Re: [RFC 0/3] reduce latency of direct async compaction

From: Aaron Lu
Date: Tue Dec 08 2015 - 03:52:51 EST


On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 03:51:16PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 01:14:39PM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:41:18AM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 04:59:56PM +0800, Aaron Lu wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 04:35:24PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> > > > > It looks like overhead still remain. I guess that migration scanner
> > > > > would call pageblock_pfn_to_page() for more extended range so
> > > > > overhead still remain.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have an idea to solve his problem. Aaron, could you test following patch
> > > > > on top of base? It tries to skip calling pageblock_pfn_to_page()
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't apply on top of 25364a9e54fb8296837061bf684b76d20eec01fb
> > > > cleanly, so I made some changes to make it apply and the result is:
> > > > https://github.com/aaronlu/linux/commit/cb8d05829190b806ad3948ff9b9e08c8ba1daf63
> > >
> > > Yes, that's okay. I made it on my working branch but it will not result in
> > > any problem except applying.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > There is a problem occured right after the test starts:
> > > > [ 58.080962] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea0082000018
> > > > [ 58.089124] IP: [<ffffffff81193f29>] compaction_alloc+0xf9/0x270
> > > > [ 58.096109] PGD 107ffd6067 PUD 207f7d5067 PMD 0
> > > > [ 58.101569] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> > >
> > > I did some mistake. Please test following patch. It is also made
> > > on my working branch so you need to resolve conflict but it would be
> > > trivial.
> > >
> > > I inserted some logs to check whether zone is contiguous or not.
> > > Please check that normal zone is set to contiguous after testing.
> >
> > Yes it is contiguous, but unfortunately, the problem remains:
> > [ 56.536930] check_zone_contiguous: Normal
> > [ 56.543467] check_zone_contiguous: Normal: contiguous
> > [ 56.549640] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea0082000018
> > [ 56.557717] IP: [<ffffffff81193f29>] compaction_alloc+0xf9/0x270
> > [ 56.564719] PGD 107ffd6067 PUD 207f7d5067 PMD 0
> >
>
> Maybe, I find the reason. cc->free_pfn can be initialized to invalid pfn
> that isn't checked so optimized pageblock_pfn_to_page() causes BUG().
>
> I add work-around for this problem at isolate_freepages(). Please test
> following one.

Still no luck and the error is about the same:

[ 64.727792] check_zone_contiguous: Normal
[ 64.733950] check_zone_contiguous: Normal: contiguous
[ 64.741610] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffea0082000018
[ 64.749708] IP: [<ffffffff81193f29>] compaction_alloc+0xf9/0x270
[ 64.756806] PGD 107ffd6067 PUD 207f7d5067 PMD 0
[ 64.762302] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 64.766294] Modules linked in: scsi_debug rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver netconsole sg sd_mod x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp kvm_intel kvm mgag200 irqbypass crct10dif_pclmul ttm crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel drm_kms_helper ahci syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt snd_pcm libahci fb_sys_fops snd_timer snd sb_edac aesni_intel soundcore lrw drm gf128mul pcspkr edac_core ipmi_devintf glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd libata ipmi_si shpchp wmi ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter acpi_pad
[ 64.816579] CPU: 19 PID: 1526 Comm: usemem Not tainted 4.4.0-rc3-00025-gf60ea5f #1
[ 64.825419] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WTT/S2600WTT, BIOS SE5C610.86B.01.01.0008.021120151325 02/11/2015
[ 64.837483] task: ffff88168a0aca80 ti: ffff88168a564000 task.ti:ffff88168a564000
[ 64.846264] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81193f29>] [<ffffffff81193f29>] compaction_alloc+0xf9/0x270
[ 64.856147] RSP: 0000:ffff88168a567940 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 64.862520] RAX: ffff88207ffdcd80 RBX: ffff88168a567ac0 RCX: ffff88207ffdcd80
[ 64.870944] RDX: 0000000002080000 RSI: ffff88168a567ac0 RDI: ffff88168a567ac0
[ 64.879377] RBP: ffff88168a567990 R08: ffffea0082000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 64.887813] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000001ae88 R12: ffffea0082000000
[ 64.896254] R13: ffffea0059f20780 R14: 0000000002080000 R15: 0000000002080000
[ 64.904704] FS: 00007f2d4e6e8700(0000) GS:ffff882034440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 64.914232] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 64.921151] CR2: ffffea0082000018 CR3: 0000002015771000 CR4: 00000000001406e0
[ 64.929635] Stack:
[ 64.932413] ffff88168a568000 000000000167ca00 ffffffff81193196 ffff88207ffdcd80
[ 64.941292] 0000000002080000 ffffea0059f207c0 ffff88168a567ac0 ffffea0059f20780
[ 64.950179] ffffea0059f207e0 ffff88207ffdcd80 ffff88168a567a20 ffffffff811d097e
[ 64.959071] Call Trace:
[ 64.962364] [<ffffffff81193196>] ? update_pageblock_skip+0x56/0xa0
[ 64.969939] [<ffffffff811d097e>] migrate_pages+0x28e/0x7b0
[ 64.976728] [<ffffffff811931e0>] ? update_pageblock_skip+0xa0/0xa0
[ 64.984312] [<ffffffff81193e30>] ? __pageblock_pfn_to_page+0xe0/0xe0
[ 64.992093] [<ffffffff811954da>] compact_zone+0x38a/0x8e0
[ 64.998811] [<ffffffff81195a9d>] compact_zone_order+0x6d/0x90
[ 65.005926] [<ffffffff81174f44>] ? get_page_from_freelist+0xd4/0xa20
[ 65.013861] [<ffffffff81195d2c>] try_to_compact_pages+0xec/0x210
[ 65.021212] [<ffffffffa00d0c72>] ? sdebug_queuecommand_lock_or_not+0x22/0x60 [scsi_debug]
[ 65.030984] [<ffffffff811758cd>] __alloc_pages_direct_compact+0x3d/0x110
[ 65.039106] [<ffffffff81175f06>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x566/0xb40
[ 65.046739] [<ffffffff811c02c1>] alloc_pages_vma+0x1d1/0x230
[ 65.053690] [<ffffffff811d5d77>] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0x107/0x3f0
[ 65.061713] [<ffffffff8119ed2a>] handle_mm_fault+0x178a/0x1940
[ 65.068859] [<ffffffff811a6614>] ? change_protection+0x14/0x20
[ 65.075999] [<ffffffff8109d8a2>] ? __might_sleep+0x52/0xb0
[ 65.082750] [<ffffffff81063c4d>] __do_page_fault+0x1ad/0x410
[ 65.089690] [<ffffffff81063edf>] do_page_fault+0x2f/0x80
[ 65.096242] [<ffffffff818c8008>] page_fault+0x28/0x30
[ 65.102491] Code: 90 00 00 00 48 8b 45 c8 4d 89 e0 83 b8 50 05 00 00 01 74 12 48 8b 55 c8 4c 89 f6 4c 89 ff e8 2f fe ff ff 49 89 c0 4d 85 c0 74 47 <41> 8b 40 18 83 f8 80 75 0a 49 8b 40 30 48 83 f8 08 77 34 48 b8
[ 65.125421] RIP [<ffffffff81193f29>] compaction_alloc+0xf9/0x270
[ 65.132777] RSP <ffff88168a567940>
[ 65.141419] ---[ end trace c17c6b894e4340a8 ]---
[ 65.149001] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception


Thanks,
Aaron

>
> Thanks.
>
> ---------->8---------------
> From 7e954a68fb555a868acc5860627a1ad8dadbe3bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 14:51:42 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] mm/compaction: Optimize pageblock_pfn_to_page() for
> contiguous zone
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mmzone.h | 1 +
> mm/compaction.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index e23a9e7..573f9a9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ struct zone {
> #endif
>
> #if defined CONFIG_COMPACTION || defined CONFIG_CMA
> + int contiguous;
> /* Set to true when the PG_migrate_skip bits should be cleared */
> bool compact_blockskip_flush;
> #endif
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index de3e1e7..ff5fb04 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static inline bool migrate_async_suitable(int migratetype)
> * the first and last page of a pageblock and avoid checking each individual
> * page in a pageblock.
> */
> -static struct page *pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
> +static struct page *__pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
> unsigned long end_pfn, struct zone *zone)
> {
> struct page *start_page;
> @@ -114,6 +114,56 @@ static struct page *pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
> return start_page;
> }
>
> +static inline struct page *pageblock_pfn_to_page(unsigned long start_pfn,
> + unsigned long end_pfn, struct zone *zone)
> +{
> + if (zone->contiguous == 1)
> + return pfn_to_page(start_pfn);
> +
> + return __pageblock_pfn_to_page(start_pfn, end_pfn, zone);
> +}
> +
> +static void check_zone_contiguous(struct zone *zone)
> +{
> + unsigned long block_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
> + unsigned long block_end_pfn;
> + unsigned long pfn;
> +
> + /* Already checked */
> + if (zone->contiguous)
> + return;
> +
> + printk("%s: %s\n", __func__, zone->name);
> + block_end_pfn = ALIGN(block_start_pfn + 1, pageblock_nr_pages);
> + for (; block_start_pfn < zone_end_pfn(zone);
> + block_start_pfn = block_end_pfn,
> + block_end_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
> +
> + block_end_pfn = min(block_end_pfn, zone_end_pfn(zone));
> +
> + if (!__pageblock_pfn_to_page(block_start_pfn,
> + block_end_pfn, zone)) {
> + /* We have hole */
> + zone->contiguous = -1;
> + printk("%s: %s: uncontiguous\n", __func__, zone->name);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* Check validity of pfn within pageblock */
> + for (pfn = block_start_pfn; pfn < block_end_pfn; pfn++) {
> + if (!pfn_valid_within(pfn)) {
> + zone->contiguous = -1;
> + printk("%s: %s: uncontiguous\n", __func__, zone->name);
> + return;
> + }
> + }
> + }
> +
> + /* We don't have hole */
> + zone->contiguous = 1;
> + printk("%s: %s: contiguous\n", __func__, zone->name);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
>
> /* Do not skip compaction more than 64 times */
> @@ -948,6 +998,12 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc)
> unsigned long low_pfn; /* lowest pfn scanner is able to scan */
> struct list_head *freelist = &cc->freepages;
>
> + /* Work-around */
> + if (zone->contiguous == 1 &&
> + cc->free_pfn == zone_end_pfn(zone) &&
> + cc->free_pfn == cc->free_pfn & ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1))
> + cc->free_pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages;
> +
> /*
> * Initialise the free scanner. The starting point is where we last
> * successfully isolated from, zone-cached value, or the end of the
> @@ -1356,6 +1412,8 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
> ;
> }
>
> + check_zone_contiguous(zone);
> +
> /*
> * Clear pageblock skip if there were failures recently and compaction
> * is about to be retried after being deferred. kswapd does not do
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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