Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] mm: don't pass "enum lru_list" to lru list addition functions

From: Yu Zhao
Date: Tue Jan 26 2021 - 22:35:20 EST


On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 08:13:11PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 1/22/21 11:05 PM, Yu Zhao wrote:
> > The "enum lru_list" parameter to add_page_to_lru_list() and
> > add_page_to_lru_list_tail() is redundant in the sense that it can
> > be extracted from the "struct page" parameter by page_lru().
>
> Okay, however, it means repeated extraction of a value that we already knew. The
> result of compilation is rather sad. This is bloat-o-meter on mm/built-in.a
> (without CONFIG_DEBUG_VM, btw) between patch 2 and 5:

Thanks for noticing this, Vlastimil. Should I drop the rest of the
series except the first patch?

> add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 10/5 up/down: 1837/-60 (1777)
> Function old new delta
> lru_deactivate_file_fn 932 1368 +436
> lru_lazyfree_fn.part 629 953 +324
> check_move_unevictable_pages 1171 1424 +253
> __activate_page.part 735 984 +249
> lru_deactivate_fn.part 593 822 +229
> perf_trace_mm_lru_insertion 458 560 +102
> trace_event_raw_event_mm_lru_insertion 412 500 +88
> __page_cache_release 479 558 +79
> release_pages 1430 1499 +69
> pagevec_move_tail_fn.part 761 769 +8
> isolate_lru_page 471 470 -1
> __bpf_trace_mm_lru_insertion 7 5 -2
> __traceiter_mm_lru_insertion 55 47 -8
> isolate_migratepages_block 3200 3185 -15
> __pagevec_lru_add_fn 1092 1058 -34
>
>
> > A caveat is that we need to make sure PageActive() or
> > PageUnevictable() is correctly set or cleared before calling
> > these two functions. And they are indeed.
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20201207220949.830352-4-yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/mm_inline.h | 8 ++++++--
> > mm/swap.c | 15 +++++++--------
> > mm/vmscan.c | 6 ++----
> > 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_inline.h b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
> > index 2889741f450a..130ba3201d3f 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/mm_inline.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/mm_inline.h
> > @@ -106,15 +106,19 @@ static __always_inline enum lru_list page_lru(struct page *page)
> > }
> >
> > static __always_inline void add_page_to_lru_list(struct page *page,
> > - struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru)
> > + struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > {
> > + enum lru_list lru = page_lru(page);
> > +
> > update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), thp_nr_pages(page));
> > list_add(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
> > }
> >
> > static __always_inline void add_page_to_lru_list_tail(struct page *page,
> > - struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list lru)
> > + struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > {
> > + enum lru_list lru = page_lru(page);
> > +
> > update_lru_size(lruvec, lru, page_zonenum(page), thp_nr_pages(page));
> > list_add_tail(&page->lru, &lruvec->lists[lru]);
> > }
> > diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
> > index 490553f3f9ef..4b058ef37add 100644
> > --- a/mm/swap.c
> > +++ b/mm/swap.c
> > @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void pagevec_move_tail_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > if (!PageUnevictable(page)) {
> > del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, page_lru(page));
> > ClearPageActive(page);
> > - add_page_to_lru_list_tail(page, lruvec, page_lru(page));
> > + add_page_to_lru_list_tail(page, lruvec);
> > __count_vm_events(PGROTATED, thp_nr_pages(page));
> > }
> > }
> > @@ -313,8 +313,7 @@ static void __activate_page(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> >
> > del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > SetPageActive(page);
> > - lru += LRU_ACTIVE;
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> > trace_mm_lru_activate(page);
> >
> > __count_vm_events(PGACTIVATE, nr_pages);
> > @@ -543,14 +542,14 @@ static void lru_deactivate_file_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > * It can make readahead confusing. But race window
> > * is _really_ small and it's non-critical problem.
> > */
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> > SetPageReclaim(page);
> > } else {
> > /*
> > * The page's writeback ends up during pagevec
> > * We moves tha page into tail of inactive.
> > */
> > - add_page_to_lru_list_tail(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list_tail(page, lruvec);
> > __count_vm_events(PGROTATED, nr_pages);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -570,7 +569,7 @@ static void lru_deactivate_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru + LRU_ACTIVE);
> > ClearPageActive(page);
> > ClearPageReferenced(page);
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> >
> > __count_vm_events(PGDEACTIVATE, nr_pages);
> > __count_memcg_events(lruvec_memcg(lruvec), PGDEACTIVATE,
> > @@ -595,7 +594,7 @@ static void lru_lazyfree_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > * anonymous pages
> > */
> > ClearPageSwapBacked(page);
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> >
> > __count_vm_events(PGLAZYFREE, nr_pages);
> > __count_memcg_events(lruvec_memcg(lruvec), PGLAZYFREE,
> > @@ -1005,7 +1004,7 @@ static void __pagevec_lru_add_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec)
> > __count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGCULLED, nr_pages);
> > }
> >
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> > trace_mm_lru_insertion(page, lru);
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> > index 19875660e8f8..09e4f97488c9 100644
> > --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> > +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> > @@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ static unsigned noinline_for_stack move_pages_to_lru(struct lruvec *lruvec,
> > * inhibits memcg migration).
> > */
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!lruvec_holds_page_lru_lock(page, lruvec), page);
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, page_lru(page));
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> > nr_pages = thp_nr_pages(page);
> > nr_moved += nr_pages;
> > if (PageActive(page))
> > @@ -4282,12 +4282,10 @@ void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct pagevec *pvec)
> >
> > lruvec = relock_page_lruvec_irq(page, lruvec);
> > if (page_evictable(page) && PageUnevictable(page)) {
> > - enum lru_list lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
> > -
> > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageActive(page), page);
> > ClearPageUnevictable(page);
> > del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, LRU_UNEVICTABLE);
> > - add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
> > + add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec);
> > pgrescued += nr_pages;
> > }
> > SetPageLRU(page);
> >
>