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Message-ID: <CAKEwX=PD8LNvacFP_JF=KO7R3mfjzTp+HyoEhGe06FQCOT0PaA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:28:42 -0800
From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To: Kanchana P Sridhar <kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, hannes@...xchg.org, 
	yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev, chengming.zhou@...ux.dev, usamaarif642@...il.com, 
	ryan.roberts@....com, 21cnbao@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, 
	davem@...emloft.net, clabbe@...libre.com, ardb@...nel.org, 
	ebiggers@...gle.com, surenb@...gle.com, kristen.c.accardi@...el.com, 
	wajdi.k.feghali@...el.com, vinodh.gopal@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 16/16] mm: zswap: Fix for zstd performance regression
 with 2M folios.

On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM Kanchana P Sridhar
<kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com> wrote:
>
> With the previous patch that enables support for batch compressions in
> zswap_compress_folio(), a 6.2% throughput regression was seen with zstd and
> 2M folios, using vm-scalability/usemem.
>
> For compressors that don't support batching, this was root-caused to the
> following zswap_store_folio() structure:
>
>  Batched stores:
>  ---------------
>  - Allocate all entries,
>  - Compress all entries,
>  - Store all entries in xarray/LRU.

Can you clarify why the above structure leads to performance regression?

>
> Hence, the above structure is maintained only for batched stores, and the
> following structure is implemented for sequential stores of large folio pages,
> that fixes the zstd regression, while preserving common code paths for batched
> and sequential stores of a folio:
>
>  Sequential stores:
>  ------------------
>  For each page in folio:
>   - allocate an entry,
>   - compress the page,
>   - store the entry in xarray/LRU.
>
> This is submitted as a separate patch only for code review purposes. I will
> squash this with the previous commit in subsequent versions of this
> patch-series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kanchana P Sridhar <kanchana.p.sridhar@...el.com>
> ---
>  mm/zswap.c | 193 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
> index f1cba77eda62..7bfc720a6201 100644
> --- a/mm/zswap.c
> +++ b/mm/zswap.c
> @@ -1592,40 +1592,32 @@ static bool zswap_batch_compress(struct folio *folio,
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> -static bool zswap_compress_folio(struct folio *folio,
> -                                struct zswap_entry *entries[],
> -                                struct zswap_pool *pool)
> +static __always_inline bool zswap_compress_folio(struct folio *folio,
> +                                                struct zswap_entry *entries[],
> +                                                long from_index,
> +                                                struct zswap_pool *pool,
> +                                                unsigned int batch_size,
> +                                                struct crypto_acomp_ctx *acomp_ctx)
>  {
> -       long index, nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> -       struct crypto_acomp_ctx *acomp_ctx;
> -       unsigned int batch_size;
> +       long index = from_index, nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
>         bool ret = true;
>
> -       acomp_ctx = acomp_ctx_get_cpu_lock(pool);
> -       batch_size = acomp_ctx->nr_reqs;
> -
>         if ((batch_size > 1) && (nr_pages > 1)) {
> -               for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; index += batch_size) {
> +               for (; index < nr_pages; index += batch_size) {
>
>                         if (!zswap_batch_compress(folio, index, batch_size,
>                                                   &entries[index], pool, acomp_ctx)) {
>                                 ret = false;
> -                               goto unlock_acomp_ctx;
> +                               break;
>                         }
>                 }
>         } else {
> -               for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; ++index) {
> -                       struct page *page = folio_page(folio, index);
> +               struct page *page = folio_page(folio, index);
>
> -                       if (!zswap_compress(page, entries[index], pool, acomp_ctx)) {
> -                               ret = false;
> -                               goto unlock_acomp_ctx;
> -                       }
> -               }
> +               if (!zswap_compress(page, entries[index], pool, acomp_ctx))
> +                       ret = false;
>         }
>
> -unlock_acomp_ctx:
> -       acomp_ctx_put_unlock(acomp_ctx);
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> @@ -1637,92 +1629,128 @@ static bool zswap_compress_folio(struct folio *folio,
>   * handles to ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) at allocation time, and the fact that the
>   * entry's handle is subsequently modified only upon a successful zpool_malloc()
>   * after the page is compressed.
> + *
> + * For compressors that don't support batching, the following structure
> + * showed a performance regression with zstd/2M folios:
> + *
> + * Batched stores:
> + * ---------------
> + *  - Allocate all entries,
> + *  - Compress all entries,
> + *  - Store all entries in xarray/LRU.
> + *
> + * Hence, the above structure is maintained only for batched stores, and the
> + * following structure is implemented for sequential stores of large folio pages,
> + * that fixes the regression, while preserving common code paths for batched
> + * and sequential stores of a folio:
> + *
> + * Sequential stores:
> + * ------------------
> + * For each page in folio:
> + *  - allocate an entry,
> + *  - compress the page,
> + *  - store the entry in xarray/LRU.
>   */
>  static bool zswap_store_folio(struct folio *folio,
>                                struct obj_cgroup *objcg,
>                                struct zswap_pool *pool)
>  {
> -       long index, from_index = 0, nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
> +       long index = 0, from_index = 0, nr_pages, nr_folio_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
>         struct zswap_entry **entries = NULL;
> +       struct crypto_acomp_ctx *acomp_ctx;
>         int node_id = folio_nid(folio);
> +       unsigned int batch_size;
>
> -       entries = kmalloc(nr_pages * sizeof(*entries), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       entries = kmalloc(nr_folio_pages * sizeof(*entries), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!entries)
>                 return false;
>
> -       for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; ++index) {
> -               entries[index] = zswap_entry_cache_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, node_id);
> +       acomp_ctx = acomp_ctx_get_cpu_lock(pool);
> +       batch_size = acomp_ctx->nr_reqs;
>
> -               if (!entries[index]) {
> -                       zswap_reject_kmemcache_fail++;
> -                       nr_pages = index;
> -                       goto store_folio_failed;
> +       nr_pages = (batch_size > 1) ? nr_folio_pages : 1;
> +
> +       while (1) {
> +               for (index = from_index; index < nr_pages; ++index) {
> +                       entries[index] = zswap_entry_cache_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, node_id);
> +
> +                       if (!entries[index]) {
> +                               zswap_reject_kmemcache_fail++;
> +                               nr_pages = index;
> +                               goto store_folio_failed;
> +                       }
> +
> +                       entries[index]->handle = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>                 }
>
> -               entries[index]->handle = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> -       }
> +               if (!zswap_compress_folio(folio, entries, from_index, pool, batch_size, acomp_ctx))
> +                       goto store_folio_failed;
>
> -       if (!zswap_compress_folio(folio, entries, pool))
> -               goto store_folio_failed;
> +               for (index = from_index; index < nr_pages; ++index) {
> +                       swp_entry_t page_swpentry = page_swap_entry(folio_page(folio, index));
> +                       struct zswap_entry *old, *entry = entries[index];
>
> -       for (index = 0; index < nr_pages; ++index) {
> -               swp_entry_t page_swpentry = page_swap_entry(folio_page(folio, index));
> -               struct zswap_entry *old, *entry = entries[index];
> +                       old = xa_store(swap_zswap_tree(page_swpentry),
> +                               swp_offset(page_swpentry),
> +                               entry, GFP_KERNEL);
> +                       if (xa_is_err(old)) {
> +                               int err = xa_err(old);
>
> -               old = xa_store(swap_zswap_tree(page_swpentry),
> -                              swp_offset(page_swpentry),
> -                              entry, GFP_KERNEL);
> -               if (xa_is_err(old)) {
> -                       int err = xa_err(old);
> +                               WARN_ONCE(err != -ENOMEM, "unexpected xarray error: %d\n", err);
> +                               zswap_reject_alloc_fail++;
> +                               from_index = index;
> +                               goto store_folio_failed;
> +                       }
>
> -                       WARN_ONCE(err != -ENOMEM, "unexpected xarray error: %d\n", err);
> -                       zswap_reject_alloc_fail++;
> -                       from_index = index;
> -                       goto store_folio_failed;
> -               }
> +                       /*
> +                        * We may have had an existing entry that became stale when
> +                        * the folio was redirtied and now the new version is being
> +                        * swapped out. Get rid of the old.
> +                        */
> +                       if (old)
> +                               zswap_entry_free(old);
>
> -               /*
> -                * We may have had an existing entry that became stale when
> -                * the folio was redirtied and now the new version is being
> -                * swapped out. Get rid of the old.
> -                */
> -               if (old)
> -                       zswap_entry_free(old);
> +                       /*
> +                        * The entry is successfully compressed and stored in the tree, there is
> +                        * no further possibility of failure. Grab refs to the pool and objcg,
> +                        * charge zswap memory, and increment zswap_stored_pages.
> +                        * The opposite actions will be performed by zswap_entry_free()
> +                        * when the entry is removed from the tree.
> +                        */
> +                       zswap_pool_get(pool);
> +                       if (objcg) {
> +                               obj_cgroup_get(objcg);
> +                               obj_cgroup_charge_zswap(objcg, entry->length);
> +                       }
> +                       atomic_long_inc(&zswap_stored_pages);
>
> -               /*
> -                * The entry is successfully compressed and stored in the tree, there is
> -                * no further possibility of failure. Grab refs to the pool and objcg,
> -                * charge zswap memory, and increment zswap_stored_pages.
> -                * The opposite actions will be performed by zswap_entry_free()
> -                * when the entry is removed from the tree.
> -                */
> -               zswap_pool_get(pool);
> -               if (objcg) {
> -                       obj_cgroup_get(objcg);
> -                       obj_cgroup_charge_zswap(objcg, entry->length);
> +                       /*
> +                        * We finish initializing the entry while it's already in xarray.
> +                        * This is safe because:
> +                        *
> +                        * 1. Concurrent stores and invalidations are excluded by folio lock.
> +                        *
> +                        * 2. Writeback is excluded by the entry not being on the LRU yet.
> +                        *    The publishing order matters to prevent writeback from seeing
> +                        *    an incoherent entry.
> +                        */
> +                       entry->pool = pool;
> +                       entry->swpentry = page_swpentry;
> +                       entry->objcg = objcg;
> +                       entry->referenced = true;
> +                       if (entry->length) {
> +                               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->lru);
> +                               zswap_lru_add(&zswap_list_lru, entry);
> +                       }
>                 }
> -               atomic_long_inc(&zswap_stored_pages);
>
> -               /*
> -                * We finish initializing the entry while it's already in xarray.
> -                * This is safe because:
> -                *
> -                * 1. Concurrent stores and invalidations are excluded by folio lock.
> -                *
> -                * 2. Writeback is excluded by the entry not being on the LRU yet.
> -                *    The publishing order matters to prevent writeback from seeing
> -                *    an incoherent entry.
> -                */
> -               entry->pool = pool;
> -               entry->swpentry = page_swpentry;
> -               entry->objcg = objcg;
> -               entry->referenced = true;
> -               if (entry->length) {
> -                       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->lru);
> -                       zswap_lru_add(&zswap_list_lru, entry);
> -               }
> +               from_index = nr_pages++;
> +
> +               if (nr_pages > nr_folio_pages)
> +                       break;
>         }
>
> +       acomp_ctx_put_unlock(acomp_ctx);
>         kfree(entries);
>         return true;
>
> @@ -1734,6 +1762,7 @@ static bool zswap_store_folio(struct folio *folio,
>                 zswap_entry_cache_free(entries[index]);
>         }
>
> +       acomp_ctx_put_unlock(acomp_ctx);
>         kfree(entries);
>         return false;
>  }
> --
> 2.27.0
>

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