[PATCH 6/8] mm: remove free_area_cache use in powerpc architecture

From: Michel Lespinasse
Date: Tue Jan 08 2013 - 20:28:40 EST


As all other architectures have been converted to use vm_unmapped_area(),
we are about to retire the free_area_cache.

This change simply removes the use of that cache in
slice_get_unmapped_area(), which will most certainly have a
performance cost. Next one will convert that function to use the
vm_unmapped_area() infrastructure and regain the performance.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h | 3 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c | 108 +++++------------------------
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
index cd915d6b093d..88693cef4f3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/page_64.h
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ extern unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr,
unsigned long len,
unsigned long flags,
unsigned int psize,
- int topdown,
- int use_cache);
+ int topdown);

extern unsigned int get_slice_psize(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 1a6de0a7d8eb..5dc52d803ed8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
struct hstate *hstate = hstate_file(file);
int mmu_psize = shift_to_mmu_psize(huge_page_shift(hstate));

- return slice_get_unmapped_area(addr, len, flags, mmu_psize, 1, 0);
+ return slice_get_unmapped_area(addr, len, flags, mmu_psize, 1);
}
#endif

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index cf9dada734b6..999a74f25ebe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -240,23 +240,15 @@ static void slice_convert(struct mm_struct *mm, struct slice_mask mask, int psiz
static unsigned long slice_find_area_bottomup(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long len,
struct slice_mask available,
- int psize, int use_cache)
+ int psize)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
- unsigned long start_addr, addr;
+ unsigned long addr;
struct slice_mask mask;
int pshift = max_t(int, mmu_psize_defs[psize].shift, PAGE_SHIFT);

- if (use_cache) {
- if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
- start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
- mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
- } else
- start_addr = addr = mm->free_area_cache;
- } else
- start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
+ addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;

-full_search:
for (;;) {
addr = _ALIGN_UP(addr, 1ul << pshift);
if ((TASK_SIZE - len) < addr)
@@ -272,63 +264,24 @@ full_search:
addr = _ALIGN_UP(addr + 1, 1ul << SLICE_HIGH_SHIFT);
continue;
}
- if (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start) {
- /*
- * Remember the place where we stopped the search:
- */
- if (use_cache)
- mm->free_area_cache = addr + len;
+ if (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start)
return addr;
- }
- if (use_cache && (addr + mm->cached_hole_size) < vma->vm_start)
- mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
addr = vma->vm_end;
}

- /* Make sure we didn't miss any holes */
- if (use_cache && start_addr != TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE) {
- start_addr = addr = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;
- mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
- goto full_search;
- }
return -ENOMEM;
}

static unsigned long slice_find_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long len,
struct slice_mask available,
- int psize, int use_cache)
+ int psize)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
unsigned long addr;
struct slice_mask mask;
int pshift = max_t(int, mmu_psize_defs[psize].shift, PAGE_SHIFT);

- /* check if free_area_cache is useful for us */
- if (use_cache) {
- if (len <= mm->cached_hole_size) {
- mm->cached_hole_size = 0;
- mm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;
- }
-
- /* either no address requested or can't fit in requested
- * address hole
- */
- addr = mm->free_area_cache;
-
- /* make sure it can fit in the remaining address space */
- if (addr > len) {
- addr = _ALIGN_DOWN(addr - len, 1ul << pshift);
- mask = slice_range_to_mask(addr, len);
- if (slice_check_fit(mask, available) &&
- slice_area_is_free(mm, addr, len))
- /* remember the address as a hint for
- * next time
- */
- return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
- }
- }
-
addr = mm->mmap_base;
while (addr > len) {
/* Go down by chunk size */
@@ -352,16 +305,8 @@ static unsigned long slice_find_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *mm,
* return with success:
*/
vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
- if (!vma || (addr + len) <= vma->vm_start) {
- /* remember the address as a hint for next time */
- if (use_cache)
- mm->free_area_cache = addr;
+ if (!vma || (addr + len) <= vma->vm_start)
return addr;
- }
-
- /* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
- if (use_cache && (addr + mm->cached_hole_size) < vma->vm_start)
- mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;

/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
addr = vma->vm_start;
@@ -373,28 +318,18 @@ static unsigned long slice_find_area_topdown(struct mm_struct *mm,
* can happen with large stack limits and large mmap()
* allocations.
*/
- addr = slice_find_area_bottomup(mm, len, available, psize, 0);
-
- /*
- * Restore the topdown base:
- */
- if (use_cache) {
- mm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;
- mm->cached_hole_size = ~0UL;
- }
-
- return addr;
+ return slice_find_area_bottomup(mm, len, available, psize);
}


static unsigned long slice_find_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long len,
struct slice_mask mask, int psize,
- int topdown, int use_cache)
+ int topdown)
{
if (topdown)
- return slice_find_area_topdown(mm, len, mask, psize, use_cache);
+ return slice_find_area_topdown(mm, len, mask, psize);
else
- return slice_find_area_bottomup(mm, len, mask, psize, use_cache);
+ return slice_find_area_bottomup(mm, len, mask, psize);
}

#define or_mask(dst, src) do { \
@@ -415,7 +350,7 @@ static unsigned long slice_find_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long len,

unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
unsigned long flags, unsigned int psize,
- int topdown, int use_cache)
+ int topdown)
{
struct slice_mask mask = {0, 0};
struct slice_mask good_mask;
@@ -430,8 +365,8 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
BUG_ON(mm->task_size == 0);

slice_dbg("slice_get_unmapped_area(mm=%p, psize=%d...\n", mm, psize);
- slice_dbg(" addr=%lx, len=%lx, flags=%lx, topdown=%d, use_cache=%d\n",
- addr, len, flags, topdown, use_cache);
+ slice_dbg(" addr=%lx, len=%lx, flags=%lx, topdown=%d\n",
+ addr, len, flags, topdown);

if (len > mm->task_size)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -503,8 +438,7 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
/* Now let's see if we can find something in the existing
* slices for that size
*/
- newaddr = slice_find_area(mm, len, good_mask, psize, topdown,
- use_cache);
+ newaddr = slice_find_area(mm, len, good_mask, psize, topdown);
if (newaddr != -ENOMEM) {
/* Found within the good mask, we don't have to setup,
* we thus return directly
@@ -536,8 +470,7 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
* anywhere in the good area.
*/
if (addr) {
- addr = slice_find_area(mm, len, good_mask, psize, topdown,
- use_cache);
+ addr = slice_find_area(mm, len, good_mask, psize, topdown);
if (addr != -ENOMEM) {
slice_dbg(" found area at 0x%lx\n", addr);
return addr;
@@ -547,15 +480,14 @@ unsigned long slice_get_unmapped_area(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
/* Now let's see if we can find something in the existing slices
* for that size plus free slices
*/
- addr = slice_find_area(mm, len, potential_mask, psize, topdown,
- use_cache);
+ addr = slice_find_area(mm, len, potential_mask, psize, topdown);

#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES
if (addr == -ENOMEM && psize == MMU_PAGE_64K) {
/* retry the search with 4k-page slices included */
or_mask(potential_mask, compat_mask);
addr = slice_find_area(mm, len, potential_mask, psize,
- topdown, use_cache);
+ topdown);
}
#endif

@@ -586,8 +518,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp,
unsigned long flags)
{
return slice_get_unmapped_area(addr, len, flags,
- current->mm->context.user_psize,
- 0, 1);
+ current->mm->context.user_psize, 0);
}

unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp,
@@ -597,8 +528,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp,
const unsigned long flags)
{
return slice_get_unmapped_area(addr0, len, flags,
- current->mm->context.user_psize,
- 1, 1);
+ current->mm->context.user_psize, 1);
}

unsigned int get_slice_psize(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 0cfece4cf6ef..2eb4df2a9388 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static unsigned long spufs_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,

/* Else, try to obtain a 64K pages slice */
return slice_get_unmapped_area(addr, len, flags,
- MMU_PAGE_64K, 1, 0);
+ MMU_PAGE_64K, 1);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SPU_FS_64K_LS */

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