >>> w/ patch,
> > >>> / # ~/a.out
> > >>> minor faults:0 major faults:512
> > >>>
> > >>> Minor faults decrease to 0!
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>
> > >>> ---
> > >>> mm/memory.c | 7 ++++---
> > >>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > >>> index eef4e482c0c2..e1d2e339958e 100644
> > >>> --- a/mm/memory.c
> > >>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > >>> @@ -4325,9 +4325,10 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > >>> */
> > >>> if (!folio_test_ksm(folio) &&
> > >>> (exclusive || folio_ref_count(folio) == 1)) {
> > >>> - if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
> > >>> - pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
> > >>> - vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > >>> + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) {
> > >>> + pte = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
> > >>> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
> > >>> + vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > >>
> > >> This implies, that even on a read fault, you would mark the pte dirty
> > >> and it would have to be written back to swap if still in the swap cache
> > >> and only read.
> > >>
> > >> That is controversial.
> > >>
> > >> What is less controversial is doing what mprotect() via
> > >> change_pte_range()/can_change_pte_writable() would do: mark the PTE
> > >> writable but not dirty.
> > >>
> > >> I suggest setting the pte only dirty if FAULT_FLAG_WRITE is set.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > I assume you mean something as below?
> >
> > It raises an important point: uffd-wp must be handled accordingly.
> >
> > >
> > > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> > > index eef4e482c0c2..dbf1ba8ccfd6 100644
> > > --- a/mm/memory.c
> > > +++ b/mm/memory.c
> > > @@ -4317,6 +4317,10 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > > add_mm_counter(vma->vm_mm, MM_SWAPENTS, -nr_pages);
> > > pte = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
> > >
> > > + if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(vmf->orig_pte))
> > > + pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
> > > + if (pte_swp_uffd_wp(vmf->orig_pte))
> > > + pte = pte_mkuffd_wp(pte);
> > > /*
> > > * Same logic as in do_wp_page(); however, optimize for pages that are
> > > * certainly not shared either because we just allocated them without
> > > @@ -4325,18 +4329,19 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> > > */
> > > if (!folio_test_ksm(folio) &&
> > > (exclusive || folio_ref_count(folio) == 1)) {
> > > - if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
> > > - pte = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
> > > - vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > > + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) {
> > > + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
> > > + pte = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
> > > + vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > > + } else if ((!vma_soft_dirty_enabled(vma) ||
> > > pte_soft_dirty(pte))
> > > + && !userfaultfd_pte_wp(vma, pte)) {
> > > + pte = pte_mkwrite(pte, vma);
> >
> > Even with FAULT_FLAG_WRITE we must respect uffd-wp and *not* do a
> > pte_mkwrite(pte). So we have to catch and handle that earlier (I could
> > have sworn we handle that somehow).
> >
> > Note that the existing
> > pte = pte_mkuffd_wp(pte);
> >
> > Will fix that up because it does an implicit pte_wrprotect().
>
> This is exactly what I have missed as I am struggling with why WRITE_FAULT
> blindly does mkwrite without checking userfaultfd_pte_wp().
>
> >
> >
> > So maybe what would work is
> >
> >
> > if ((vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) && !userfaultfd_pte_wp(vma, pte) &&
> > !vma_soft_dirty_enabled(vma)) {
> > pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
> >
> > /* Only set the PTE dirty on write fault. */
> > if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
> > pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
> > vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
> > }
WRITE_FAULT has a pte_mkdirty, so it doesn't need to check
"!vma_soft_dirty_enabled(vma)"?
Maybe I thought too much, just the simple code below should work?
if (!folio_test_ksm(folio) &&
(exclusive || folio_ref_count(folio) == 1)) {
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE) {
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
pte = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(pte), vma);
vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
} else {
pte = pte_mkwrite(pte, vma);
}
}
rmap_flags |= RMAP_EXCLUSIVE;
}
if (pte_swp_soft_dirty(vmf->orig_pte))
pte = pte_mksoft_dirty(pte);
if (pte_swp_uffd_wp(vmf->orig_pte))
pte = pte_mkuffd_wp(pte);
This still uses the implicit wrprotect of pte_mkuffd_wp.
> > }
> >
>
> looks good!
>
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David / dhildenb
> >
>
> Thanks
> Barry
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