Re: [PATCH v21 17/19] mm/lru: replace pgdat lru_lock with lruvec lock

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 11/5/20 9:55 AM, Alex Shi wrote:
> This patch moves per node lru_lock into lruvec, thus bring a lru_lock for
> each of memcg per node. So on a large machine, each of memcg don't
> have to suffer from per node pgdat->lru_lock competition. They could go
> fast with their self lru_lock.
>
> After move memcg charge before lru inserting, page isolation could
> serialize page's memcg, then per memcg lruvec lock is stable and could
> replace per node lru lock.
>
> In func isolate_migratepages_block, compact_unlock_should_abort and
> lock_page_lruvec_irqsave are open coded to work with compact_control.
> Also add a debug func in locking which may give some clues if there are
> sth out of hands.
>
> Daniel Jordan's testing show 62% improvement on modified readtwice case
> on his 2P * 10 core * 2 HT broadwell box.
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200915165807.kpp7uhiw7l3loofu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> On a large machine with memcg enabled but not used, the page's lruvec
> seeking pass a few pointers, that may lead to lru_lock holding time
> increase and a bit regression.
>
> Hugh Dickins helped on the patch polish, thanks!
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rong Chen <rong.a.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: cgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>