Re: [mm PATCH v4 3/6] mm: Use memblock/zone specific iterator for handling deferred page init

From: Pasha Tatashin
Date: Wed Oct 31 2018 - 11:40:16 EST




On 10/17/18 7:54 PM, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> This patch introduces a new iterator for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone.
>
> This iterator will take care of making sure a given memory range provided
> is in fact contained within a zone. It takes are of all the bounds checking
> we were doing in deferred_grow_zone, and deferred_init_memmap. In addition
> it should help to speed up the search a bit by iterating until the end of a
> range is greater than the start of the zone pfn range, and will exit
> completely if the start is beyond the end of the zone.
>
> This patch adds yet another iterator called
> for_each_free_mem_range_in_zone_from and then uses it to support
> initializing and freeing pages in groups no larger than MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES.
> By doing this we can greatly improve the cache locality of the pages while
> we do several loops over them in the init and freeing process.
>
> We are able to tighten the loops as a result since we only really need the
> checks for first_init_pfn in our first iteration and after that we can
> assume that all future values will be greater than this. So I have added a
> function called deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone that primes the
> iterators and if it fails we can just exit.
>
> On my x86_64 test system with 384GB of memory per node I saw a reduction in
> initialization time from 1.85s to 1.38s as a result of this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Alex,

Could you please split this patch into two parts:

1. Add deferred_init_maxorder()
2. Add memblock iterator?

This would allow a better bisecting in case of problems. Chaning two
loops into deferred_init_maxorder() while a good idea, is still
non-trivial and might lead to bugs.

Thank you,
Pavel

> ---
> include/linux/memblock.h | 58 +++++++++++++++
> mm/memblock.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++
> mm/page_alloc.c | 176 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 3 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
> index aee299a6aa76..2ddd1bafdd03 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memblock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
> @@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ void __next_reserved_mem_region(u64 *idx, phys_addr_t *out_start,
> p_start, p_end, p_nid))
>
> /**
> + * for_each_mem_range_from - iterate through memblock areas from type_a and not
> + * included in type_b. Or just type_a if type_b is NULL.
> + * @i: u64 used as loop variable
> + * @type_a: ptr to memblock_type to iterate
> + * @type_b: ptr to memblock_type which excludes from the iteration
> + * @nid: node selector, %NUMA_NO_NODE for all nodes
> + * @flags: pick from blocks based on memory attributes
> + * @p_start: ptr to phys_addr_t for start address of the range, can be %NULL
> + * @p_end: ptr to phys_addr_t for end address of the range, can be %NULL
> + * @p_nid: ptr to int for nid of the range, can be %NULL
> + */
> +#define for_each_mem_range_from(i, type_a, type_b, nid, flags, \
> + p_start, p_end, p_nid) \
> + for (i = 0, __next_mem_range(&i, nid, flags, type_a, type_b, \
> + p_start, p_end, p_nid); \
> + i != (u64)ULLONG_MAX; \
> + __next_mem_range(&i, nid, flags, type_a, type_b, \
> + p_start, p_end, p_nid))
> +/**
> * for_each_mem_range_rev - reverse iterate through memblock areas from
> * type_a and not included in type_b. Or just type_a if type_b is NULL.
> * @i: u64 used as loop variable
> @@ -248,6 +267,45 @@ void __next_mem_pfn_range(int *idx, int nid, unsigned long *out_start_pfn,
> i >= 0; __next_mem_pfn_range(&i, nid, p_start, p_end, p_nid))
> #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP */
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
> +void __next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(u64 *idx, struct zone *zone,
> + unsigned long *out_spfn,
> + unsigned long *out_epfn);
> +/**
> + * for_each_free_mem_range_in_zone - iterate through zone specific free
> + * memblock areas
> + * @i: u64 used as loop variable
> + * @zone: zone in which all of the memory blocks reside
> + * @p_start: ptr to phys_addr_t for start address of the range, can be %NULL
> + * @p_end: ptr to phys_addr_t for end address of the range, can be %NULL
> + *
> + * Walks over free (memory && !reserved) areas of memblock in a specific
> + * zone. Available as soon as memblock is initialized.
> + */
> +#define for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(i, zone, p_start, p_end) \
> + for (i = 0, \
> + __next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, p_start, p_end); \
> + i != (u64)ULLONG_MAX; \
> + __next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, p_start, p_end))
> +
> +/**
> + * for_each_free_mem_range_in_zone_from - iterate through zone specific
> + * free memblock areas from a given point
> + * @i: u64 used as loop variable
> + * @zone: zone in which all of the memory blocks reside
> + * @p_start: ptr to phys_addr_t for start address of the range, can be %NULL
> + * @p_end: ptr to phys_addr_t for end address of the range, can be %NULL
> + *
> + * Walks over free (memory && !reserved) areas of memblock in a specific
> + * zone, continuing from current position. Available as soon as memblock is
> + * initialized.
> + */
> +#define for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(i, zone, p_start, p_end) \
> + for (; i != (u64)ULLONG_MAX; \
> + __next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, p_start, p_end))
> +
> +#endif /* CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT */
> +
> /**
> * for_each_free_mem_range - iterate through free memblock areas
> * @i: u64 used as loop variable
> diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> index f2ef3915a356..ab3545e356b7 100644
> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -1239,6 +1239,69 @@ int __init_memblock memblock_set_node(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size,
> return 0;
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
> +/**
> + * __next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone - iterator for for_each_*_range_in_zone()
> + *
> + * @idx: pointer to u64 loop variable
> + * @zone: zone in which all of the memory blocks reside
> + * @out_start: ptr to ulong for start pfn of the range, can be %NULL
> + * @out_end: ptr to ulong for end pfn of the range, can be %NULL
> + *
> + * This function is meant to be a zone/pfn specific wrapper for the
> + * for_each_mem_range type iterators. Specifically they are used in the
> + * deferred memory init routines and as such we were duplicating much of
> + * this logic throughout the code. So instead of having it in multiple
> + * locations it seemed like it would make more sense to centralize this to
> + * one new iterator that does everything they need.
> + */
> +void __init_memblock
> +__next_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(u64 *idx, struct zone *zone,
> + unsigned long *out_spfn, unsigned long *out_epfn)
> +{
> + int zone_nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
> + phys_addr_t spa, epa;
> + int nid;
> +
> + __next_mem_range(idx, zone_nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
> + &memblock.memory, &memblock.reserved,
> + &spa, &epa, &nid);
> +
> + while (*idx != ULLONG_MAX) {
> + unsigned long epfn = PFN_DOWN(epa);
> + unsigned long spfn = PFN_UP(spa);
> +
> + /*
> + * Verify the end is at least past the start of the zone and
> + * that we have at least one PFN to initialize.
> + */
> + if (zone->zone_start_pfn < epfn && spfn < epfn) {
> + /* if we went too far just stop searching */
> + if (zone_end_pfn(zone) <= spfn)
> + break;
> +
> + if (out_spfn)
> + *out_spfn = max(zone->zone_start_pfn, spfn);
> + if (out_epfn)
> + *out_epfn = min(zone_end_pfn(zone), epfn);
> +
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + __next_mem_range(idx, zone_nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE,
> + &memblock.memory, &memblock.reserved,
> + &spa, &epa, &nid);
> + }
> +
> + /* signal end of iteration */
> + *idx = ULLONG_MAX;
> + if (out_spfn)
> + *out_spfn = ULONG_MAX;
> + if (out_epfn)
> + *out_epfn = 0;
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_PFN_VALID
> unsigned long __init_memblock memblock_next_valid_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index a766a15fad81..20e9eb35d75d 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1512,19 +1512,103 @@ static unsigned long __init deferred_init_pages(struct zone *zone,
> return (nr_pages);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * This function is meant to pre-load the iterator for the zone init.
> + * Specifically it walks through the ranges until we are caught up to the
> + * first_init_pfn value and exits there. If we never encounter the value we
> + * return false indicating there are no valid ranges left.
> + */
> +static bool __init
> +deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(u64 *i, struct zone *zone,
> + unsigned long *spfn, unsigned long *epfn,
> + unsigned long first_init_pfn)
> +{
> + u64 j;
> +
> + /*
> + * Start out by walking through the ranges in this zone that have
> + * already been initialized. We don't need to do anything with them
> + * so we just need to flush them out of the system.
> + */
> + for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(j, zone, spfn, epfn) {
> + if (*epfn <= first_init_pfn)
> + continue;
> + if (*spfn < first_init_pfn)
> + *spfn = first_init_pfn;
> + *i = j;
> + return true;
> + }
> +
> + return false;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Initialize and free pages. We do it in two loops: first we initialize
> + * struct page, than free to buddy allocator, because while we are
> + * freeing pages we can access pages that are ahead (computing buddy
> + * page in __free_one_page()).
> + *
> + * In order to try and keep some memory in the cache we have the loop
> + * broken along max page order boundaries. This way we will not cause
> + * any issues with the buddy page computation.
> + */
> +static unsigned long __init
> +deferred_init_maxorder(u64 *i, struct zone *zone, unsigned long *start_pfn,
> + unsigned long *end_pfn)
> +{
> + unsigned long mo_pfn = ALIGN(*start_pfn + 1, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> + unsigned long spfn = *start_pfn, epfn = *end_pfn;
> + unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
> + u64 j = *i;
> +
> + /* First we loop through and initialize the page values */
> + for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(j, zone, &spfn, &epfn) {
> + unsigned long t;
> +
> + if (mo_pfn <= spfn)
> + break;
> +
> + t = min(mo_pfn, epfn);
> + nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, spfn, t);
> +
> + if (mo_pfn <= epfn)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + /* Reset values and now loop through freeing pages as needed */
> + j = *i;
> +
> + for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(j, zone, start_pfn, end_pfn) {
> + unsigned long t;
> +
> + if (mo_pfn <= *start_pfn)
> + break;
> +
> + t = min(mo_pfn, *end_pfn);
> + deferred_free_pages(*start_pfn, t);
> + *start_pfn = t;
> +
> + if (mo_pfn < *end_pfn)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + /* Store our current values to be reused on the next iteration */
> + *i = j;
> +
> + return nr_pages;
> +}
> +
> /* Initialise remaining memory on a node */
> static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
> {
> pg_data_t *pgdat = data;
> - int nid = pgdat->node_id;
> + const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
> + unsigned long spfn = 0, epfn = 0, nr_pages = 0;
> + unsigned long first_init_pfn, flags;
> unsigned long start = jiffies;
> - unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
> - unsigned long spfn, epfn, first_init_pfn, flags;
> - phys_addr_t spa, epa;
> - int zid;
> struct zone *zone;
> - const struct cpumask *cpumask = cpumask_of_node(pgdat->node_id);
> u64 i;
> + int zid;
>
> /* Bind memory initialisation thread to a local node if possible */
> if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask))
> @@ -1549,31 +1633,30 @@ static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
> if (first_init_pfn < zone_end_pfn(zone))
> break;
> }
> - first_init_pfn = max(zone->zone_start_pfn, first_init_pfn);
> +
> + /* If the zone is empty somebody else may have cleared out the zone */
> + if (!deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn,
> + first_init_pfn)) {
> + pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
> + pgdat_init_report_one_done();
> + return 0;
> + }
>
> /*
> - * Initialize and free pages. We do it in two loops: first we initialize
> - * struct page, than free to buddy allocator, because while we are
> - * freeing pages we can access pages that are ahead (computing buddy
> - * page in __free_one_page()).
> + * Initialize and free pages in MAX_ORDER sized increments so
> + * that we can avoid introducing any issues with the buddy
> + * allocator.
> */
> - for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE, &spa, &epa, NULL) {
> - spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, PFN_UP(spa));
> - epfn = min_t(unsigned long, zone_end_pfn(zone), PFN_DOWN(epa));
> - nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, spfn, epfn);
> - }
> - for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE, &spa, &epa, NULL) {
> - spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, PFN_UP(spa));
> - epfn = min_t(unsigned long, zone_end_pfn(zone), PFN_DOWN(epa));
> - deferred_free_pages(spfn, epfn);
> - }
> + while (spfn < epfn)
> + nr_pages += deferred_init_maxorder(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn);
> +
> pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
>
> /* Sanity check that the next zone really is unpopulated */
> WARN_ON(++zid < MAX_NR_ZONES && populated_zone(++zone));
>
> - pr_info("node %d initialised, %lu pages in %ums\n", nid, nr_pages,
> - jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start));
> + pr_info("node %d initialised, %lu pages in %ums\n",
> + pgdat->node_id, nr_pages, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start));
>
> pgdat_init_report_one_done();
> return 0;
> @@ -1604,14 +1687,11 @@ static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
> static noinline bool __init
> deferred_grow_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
> {
> - int zid = zone_idx(zone);
> - int nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
> - pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
> unsigned long nr_pages_needed = ALIGN(1 << order, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> - unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
> - unsigned long first_init_pfn, spfn, epfn, t, flags;
> + pg_data_t *pgdat = zone->zone_pgdat;
> unsigned long first_deferred_pfn = pgdat->first_deferred_pfn;
> - phys_addr_t spa, epa;
> + unsigned long spfn, epfn, flags;
> + unsigned long nr_pages = 0;
> u64 i;
>
> /* Only the last zone may have deferred pages */
> @@ -1640,37 +1720,23 @@ static int __init deferred_init_memmap(void *data)
> return true;
> }
>
> - first_init_pfn = max(zone->zone_start_pfn, first_deferred_pfn);
> -
> - if (first_init_pfn >= pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat)) {
> + /* If the zone is empty somebody else may have cleared out the zone */
> + if (!deferred_init_mem_pfn_range_in_zone(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn,
> + first_deferred_pfn)) {
> pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
> - return false;
> + return true;
> }
>
> - for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE, &spa, &epa, NULL) {
> - spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, PFN_UP(spa));
> - epfn = min_t(unsigned long, zone_end_pfn(zone), PFN_DOWN(epa));
> -
> - while (spfn < epfn && nr_pages < nr_pages_needed) {
> - t = ALIGN(spfn + PAGES_PER_SECTION, PAGES_PER_SECTION);
> - first_deferred_pfn = min(t, epfn);
> - nr_pages += deferred_init_pages(zone, spfn,
> - first_deferred_pfn);
> - spfn = first_deferred_pfn;
> - }
> -
> - if (nr_pages >= nr_pages_needed)
> - break;
> + /*
> + * Initialize and free pages in MAX_ORDER sized increments so
> + * that we can avoid introducing any issues with the buddy
> + * allocator.
> + */
> + while (spfn < epfn && nr_pages < nr_pages_needed) {
> + nr_pages += deferred_init_maxorder(&i, zone, &spfn, &epfn);
> + first_deferred_pfn = spfn;
> }
>
> - for_each_free_mem_range(i, nid, MEMBLOCK_NONE, &spa, &epa, NULL) {
> - spfn = max_t(unsigned long, first_init_pfn, PFN_UP(spa));
> - epfn = min_t(unsigned long, first_deferred_pfn, PFN_DOWN(epa));
> - deferred_free_pages(spfn, epfn);
> -
> - if (first_deferred_pfn == epfn)
> - break;
> - }
> pgdat->first_deferred_pfn = first_deferred_pfn;
> pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
>
>