Re: [PATCHv4 12/39] thp, mm: rewrite add_to_page_cache_locked() tosupport huge pages

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue May 21 2013 - 15:59:14 EST


On 05/11/2013 06:23 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For huge page we add to radix tree HPAGE_CACHE_NR pages at once: head
> page for the specified index and HPAGE_CACHE_NR-1 tail pages for
> following indexes.

The really nice way to do these patches is refactor them, first, with no
behavior change, in one patch, the introduce the new support in the
second one.

> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 61158ac..b0c7c8c 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -460,39 +460,62 @@ int add_to_page_cache_locked(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
> pgoff_t offset, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> {
> int error;
> + int i, nr;
>
> VM_BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
> VM_BUG_ON(PageSwapBacked(page));
>
> + /* memory cgroup controller handles thp pages on its side */
> error = mem_cgroup_cache_charge(page, current->mm,
> gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK);
> if (error)
> - goto out;
> -
> - error = radix_tree_preload(gfp_mask & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
> - if (error == 0) {
> - page_cache_get(page);
> - page->mapping = mapping;
> - page->index = offset;
> + return error;
>
> - spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> - error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, page);
> - if (likely(!error)) {
> - mapping->nrpages++;
> - __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
> - spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> - trace_mm_filemap_add_to_page_cache(page);
> - } else {
> - page->mapping = NULL;
> - /* Leave page->index set: truncation relies upon it */
> - spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> - mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
> - page_cache_release(page);
> - }
> - radix_tree_preload_end();
> - } else
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PAGECACHE)) {
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(HPAGE_CACHE_NR > RADIX_TREE_PRELOAD_NR);
> + nr = hpage_nr_pages(page);
> + } else {
> + BUG_ON(PageTransHuge(page));
> + nr = 1;
> + }

Why can't this just be

nr = hpage_nr_pages(page);

Are you trying to optimize for the THP=y, but THP-pagecache=n case?

> + error = radix_tree_preload_count(nr, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM);
> + if (error) {
> mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
> -out:
> + return error;
> + }
> +
> + spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> + for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
> + page_cache_get(page + i);
> + page[i].index = offset + i;
> + page[i].mapping = mapping;
> + error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree,
> + offset + i, page + i);
> + if (error)
> + goto err;

I know it's not a super-common thing in the kernel, but could you call
this "insert_err" or something?

> + }
> + __mod_zone_page_state(page_zone(page), NR_FILE_PAGES, nr);
> + if (PageTransHuge(page))
> + __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGES);
> + mapping->nrpages += nr;
> + spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> + radix_tree_preload_end();
> + trace_mm_filemap_add_to_page_cache(page);
> + return 0;
> +err:
> + if (i != 0)
> + error = -ENOSPC; /* no space for a huge page */
> + page_cache_release(page + i);
> + page[i].mapping = NULL;

I guess it's a slight behaviour change (I think it's harmless) but if
you delay doing the page_cache_get() and page[i].mapping= until after
the radix tree insertion, you can avoid these two lines.

> + for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {

I kinda glossed over that initial "i--". It might be worth a quick
comment to call it out.

> + /* Leave page->index set: truncation relies upon it */
> + page[i].mapping = NULL;
> + radix_tree_delete(&mapping->page_tree, offset + i);
> + page_cache_release(page + i);
> + }
> + spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> + radix_tree_preload_end();
> + mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page(page);
> return error;
> }

FWIW, I think you can move the radix_tree_preload_end() up a bit. I
guess it won't make any practical difference since you're holding a
spinlock, but it at least makes the point that you're not depending on
it any more.

I'm also trying to figure out how and when you'd actually have to unroll
a partial-huge-page worth of radix_tree_insert(). In the small-page
case, you can collide with another guy inserting in to the page cache.
But, can that happen in the _middle_ of a THP?

Despite my nits, the code still looks correct here, so:

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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