Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] mm: memory_hotplug: make hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap compatible with memmap_on_memory

[David Hildenbrand]

On 20.06.22 09:22, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 09:38:51PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
>> For now, the feature of hugetlb_free_vmemmap is not compatible with the
>> feature of memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory, and hugetlb_free_vmemmap
>> takes precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory. However, someone
>> wants to make memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory takes precedence over
>> hugetlb_free_vmemmap since memmap_on_memory makes it more likely to
>> succeed memory hotplug in close-to-OOM situations.  So the decision
>> of making hugetlb_free_vmemmap take precedence is not wise and elegant.
>> The proper approach is to have hugetlb_vmemmap.c do the check whether
>> the section which the HugeTLB pages belong to can be optimized.  If
>> the section's vmemmap pages are allocated from the added memory block
>> itself, hugetlb_free_vmemmap should refuse to optimize the vmemmap,
>> otherwise, do the optimization.  Then both kernel parameters are
>> compatible.  So this patch introduces VmemmapSelfHosted to mask any
>> non-optimizable vmemmap pages. The hugetlb_vmemmap can use this flag
>> to detect if a vmemmap page can be optimized.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Co-developed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 +++++------
>>  Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst         |  5 +--
>>  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h                  |  9 -----
>>  include/linux/page-flags.h                      | 11 ++++++
>>  mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                            | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  mm/memory_hotplug.c                             | 27 ++++++-------
>>  6 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index 8090130b544b..d740e2ed0e61 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -1722,9 +1722,11 @@
>>  			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
>>  			the default is on.
>>  
>> -			This is not compatible with memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
>> -			If both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes
>> -			precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
>> +			Note that the vmemmap pages may be allocated from the added
>> +			memory block itself when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory is
>> +			enabled, those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even if this
>> +			feature is enabled.  Other vmemmap pages not allocated from
>> +			the added memory block itself do not be affected.
>>  
>>  	hung_task_panic=
>>  			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
>> @@ -3069,10 +3071,12 @@
>>  			[KNL,X86,ARM] Boolean flag to enable this feature.
>>  			Format: {on | off (default)}
>>  			When enabled, runtime hotplugged memory will
>> -			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages)
>> -			from the hotadded memory which will allow to
>> -			hotadd a lot of memory without requiring
>> -			additional memory to do so.
>> +			allocate its internal metadata (struct pages,
>> +			those vmemmap pages cannot be optimized even
>> +			if hugetlb_free_vmemmap is enabled) from the
>> +			hotadded memory which will allow to hotadd a
>> +			lot of memory without requiring additional
>> +			memory to do so.
>>  			This feature is disabled by default because it
>>  			has some implication on large (e.g. GB)
>>  			allocations in some configurations (e.g. small
>> @@ -3082,10 +3086,6 @@
>>  			Note that even when enabled, there are a few cases where
>>  			the feature is not effective.
>>  
>> -			This is not compatible with hugetlb_free_vmemmap. If
>> -			both parameters are enabled, hugetlb_free_vmemmap takes
>> -			precedence over memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory.
>> -
>>  	memtest=	[KNL,X86,ARM,M68K,PPC,RISCV] Enable memtest
>>  			Format: <integer>
>>  			default : 0 <disable>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
>> index 5c9aa171a0d3..d7374a1e8ac9 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.rst
>> @@ -565,9 +565,8 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
>>  hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap
>>  ========================
>>  
>> -This knob is not available when memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory (kernel parameter)
>> -is configured or the size of 'struct page' (a structure defined in
>> -include/linux/mm_types.h) is not power of two (an unusual system config could
>> +This knob is not available when the size of 'struct page' (a structure defined
>> +in include/linux/mm_types.h) is not power of two (an unusual system config could
>>  result in this).
>>  
>>  Enable (set to 1) or disable (set to 0) the feature of optimizing vmemmap pages
>> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> index 20d7edf62a6a..e0b2209ab71c 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
>> @@ -351,13 +351,4 @@ void arch_remove_linear_mapping(u64 start, u64 size);
>>  extern bool mhp_supports_memmap_on_memory(unsigned long size);
>>  #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
>>  
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY
>> -bool mhp_memmap_on_memory(void);
>> -#else
>> -static inline bool mhp_memmap_on_memory(void)
>> -{
>> -	return false;
>> -}
>> -#endif
>> -
>>  #endif /* __LINUX_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_H */
>> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
>> index e66f7aa3191d..2aa5dcbfe468 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
>> @@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ enum pageflags {
>>  
>>  	/* Only valid for buddy pages. Used to track pages that are reported */
>>  	PG_reported = PG_uptodate,
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>> +	/* For self-hosted memmap pages */
>> +	PG_vmemmap_self_hosted = PG_owner_priv_1,
>> +#endif
>>  };
>>  
>>  #define PAGEFLAGS_MASK		((1UL << NR_PAGEFLAGS) - 1)
>> @@ -628,6 +633,12 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(SkipKASanPoison, skip_kasan_poison)
>>   */
>>  __PAGEFLAG(Reported, reported, PF_NO_COMPOUND)
>>  
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
>> +PAGEFLAG(VmemmapSelfHosted, vmemmap_self_hosted, PF_ANY)
>> +#else
>> +PAGEFLAG_FALSE(VmemmapSelfHosted, vmemmap_self_hosted)
>> +#endif
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * On an anonymous page mapped into a user virtual memory area,
>>   * page->mapping points to its anon_vma, not to a struct address_space;
>> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> index 1089ea8a9c98..73bfbb47f6a4 100644
>> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
>> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>>   */
>>  #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"HugeTLB: " fmt
>>  
>> -#include <linux/memory_hotplug.h>
>> +#include <linux/memory.h>
>>  #include "hugetlb_vmemmap.h"
>>  
>>  /*
>> @@ -97,18 +97,54 @@ int hugetlb_vmemmap_alloc(struct hstate *h, struct page *head)
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static unsigned int vmemmap_optimizable_pages(struct hstate *h,
>> +					      struct page *head)
>> +{
>> +	if (READ_ONCE(vmemmap_optimize_mode) == VMEMMAP_OPTIMIZE_OFF)
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG)) {
>> +		unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(head);
>> +
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Due to HugeTLB alignment requirements and the vmemmap pages
>> +		 * being at the start of the hotplugged memory region in
>> +		 * memory_hotplug.memmap_on_memory case. Checking the first
>> +		 * vmemmap page's vmemmap if it is marked as VmemmapSelfHosted
>> +		 * is sufficient.
>> +		 *
>> +		 * [                  hotplugged memory                  ]
>> +		 * [        section        ][...][        section        ]
>> +		 * [ vmemmap ][              usable memory               ]
>> +		 *   ^   |     |                                        |
>> +		 *   +---+     |                                        |
>> +		 *     ^       |                                        |
>> +		 *     +-------+                                        |
>> +		 *          ^                                           |
>> +		 *          +-------------------------------------------+
>> +		 *
>> +		 * Hotplugged memory block never has non-present sections, while
>> +		 * boot memory block can have one or more. So pfn_valid() is
>> +		 * used to filter out the non-present section which also cannot
>> +		 * be memmap_on_memory.
>> +		 */
>> +		pfn = ALIGN_DOWN(pfn, PHYS_PFN(memory_block_size_bytes()));
>> +		if (pfn_valid(pfn) && PageVmemmapSelfHosted(pfn_to_page(pfn)))
> 
> Although it works, I think PageVmemmapSelfHosted() check for the 1st pfn's
> vmemmap page is not always reliable.  Since we reused PG_owner_priv_1
> as PG_vmemmap_self_hosted, the test is noly reliable for vmemmap page's
> vmemmap page.  Other non-vmemmap page can be flagged with PG_owner_priv_1.
> So this check can be false-positive. Maybe the following code snippet is
> the solution.

How could that happen for pages used for backing a vmemmap?

> 
> Any thoughts? Oscar or David.

First of all, I think you should really avoid using
memory_block_size_bytes(); when using memory_block_size_bytes(), you
wouldn't need PageVmemmapSelfHosted(), you can just check if the vmemmap
of the page is itself. But I think we should try making this independent
of the memory block size.

If virt_to_page(page) doesn't work, maybe just traverse the direct map
to find the page backing page directly?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb