[RFC][PATCH 2/6] x86: mm: rip out complicated, out-of-date, buggy TLB flushing
From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue Feb 18 2014 - 14:31:42 EST
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I think the flush_tlb_mm_range() code that tries to tune the
flush sizes based on the CPU needs to get ripped out for
several reasons:
1. It is obviously buggy. It uses mm->total_vm to judge the
task's footprint in the TLB. It should certainly be using
some measure of RSS, *NOT* ->total_vm since only resident
memory can populate the TLB.
2. Haswell, and several other CPUs are missing from the
intel_tlb_flushall_shift_set() function.
3. It is plain wrong in my vm:
[ 0.037444] Last level iTLB entries: 4KB 0, 2MB 0, 4MB 0
[ 0.037444] Last level dTLB entries: 4KB 0, 2MB 0, 4MB 0
[ 0.037444] tlb_flushall_shift: 6
Which leads to it to never use invlpg.
4. The assumptions about TLB refill costs are wrong:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1337782555-8088-3-git-send-email-alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx
(more on this in later patches)
5. I can not reproduce the original data: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/17/59
I believe the sample times were too short. Running the
benchmark in a loop yields times that vary quite a bit.
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 7 ---
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 13 -----
b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 26 -----------
b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 83 ++++---------------------------------
5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing 2014-02-18 10:59:36.430366513 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h 2014-02-18 10:59:36.452367514 -0800
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ extern u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_4k[NR_I
extern u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_2m[NR_INFO];
extern u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_4m[NR_INFO];
extern u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_1g[NR_INFO];
-extern s8 __read_mostly tlb_flushall_shift;
/*
* CPU type and hardware bug flags. Kept separately for each CPU.
diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing 2014-02-18 10:59:36.434366693 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c 2014-02-18 10:59:36.489369201 -0800
@@ -765,11 +765,6 @@ static unsigned int amd_size_cache(struc
}
#endif
-static void cpu_set_tlb_flushall_shift(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- tlb_flushall_shift = 6;
-}
-
static void cpu_detect_tlb_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u32 ebx, eax, ecx, edx;
@@ -817,8 +812,6 @@ static void cpu_detect_tlb_amd(struct cp
tlb_lli_2m[ENTRIES] = eax & mask;
tlb_lli_4m[ENTRIES] = tlb_lli_2m[ENTRIES] >> 1;
-
- cpu_set_tlb_flushall_shift(c);
}
static const struct cpu_dev amd_cpu_dev = {
diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing 2014-02-18 10:59:36.438366877 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c 2014-02-18 10:59:36.453367560 -0800
@@ -474,26 +474,17 @@ u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_2m[NR_INFO];
u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_4m[NR_INFO];
u16 __read_mostly tlb_lld_1g[NR_INFO];
-/*
- * tlb_flushall_shift shows the balance point in replacing cr3 write
- * with multiple 'invlpg'. It will do this replacement when
- * flush_tlb_lines <= active_lines/2^tlb_flushall_shift.
- * If tlb_flushall_shift is -1, means the replacement will be disabled.
- */
-s8 __read_mostly tlb_flushall_shift = -1;
-
void cpu_detect_tlb(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
if (this_cpu->c_detect_tlb)
this_cpu->c_detect_tlb(c);
printk(KERN_INFO "Last level iTLB entries: 4KB %d, 2MB %d, 4MB %d\n"
- "Last level dTLB entries: 4KB %d, 2MB %d, 4MB %d, 1GB %d\n"
- "tlb_flushall_shift: %d\n",
+ "Last level dTLB entries: 4KB %d, 2MB %d, 4MB %d, 1GB %d\n",
tlb_lli_4k[ENTRIES], tlb_lli_2m[ENTRIES],
tlb_lli_4m[ENTRIES], tlb_lld_4k[ENTRIES],
tlb_lld_2m[ENTRIES], tlb_lld_4m[ENTRIES],
- tlb_lld_1g[ENTRIES], tlb_flushall_shift);
+ tlb_lld_1g[ENTRIES]);
}
void detect_ht(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing 2014-02-18 10:59:36.442367060 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c 2014-02-18 10:59:36.488369155 -0800
@@ -631,31 +631,6 @@ static void intel_tlb_lookup(const unsig
}
}
-static void intel_tlb_flushall_shift_set(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- switch ((c->x86 << 8) + c->x86_model) {
- case 0x60f: /* original 65 nm celeron/pentium/core2/xeon, "Merom"/"Conroe" */
- case 0x616: /* single-core 65 nm celeron/core2solo "Merom-L"/"Conroe-L" */
- case 0x617: /* current 45 nm celeron/core2/xeon "Penryn"/"Wolfdale" */
- case 0x61d: /* six-core 45 nm xeon "Dunnington" */
- tlb_flushall_shift = -1;
- break;
- case 0x63a: /* Ivybridge */
- tlb_flushall_shift = 2;
- break;
- case 0x61a: /* 45 nm nehalem, "Bloomfield" */
- case 0x61e: /* 45 nm nehalem, "Lynnfield" */
- case 0x625: /* 32 nm nehalem, "Clarkdale" */
- case 0x62c: /* 32 nm nehalem, "Gulftown" */
- case 0x62e: /* 45 nm nehalem-ex, "Beckton" */
- case 0x62f: /* 32 nm Xeon E7 */
- case 0x62a: /* SandyBridge */
- case 0x62d: /* SandyBridge, "Romely-EP" */
- default:
- tlb_flushall_shift = 6;
- }
-}
-
static void intel_detect_tlb(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
int i, j, n;
@@ -680,7 +655,6 @@ static void intel_detect_tlb(struct cpui
for (j = 1 ; j < 16 ; j++)
intel_tlb_lookup(desc[j]);
}
- intel_tlb_flushall_shift_set(c);
}
static const struct cpu_dev intel_cpu_dev = {
diff -puN arch/x86/mm/tlb.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c~x8x-mm-rip-out-complicated-tlb-flushing 2014-02-18 10:59:36.445367196 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c 2014-02-18 10:59:36.489369201 -0800
@@ -158,13 +158,14 @@ void flush_tlb_current_task(void)
preempt_enable();
}
+/* in units of pages */
+unsigned long tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling = 5;
+
void flush_tlb_mm_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, unsigned long vmflag)
{
int need_flush_others_all = 1;
unsigned long addr;
- unsigned act_entries, tlb_entries = 0;
- unsigned long nr_base_pages;
preempt_disable();
if (current->active_mm != mm)
@@ -175,25 +176,12 @@ void flush_tlb_mm_range(struct mm_struct
goto out;
}
- if (end == TLB_FLUSH_ALL || tlb_flushall_shift == -1
- || vmflag & VM_HUGETLB) {
+ if (end == TLB_FLUSH_ALL || vmflag & VM_HUGETLB) {
local_flush_tlb();
goto out;
}
- /* In modern CPU, last level tlb used for both data/ins */
- if (vmflag & VM_EXEC)
- tlb_entries = tlb_lli_4k[ENTRIES];
- else
- tlb_entries = tlb_lld_4k[ENTRIES];
-
- /* Assume all of TLB entries was occupied by this task */
- act_entries = tlb_entries >> tlb_flushall_shift;
- act_entries = mm->total_vm > act_entries ? act_entries : mm->total_vm;
- nr_base_pages = (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-
- /* tlb_flushall_shift is on balance point, details in commit log */
- if (nr_base_pages > act_entries) {
+ if ((end - start) > tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling * PAGE_SIZE) {
count_vm_tlb_event(NR_TLB_LOCAL_FLUSH_ALL);
local_flush_tlb();
} else {
@@ -259,68 +247,15 @@ static void do_kernel_range_flush(void *
void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
- unsigned act_entries;
- struct flush_tlb_info info;
-
- /* In modern CPU, last level tlb used for both data/ins */
- act_entries = tlb_lld_4k[ENTRIES];
/* Balance as user space task's flush, a bit conservative */
- if (end == TLB_FLUSH_ALL || tlb_flushall_shift == -1 ||
- (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT > act_entries >> tlb_flushall_shift)
-
+ if (end == TLB_FLUSH_ALL ||
+ (end - start) > tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling * PAGE_SIZE) {
on_each_cpu(do_flush_tlb_all, NULL, 1);
- else {
+ } else {
+ struct flush_tlb_info info;
info.flush_start = start;
info.flush_end = end;
on_each_cpu(do_kernel_range_flush, &info, 1);
}
}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
-static ssize_t tlbflush_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
- size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
- char buf[32];
- unsigned int len;
-
- len = sprintf(buf, "%hd\n", tlb_flushall_shift);
- return simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, len);
-}
-
-static ssize_t tlbflush_write_file(struct file *file,
- const char __user *user_buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
- char buf[32];
- ssize_t len;
- s8 shift;
-
- len = min(count, sizeof(buf) - 1);
- if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, len))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- buf[len] = '\0';
- if (kstrtos8(buf, 0, &shift))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- if (shift < -1 || shift >= BITS_PER_LONG)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- tlb_flushall_shift = shift;
- return count;
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations fops_tlbflush = {
- .read = tlbflush_read_file,
- .write = tlbflush_write_file,
- .llseek = default_llseek,
-};
-
-static int __init create_tlb_flushall_shift(void)
-{
- debugfs_create_file("tlb_flushall_shift", S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
- arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_tlbflush);
- return 0;
-}
-late_initcall(create_tlb_flushall_shift);
-#endif
_
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