[PATCH] mm: Remove the redundant updating of stats_flush_threshold

From: Jiebin Sun
Date: Fri Jul 22 2022 - 04:31:58 EST


From: jiebin sun <jiebin.sun@xxxxxxxxx>

Remove the redundant updating of stats_flush_threshold. If the
global var stats_flush_threshold has exceeded the trigger value
for __mem_cgroup_flush_stats, further increment is unnecessary.

Apply the patch and test the pts/hackbench-1.0.0 Count:4 (160 threads).

Score gain: 1.95x
Reduce CPU cycles in __mod_memcg_lruvec_state (44.88% -> 0.12%)

CPU: ICX 8380 x 2 sockets
Core number: 40 x 2 physical cores
Benchmark: pts/hackbench-1.0.0 Count:4 (160 threads)

Signed-off-by: Jiebin Sun <jiebin.sun@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index abec50f31fe6..9e8c6f24c694 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -626,7 +626,14 @@ static inline void memcg_rstat_updated(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int val)

x = __this_cpu_add_return(stats_updates, abs(val));
if (x > MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH) {
- atomic_add(x / MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH, &stats_flush_threshold);
+ /*
+ * If stats_flush_threshold exceeds the threshold
+ * (>num_online_cpus()), cgroup stats update will be triggered
+ * in __mem_cgroup_flush_stats(). Increasing this var further
+ * is redundant and simply adds overhead in atomic update.
+ */
+ if (atomic_read(&stats_flush_threshold) <= num_online_cpus())
+ atomic_add(x / MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH, &stats_flush_threshold);
__this_cpu_write(stats_updates, 0);
}
}
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