Re: [PATCH 2/4] drm/msm: Avoid mutex in shrinker_count()

[Rob Clark]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 4:39 PM Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 4:23 PM Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 3:44 PM Doug Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 3:14 PM Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > @@ -818,11 +820,19 @@ static void update_inactive(struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj)
> > > >         mutex_lock(&priv->mm_lock);
> > > >         WARN_ON(msm_obj->active_count != 0);
> > > >
> > > > +       if (msm_obj->dontneed)
> > > > +               mark_unpurgable(msm_obj);
> > > > +
> > > >         list_del_init(&msm_obj->mm_list);
> > > > -       if (msm_obj->madv == MSM_MADV_WILLNEED)
> > > > +       if (msm_obj->madv == MSM_MADV_WILLNEED) {
> > > >                 list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_willneed);
> > > > -       else
> > > > +       } else if (msm_obj->madv == MSM_MADV_DONTNEED) {
> > > >                 list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_dontneed);
> > > > +               mark_purgable(msm_obj);
> > > > +       } else {
> > > > +               WARN_ON(msm_obj->madv != __MSM_MADV_PURGED);
> > > > +               list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_purged);
> > >
> > > I'm probably being dense, but what's the point of adding it to the
> > > "inactive_purged" list here? You never look at that list, right? You
> > > already did a list_del_init() on this object's list pointer
> > > ("mm_list"). I don't see how adding it to a bogus list helps with
> > > anything.
> >
> > It preserves the "every bo is in one of these lists" statement, but
> > other than that you are right we aren't otherwise doing anything with
> > that list.  (Or we could replace the list_del_init() with list_del()..
> > I tend to instinctively go for list_del_init())
>
> If you really want this list, it wouldn't hurt to at least have a
> comment saying that it's not used for anything so people like me doing
> go trying to figure out what it's used for. ;-)
>
>
> > > > @@ -198,6 +203,33 @@ static inline bool is_vunmapable(struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj)
> > > >         return (msm_obj->vmap_count == 0) && msm_obj->vaddr;
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +static inline void mark_purgable(struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct msm_drm_private *priv = msm_obj->base.dev->dev_private;
> > > > +
> > > > +       WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&priv->mm_lock));
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (WARN_ON(msm_obj->dontneed))
> > > > +               return;
> > >
> > > The is_purgeable() function also checks other things besides just
> > > "MSM_MADV_DONTNEED". Do we need to check those too? Specifically:
> > >
> > >  msm_obj->sgt && !msm_obj->base.dma_buf && !msm_obj->base.import_attach
> > >
> > > ...or is it just being paranoid?
> > >
> > > I guess I'm just worried that if any of those might be important then
> > > we'll consistently report back that we have a count of things that can
> > > be purged but then scan() won't find anything to do. That wouldn't be
> > > great.
> >
> > Hmm, I thought msm_gem_madvise() returned an error instead of allowing
> > MSM_MADV_DONTNEED to be set on imported/exported dma-bufs.. it
> > probably should to be complete (but userspace already knows not to
> > madvise an imported/exported buffer for other reasons.. ie. we can't
> > let a shared buffer end up in the bo cache).  I'll re-work that a bit.
> >
> > The msm_obj->sgt case is a bit more tricky.. that will be the case of
> > a freshly allocated obj that does not have backing patches yet.  But
> > it seems like enough of a corner case, that I'm happy to live with
> > it.. ie. the tricky thing is not leaking decrements of
> > priv->shrinkable_count or underflowing priv->shrinkable_count, and
> > caring about the !msm_obj->sgt case doubles the number of states an
> > object can be in, and the shrinker->count() return value is just an
> > estimate.
>
> I think it's equally important to make sure that we don't constantly
> have a non-zero count and then have scan() do nothing.  If there's a
> transitory blip then it's fine, but it's not OK if it can be steady
> state. Then you end up with:
>
> 1. How many objects do you have to free? 10
> 2. OK, free some. How many did you free? 0
> 3. Oh. You got more to do, I'll call you again.
> 4. Goto #1
>
> ...and it just keeps looping, right?

Looking more closely at vmscan, it looks like we should return
SHRINK_STOP instead of zero

BR,
-R

>
> As long as you're confident that this case can't happen then we're
> probably fine, but good to be careful. Is there any way we can make
> sure that a "freshly allocated object" isn't ever in the "DONTNEED"
> state?
>
>
> > > > +       priv->shrinkable_count += msm_obj->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > > +       msm_obj->dontneed = true;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +static inline void mark_unpurgable(struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct msm_drm_private *priv = msm_obj->base.dev->dev_private;
> > > > +
> > > > +       WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&priv->mm_lock));
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (WARN_ON(!msm_obj->dontneed))
> > > > +               return;
> > > > +
> > > > +       priv->shrinkable_count -= msm_obj->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > > +       WARN_ON(priv->shrinkable_count < 0);
> > >
> > > If you changed the order maybe you could make shrinkable_count
> > > "unsigned long" to match the shrinker API?
> > >
> > >  new_shrinkable = msm_obj->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > >  WARN_ON(new_shrinkable > priv->shrinkable_count);
> > >  priv->shrinkable_count -= new_shrinkable
> > >
> >
> > True, although I've developed a preference for signed integers in
> > cases where it can underflow if you mess up
>
> Yeah, I guess it's fine since it's a count of pages and we really
> can't have _that_ many pages worth of stuff to purge. It might not
> hurt to at least declare it as a "long" instead of an "int" though to
> match the shrinker API.
>
> -Doug