Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 18:01:46 +0300
From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
To: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: shakeel.butt@...ux.dev, david@...hat.com, ying.huang@...el.com,
 hughd@...gle.com, willy@...radead.org, yosryahmed@...gle.com,
 nphamcs@...il.com, chengming.zhou@...ux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
 Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] mm: store zero pages to be swapped out in a bitmap


On 28/06/2024 18:30, Usama Arif wrote:
>
> On 27/06/2024 19:18, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>> Hi Usama,
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:55:29AM +0100, Usama Arif wrote:
>>> Approximately 10-20% of pages to be swapped out are zero pages [1].
>>> Rather than reading/writing these pages to flash resulting
>>> in increased I/O and flash wear, a bitmap can be used to mark these
>>> pages as zero at write time, and the pages can be filled at
>>> read time if the bit corresponding to the page is set.
>>> With this patch, NVMe writes in Meta server fleet decreased
>>> by almost 10% with conventional swap setup (zswap disabled).
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20171018104832epcms5p1b2232e2236258de3d03d1344dde9fce0@epcms5p1/
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
>>> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
>>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
>>> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
>>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
>>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
>>> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
>>> Cc: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> This looks great to me, and the numbers speak for themselves. A few
>> minor comments below:
>>
>>> ---
>>>   include/linux/swap.h |   1 +
>>>   mm/page_io.c         | 113 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   mm/swapfile.c        |  20 ++++++++
>>>   3 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
>>> index 3df75d62a835..ed03d421febd 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
>>> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
>>>       signed char    type;        /* strange name for an index */
>>>       unsigned int    max;        /* extent of the swap_map */
>>>       unsigned char *swap_map;    /* vmalloc'ed array of usage 
>>> counts */
>>> +    unsigned long *zeromap;        /* vmalloc'ed bitmap to track 
>>> zero pages */
>>>       struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* cluster info. Only 
>>> for SSD */
>>>       struct swap_cluster_list free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
>>>       unsigned int lowest_bit;    /* index of first free in swap_map */
>>> diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
>>> index 6c1c1828bb88..480b8f221d90 100644
>>> --- a/mm/page_io.c
>>> +++ b/mm/page_io.c
>>> @@ -172,6 +172,88 @@ int generic_swapfile_activate(struct 
>>> swap_info_struct *sis,
>>>       goto out;
>>>   }
>> It might be good to have a short comment that gives 1) an overview,
>> that we're using a bitmap to avoid doing IO for zero-filled pages and
>> 2) the locking, that the bits are protected by the locked swapcache
>> folio and atomic updates are used to protect against RMW corruption
>> due to other zero swap entries seeing concurrent updates.
>
> Thanks! have addressed the comments and will include them in next 
> revision. Just a couple of things.
>
> Will add the overview in swap_writepage when the check is made if the 
> folio is zero filled and zeromap bits are set, instead of at this point.
>
>>> +static bool is_folio_page_zero_filled(struct folio *folio, int i)
>>> +{
>>> +    unsigned long *data;
>>> +    unsigned int pos, last_pos = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*data) - 1;
>>> +    bool ret = false;
>>> +
>>> +    data = kmap_local_folio(folio, i * PAGE_SIZE);
>>> +    if (data[last_pos])
>>> +        goto out;
>>> +static void folio_zero_fill(struct folio *folio)
>>> +{
>>> +    unsigned int i;
>>> +
>>> +    for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++)
>>> +        clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, i));
>>> +}
>> Should this be in highmem.h next to the other folio_zero_* functions?
>
> Thanks for pointing to highmem.h. It already has folio_zero_range, 
> which should do the same thing, so I think I can just do 
> folio_zero_range(folio, 0, folio_size(folio)) and this function 
> shouldnt be needed.


How about this? Patch 2 to remove zswap code doesn't change.


 From b4aa285289b0d5c87b998cc48669cf3fc41fcbb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 14:52:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm: store zero pages to be swapped out in a bitmap

Approximately 10-20% of pages to be swapped out are zero pages [1].
Rather than reading/writing these pages to flash resulting
in increased I/O and flash wear, a bitmap can be used to mark these
pages as zero at write time, and the pages can be filled at
read time if the bit corresponding to the page is set.
With this patch, NVMe writes in Meta server fleet decreased
by almost 10% with conventional swap setup (zswap disabled).

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20171018104832epcms5p1b2232e2236258de3d03d1344dde9fce0@epcms5p1/

Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
Cc: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
---
  include/linux/swap.h |   1 +
  mm/page_io.c         | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
  mm/swapfile.c        |  20 ++++++++
  3 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 3df75d62a835..8c38a18320b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
      signed char    type;        /* strange name for an index */
      unsigned int    max;        /* extent of the swap_map */
      unsigned char *swap_map;    /* vmalloc'ed array of usage counts */
+    unsigned long *zeromap;        /* kvmalloc'ed bitmap to track zero 
pages */
      struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* cluster info. Only for 
SSD */
      struct swap_cluster_list free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
      unsigned int lowest_bit;    /* index of first free in swap_map */
diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index 6c1c1828bb88..6cbfb277d020 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -172,6 +172,80 @@ int generic_swapfile_activate(struct 
swap_info_struct *sis,
      goto out;
  }

+static bool is_folio_zero_filled(struct folio *folio)
+{
+    unsigned int pos, last_pos;
+    unsigned long *data;
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    last_pos = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*data) - 1;
+    for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++) {
+        data = kmap_local_folio(folio, i * PAGE_SIZE);
+        /*
+         * Check last word first, incase the page is zero-filled at
+         * the start and has non-zero data at the end, which is common
+         * in real-world workloads.
+         */
+        if (data[last_pos]) {
+            kunmap_local(data);
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (pos = 0; pos < last_pos; pos++) {
+            if (data[pos]) {
+                kunmap_local(data);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        kunmap_local(data);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void swap_zeromap_folio_set(struct folio *folio)
+{
+    struct swap_info_struct *sis = swp_swap_info(folio->swap);
+    swp_entry_t entry;
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++) {
+        entry = page_swap_entry(folio_page(folio, i));
+        set_bit(swp_offset(entry), sis->zeromap);
+    }
+}
+
+static void swap_zeromap_folio_clear(struct folio *folio)
+{
+    struct swap_info_struct *sis = swp_swap_info(folio->swap);
+    swp_entry_t entry;
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++) {
+        entry = page_swap_entry(folio_page(folio, i));
+        clear_bit(swp_offset(entry), sis->zeromap);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the index of the first subpage which is not zero-filled
+ * according to swap_info_struct->zeromap.
+ * If all pages are zero-filled according to zeromap, it will return
+ * folio_nr_pages(folio).
+ */
+static unsigned int swap_zeromap_folio_test(struct folio *folio)
+{
+    struct swap_info_struct *sis = swp_swap_info(folio->swap);
+    swp_entry_t entry;
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < folio_nr_pages(folio); i++) {
+        entry = page_swap_entry(folio_page(folio, i));
+        if (!test_bit(swp_offset(entry), sis->zeromap))
+            return i;
+    }
+    return i;
+}
+
  /*
   * We may have stale swap cache pages in memory: notice
   * them here and get rid of the unnecessary final write.
@@ -195,6 +269,25 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct 
writeback_control *wbc)
          folio_unlock(folio);
          return ret;
      }
+
+    /*
+     * Use a bitmap (zeromap) to avoid doing IO for zero-filled pages.
+     * The bits in zeromap are protected by the locked swapcache folio
+     * and atomic updates are used to protect against read-modify-write
+     * corruption due to other zero swap entries seeing concurrent updates.
+     */
+    if (is_folio_zero_filled(folio)) {
+        swap_zeromap_folio_set(folio);
+        folio_unlock(folio);
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        /*
+         * Clear bits this folio occupies in the zeromap to prevent
+         * zero data being read in from any previous zero writes that
+         * occupied the same swap entries.
+         */
+        swap_zeromap_folio_clear(folio);
+    }
      if (zswap_store(folio)) {
          folio_unlock(folio);
          return 0;
@@ -424,6 +517,26 @@ static void sio_read_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, 
long ret)
      mempool_free(sio, sio_pool);
  }

+static bool swap_read_folio_zeromap(struct folio *folio)
+{
+    unsigned int idx = swap_zeromap_folio_test(folio);
+
+    if (idx == 0)
+        return false;
+
+    /*
+     * Swapping in a large folio that is partially in the zeromap is not
+     * currently handled. Return true without marking the folio uptodate so
+     * that an IO error is emitted (e.g. do_swap_page() will sigbus).
+     */
+    if (WARN_ON_ONCE(idx < folio_nr_pages(folio)))
+        return true;
+
+    folio_zero_range(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
+    folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
+    return true;
+}
+
  static void swap_read_folio_fs(struct folio *folio, struct swap_iocb 
**plug)
  {
      struct swap_info_struct *sis = swp_swap_info(folio->swap);
@@ -514,7 +627,9 @@ void swap_read_folio(struct folio *folio, struct 
swap_iocb **plug)
      }
      delayacct_swapin_start();

-    if (zswap_load(folio)) {
+    if (swap_read_folio_zeromap(folio)) {
+        folio_unlock(folio);
+    } else if (zswap_load(folio)) {
          folio_unlock(folio);
      } else if (data_race(sis->flags & SWP_FS_OPS)) {
          swap_read_folio_fs(folio, plug);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 9c6d8e557c0f..4f8e67d18cb5 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -747,6 +747,14 @@ static void swap_range_free(struct swap_info_struct 
*si, unsigned long offset,
      unsigned long begin = offset;
      unsigned long end = offset + nr_entries - 1;
      void (*swap_slot_free_notify)(struct block_device *, unsigned long);
+    unsigned int i;
+
+    /*
+     * Use atomic clear_bit operations only on zeromap instead of 
non-atomic
+     * bitmap_clear to prevent adjacent bits corruption due to 
simultaneous writes.
+     */
+    for (i = 0; i < nr_entries; i++)
+        clear_bit(offset + i, si->zeromap);

      if (offset < si->lowest_bit)
          si->lowest_bit = offset;
@@ -2635,6 +2643,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, 
specialfile)
      free_percpu(p->cluster_next_cpu);
      p->cluster_next_cpu = NULL;
      vfree(swap_map);
+    kvfree(p->zeromap);
      kvfree(cluster_info);
      /* Destroy swap account information */
      swap_cgroup_swapoff(p->type);
@@ -3161,6 +3170,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, 
specialfile, int, swap_flags)
          goto bad_swap_unlock_inode;
      }

+    /*
+     * Use kvmalloc_array instead of bitmap_zalloc as the allocation 
order might
+     * be above MAX_PAGE_ORDER incase of a large swap file.
+     */
+    p->zeromap = kvmalloc_array(BITS_TO_LONGS(maxpages), sizeof(long),
+                    GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+    if (!p->zeromap) {
+        error = -ENOMEM;
+        goto bad_swap_unlock_inode;
+    }
+
      if (p->bdev && bdev_stable_writes(p->bdev))
          p->flags |= SWP_STABLE_WRITES;

-- 
2.43.0

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