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Message-ID: <2f621027-37eb-4dd9-a517-f431364485d9@126.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:17:24 +0800
From: Ge Yang <yangge1116@....com>
To: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, david@...hat.com,
baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, vbabka@...e.cz, liuzixing@...on.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6] mm, compaction: don't use ALLOC_CMA in long term GUP
flow
在 2024/12/17 14:31, Barry Song 写道:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM <yangge1116@....com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: yangge <yangge1116@....com>
>>>
>>> Since commit 984fdba6a32e ("mm, compaction: use proper alloc_flags
>>> in __compaction_suitable()") allow compaction to proceed when free
>>> pages required for compaction reside in the CMA pageblocks, it's
>>> possible that __compaction_suitable() always returns true, and in
>>> some cases, it's not acceptable.
>>>
>>> There are 4 NUMA nodes on my machine, and each NUMA node has 32GB
>>> of memory. I have configured 16GB of CMA memory on each NUMA node,
>>> and starting a 32GB virtual machine with device passthrough is
>>> extremely slow, taking almost an hour.
>>>
>>> During the start-up of the virtual machine, it will call
>>> pin_user_pages_remote(..., FOLL_LONGTERM, ...) to allocate memory.
>>> Long term GUP cannot allocate memory from CMA area, so a maximum
>>> of 16 GB of no-CMA memory on a NUMA node can be used as virtual
>>> machine memory. Since there is 16G of free CMA memory on the NUMA
>>
>> Other unmovable allocations, like dma_buf, which can be large in a
>> Linux system, are
>> also unable to allocate memory from CMA. My question is whether the issue you
>> described applies to these allocations as well.
>>
>>> node, watermark for order-0 always be met for compaction, so
>>> __compaction_suitable() always returns true, even if the node is
>>> unable to allocate non-CMA memory for the virtual machine.
>>>
>>> For costly allocations, because __compaction_suitable() always
>>> returns true, __alloc_pages_slowpath() can't exit at the appropriate
>>> place, resulting in excessively long virtual machine startup times.
>>> Call trace:
>>> __alloc_pages_slowpath
>>> if (compact_result == COMPACT_SKIPPED ||
>>> compact_result == COMPACT_DEFERRED)
>>> goto nopage; // should exit __alloc_pages_slowpath() from here
>>>
>>
>> Do we face the same issue if we allocate dma-buf while CMA has plenty
>> of free memory, but non-CMA has none?
>>
>>> In order to quickly fall back to remote node, we should remove
>>> ALLOC_CMA both in __compaction_suitable() and __isolate_free_page()
>>> in long term GUP flow. After this fix, starting a 32GB virtual machine
>>> with device passthrough takes only a few seconds.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 984fdba6a32e ("mm, compaction: use proper alloc_flags in __compaction_suitable()")
>>> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: yangge <yangge1116@....com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> V6:
>>> -- update cc->alloc_flags to keep the original loginc
>>>
>>> V5:
>>> - add 'alloc_flags' parameter for __isolate_free_page()
>>> - remove 'usa_cma' variable
>>>
>>> V4:
>>> - rich the commit log description
>>>
>>> V3:
>>> - fix build errors
>>> - add ALLOC_CMA both in should_continue_reclaim() and compaction_ready()
>>>
>>> V2:
>>> - using the 'cc->alloc_flags' to determin if 'ALLOC_CMA' is needed
>>> - rich the commit log description
>>>
>>> include/linux/compaction.h | 6 ++++--
>>> mm/compaction.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
>>> mm/internal.h | 3 ++-
>>> mm/page_alloc.c | 7 +++++--
>>> mm/page_isolation.c | 3 ++-
>>> mm/page_reporting.c | 2 +-
>>> mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++--
>>> 7 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
>>> index e947764..b4c3ac3 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/compaction.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
>>> @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ extern enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask,
>>> struct page **page);
>>> extern void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat);
>>> extern bool compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
>>> - int highest_zoneidx);
>>> + int highest_zoneidx,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags);
>>>
>>> extern void compaction_defer_reset(struct zone *zone, int order,
>>> bool alloc_success);
>>> @@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ static inline void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>>> }
>>>
>>> static inline bool compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
>>> - int highest_zoneidx)
>>> + int highest_zoneidx,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags)
>>> {
>>> return false;
>>> }
>>> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
>>> index 07bd227..d92ba6c 100644
>>> --- a/mm/compaction.c
>>> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
>>> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc,
>>>
>>> /* Found a free page, will break it into order-0 pages */
>>> order = buddy_order(page);
>>> - isolated = __isolate_free_page(page, order);
>>> + isolated = __isolate_free_page(page, order, cc->alloc_flags);
>>> if (!isolated)
>>> break;
>>> set_page_private(page, order);
>>> @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ static void fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc)
>>>
>>> /* Isolate the page if available */
>>> if (page) {
>>> - if (__isolate_free_page(page, order)) {
>>> + if (__isolate_free_page(page, order, cc->alloc_flags)) {
>>> set_page_private(page, order);
>>> nr_isolated = 1 << order;
>>> nr_scanned += nr_isolated - 1;
>>> @@ -2381,6 +2381,7 @@ static enum compact_result compact_finished(struct compact_control *cc)
>>>
>>> static bool __compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
>>> int highest_zoneidx,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags,
>>> unsigned long wmark_target)
>>> {
>>> unsigned long watermark;
>>> @@ -2395,25 +2396,26 @@ static bool __compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
>>> * even if compaction succeeds.
>>> * For costly orders, we require low watermark instead of min for
>>> * compaction to proceed to increase its chances.
>>> - * ALLOC_CMA is used, as pages in CMA pageblocks are considered
>>> - * suitable migration targets
>>> + * In addition to long term GUP flow, ALLOC_CMA is used, as pages in
>>> + * CMA pageblocks are considered suitable migration targets
>>
>> I'm not sure if this document is correct for cases other than GUP.
>
> Hi yangge,
>
> Could we please run the same test using dma-buf? The simplest approach is
> to use system_heap from drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c.
Ok, I'll try it.
>
> Userspace programming it is quite straightforward:
> https://static.linaro.org/connect/lvc21/presentations/lvc21-120.pdf
>
> struct dma_heap_allocation_data heap_data = { .len = 1048576, // 1meg
> .fd_flags = O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC, };
>
> fd = open(“/dev/dma_heap/system”, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
> if (fd < 0)
> return fd;
> ret = ioctl(fd, DMA_HEAP_IOCTL_ALLOC, &heap_data);
>
> There are two objectives:
> 1. Whether we should fix the changelog and code documentation, then send
> another version.
> 2. If there are issues elsewhere, we need to port the patch into the Android
> common kernel, which heavily uses dma-buf.
>Ok.
>>
>>> */
>>> watermark = (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) ?
>>> low_wmark_pages(zone) : min_wmark_pages(zone);
>>> watermark += compact_gap(order);
>>> return __zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, highest_zoneidx,
>>> - ALLOC_CMA, wmark_target);
>>> + alloc_flags & ALLOC_CMA, wmark_target);
>>> }
>>>
>>> /*
>>> * compaction_suitable: Is this suitable to run compaction on this zone now?
>>> */
>>> -bool compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
>>> +bool compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order, int highest_zoneidx,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags)
>>> {
>>> enum compact_result compact_result;
>>> bool suitable;
>>>
>>> - suitable = __compaction_suitable(zone, order, highest_zoneidx,
>>> + suitable = __compaction_suitable(zone, order, highest_zoneidx, alloc_flags,
>>> zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES));
>>> /*
>>> * fragmentation index determines if allocation failures are due to
>>> @@ -2474,7 +2476,7 @@ bool compaction_zonelist_suitable(struct alloc_context *ac, int order,
>>> available = zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) / order;
>>> available += zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES);
>>> if (__compaction_suitable(zone, order, ac->highest_zoneidx,
>>> - available))
>>> + alloc_flags, available))
>>> return true;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -2499,7 +2501,7 @@ compaction_suit_allocation_order(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>>> alloc_flags))
>>> return COMPACT_SUCCESS;
>>>
>>> - if (!compaction_suitable(zone, order, highest_zoneidx))
>>> + if (!compaction_suitable(zone, order, highest_zoneidx, alloc_flags))
>>> return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
>>>
>>> return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
>>> @@ -2893,6 +2895,7 @@ static int compact_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, bool proactive)
>>> struct compact_control cc = {
>>> .order = -1,
>>> .mode = proactive ? MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT : MIGRATE_SYNC,
>>> + .alloc_flags = ALLOC_CMA,
>>> .ignore_skip_hint = true,
>>> .whole_zone = true,
>>> .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
>>> @@ -3037,7 +3040,7 @@ static bool kcompactd_node_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>>>
>>> ret = compaction_suit_allocation_order(zone,
>>> pgdat->kcompactd_max_order,
>>> - highest_zoneidx, ALLOC_WMARK_MIN);
>>> + highest_zoneidx, ALLOC_CMA | ALLOC_WMARK_MIN);
>>> if (ret == COMPACT_CONTINUE)
>>> return true;
>>> }
>>> @@ -3058,6 +3061,7 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>>> .search_order = pgdat->kcompactd_max_order,
>>> .highest_zoneidx = pgdat->kcompactd_highest_zoneidx,
>>> .mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT,
>>> + .alloc_flags = ALLOC_CMA | ALLOC_WMARK_MIN,
>>> .ignore_skip_hint = false,
>>> .gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
>>> };
>>> @@ -3078,7 +3082,7 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>>> continue;
>>>
>>> ret = compaction_suit_allocation_order(zone,
>>> - cc.order, zoneid, ALLOC_WMARK_MIN);
>>> + cc.order, zoneid, cc.alloc_flags);
>>> if (ret != COMPACT_CONTINUE)
>>> continue;
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
>>> index 3922788..6d257c8 100644
>>> --- a/mm/internal.h
>>> +++ b/mm/internal.h
>>> @@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ static inline void clear_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone)
>>> zone->contiguous = false;
>>> }
>>>
>>> -extern int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
>>> +extern int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags);
>>> extern void __putback_isolated_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
>>> int mt);
>>> extern void memblock_free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
>>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>> index dde19db..1bfdca3 100644
>>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>>> @@ -2809,7 +2809,8 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>>> }
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(split_page);
>>>
>>> -int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>>> +int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
>>> + unsigned int alloc_flags)
>>> {
>>> struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
>>> int mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
>>> @@ -2823,7 +2824,8 @@ int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>>> * exists.
>>> */
>>> watermark = zone->_watermark[WMARK_MIN] + (1UL << order);
>>> - if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, ALLOC_CMA))
>>> + if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0,
>>> + alloc_flags & ALLOC_CMA))
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -6454,6 +6456,7 @@ int alloc_contig_range_noprof(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>>> .order = -1,
>>> .zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start)),
>>> .mode = MIGRATE_SYNC,
>>> + .alloc_flags = ALLOC_CMA,
>>> .ignore_skip_hint = true,
>>> .no_set_skip_hint = true,
>>> .alloc_contig = true,
>>> diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
>>> index c608e9d..a1f2c79 100644
>>> --- a/mm/page_isolation.c
>>> +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
>>> @@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ static void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, int migratetype)
>>> buddy = find_buddy_page_pfn(page, page_to_pfn(page),
>>> order, NULL);
>>> if (buddy && !is_migrate_isolate_page(buddy)) {
>>> - isolated_page = !!__isolate_free_page(page, order);
>>> + isolated_page = !!__isolate_free_page(page, order,
>>> + ALLOC_CMA);
>>> /*
>>> * Isolating a free page in an isolated pageblock
>>> * is expected to always work as watermarks don't
>>> diff --git a/mm/page_reporting.c b/mm/page_reporting.c
>>> index e4c428e..fd3813b 100644
>>> --- a/mm/page_reporting.c
>>> +++ b/mm/page_reporting.c
>>> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ page_reporting_cycle(struct page_reporting_dev_info *prdev, struct zone *zone,
>>>
>>> /* Attempt to pull page from list and place in scatterlist */
>>> if (*offset) {
>>> - if (!__isolate_free_page(page, order)) {
>>> + if (!__isolate_free_page(page, order, ALLOC_CMA)) {
>>> next = page;
>>> break;
>>> }
>>> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
>>> index 5e03a61..33f5b46 100644
>>> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
>>> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
>>> @@ -5815,7 +5815,7 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
>>> sc->reclaim_idx, 0))
>>> return false;
>>>
>>> - if (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, sc->reclaim_idx))
>>> + if (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, sc->reclaim_idx, ALLOC_CMA))
>>> return false;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -6043,7 +6043,7 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
>>> return true;
>>>
>>> /* Compaction cannot yet proceed. Do reclaim. */
>>> - if (!compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, sc->reclaim_idx))
>>> + if (!compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, sc->reclaim_idx, ALLOC_CMA))
>>> return false;
>>>
>>> /*
>>> --
>>> 2.7.4
>>>
>>>
>>
> Thanks
> Barry
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