Re: [PATCHv9-rebased2 01/37] mm, thp: make swapin readahead under down_read of mmap_sem

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Sun Jun 19 2016 - 23:12:22 EST


> > > > @@ -2401,11 +2430,18 @@ static void __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
> > > > continue;
> > > > swapped_in++;
> > > > ret = do_swap_page(mm, vma, _address, pte, pmd,
> > > > - FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY|FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT,
> > > > + FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY,
> > >
> > > Add a description in change log for it please.
> >
> > Ebru, would you address it?
> >
> This changelog really seems poor.
> Is there a way to update only changelog of the commit?
> I tried to use git rebase to amend commit, however
> I could not rebase. This patch only needs better changelog.
>
> I would like to update it as follows, if you would like to too:
>
> "
> Currently khugepaged makes swapin readahead under down_write. This patch
> supplies to make swapin readahead under down_read instead of down_write.
>
> Along swapin, we can need to drop and re-take mmap_sem. Therefore we
> have to be sure vma is consistent. This patch adds a helper function
> to validate vma and also supplies that async swapin should not be
> performed without waiting.
>
> The patch was tested with a test program that allocates 800MB of memory,
> writes to it, and then sleeps. The system was forced to swap out all.
> Afterwards, the test program touches the area by writing, it skips a page
> in each 20 pages of the area.
> "
>
I like to ask again, why is FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT dropped?

> Could you please suggest me a way to replace above changelog with the old?
>
We can ask Andrew for some advices.

> > >
> > > They are cleaned up in subsequent darns?
> >
> Yes, that is reported and fixed here:
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=fc7038a69cee6b817261f7cd805e9663fdc1075c
>
> However, the above comment inconsistency still there.
> I've added a fix patch:
>
> From 404438ff1b0617cbf7434cba0c5a08f79ccb8a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 21:07:22 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] mm, thp: fix comment inconsistency for swapin readahead
> functions
>
Fill in change log please.

thanks
Hillf

> Signed-off-by: Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/huge_memory.c | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index acd374e..f0d528e 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2436,9 +2436,10 @@ static bool __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm,
> /* do_swap_page returns VM_FAULT_RETRY with released mmap_sem */
> if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
> down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> - /* vma is no longer available, don't continue to swapin */
> - if (hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address))
> + if (hugepage_vma_revalidate(mm, address)) {
> + /* vma is no longer available, don't continue to swapin */
> return false;
> + }
> }
> if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
> trace_mm_collapse_huge_page_swapin(mm, swapped_in, 0);
> @@ -2513,8 +2514,8 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
> if (allocstall == curr_allocstall && swap != 0) {
> /*
> * __collapse_huge_page_swapin always returns with mmap_sem
> - * locked. If it fails, release mmap_sem and jump directly
> - * out. Continuing to collapse causes inconsistency.
> + * locked. If it fails, we release mmap_sem and jump out_nolock.
> + * Continuing to collapse causes inconsistency.
> */
> if (!__collapse_huge_page_swapin(mm, vma, address, pmd)) {
> mem_cgroup_cancel_charge(new_page, memcg, true);
> --
> 1.9.1