Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 1/4] mm/mglru: fix underprotected page cache

From: Yu Zhao
Date: Thu Jan 11 2024 - 02:03:04 EST

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:16 PM Kairui Song <ryncsn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年12月12日周二 06:07写道：
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年12月8日周五 14:14写道：
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unmapped folios accessed through file descriptors can be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > underprotected. Those folios are added to the oldest generation based
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. The fact that they are less costly to reclaim (no need to walk the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rmap and flush the TLB) and have less impact on performance (don't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cause major PFs and can be non-blocking if needed again).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. The observation that they are likely to be single-use. E.g., for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > client use cases like Android, its apps parse configuration files
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and store the data in heap (anon); for server use cases like MySQL,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it reads from InnoDB files and holds the cached data for tables in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > buffer pools (anon).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, the oldest generation can be very short lived, and if so, it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > doesn't provide the PID controller with enough time to respond to a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > surge of refaults. (Note that the PID controller uses weighted
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > refaults and those from evicted generations only take a half of the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > whole weight.) In other words, for a short lived generation, the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > moving average smooths out the spike quickly.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To fix the problem:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. For folios that are already on LRU, if they can be beyond the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tracking range of tiers, i.e, five accesses through file
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > descriptors, move them to the second oldest generation to give them
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more time to age. (Note that tiers are used by the PID controller
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to statistically determine whether folios accessed multiple times
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > through file descriptors are worth protecting.)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. When adding unmapped folios to LRU, adjust the placement of them so
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that they are not too close to the tail. The effect of this is
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > similar to the above.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Android, launching 55 apps sequentially:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Before After Change
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_anon 25641024 25598972 0%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_file 115016834 106178438 -8%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Yu,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks you for your amazing works on MGLRU.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe this is the similar issue I was trying to resolve previously:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lwn.net/Articles/945266/
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The idea is to use refault distance to decide if the page should be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > place in oldest generation or some other gen, which per my test,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > worked very well, and we have been using refault distance for MGLRU in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > multiple workloads.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are a few issues left in my previous RFC series, like anon pages
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in MGLRU shouldn't be considered, I wanted to collect feedback or test
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cases, but unfortunately it seems didn't get too much attention
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > upstream.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think both this patch and my previous series are for solving the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > file pages underpertected issue, and I did a quick test using this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > series, for mongodb test, refault distance seems still a better
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > solution (I'm not saying these two optimization are mutually exclusive
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > though, just they do have some conflicts in implementation and solving
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > similar problem):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Previous result:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==================================================================
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Execution Results after 905 seconds
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Executed Time (µs) Rate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > STOCK_LEVEL 2542 27121571486.2 0.09 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TOTAL 2542 27121571486.2 0.09 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This patch:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==================================================================
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Execution Results after 900 seconds
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Executed Time (µs) Rate
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > STOCK_LEVEL 1594 27061522574.4 0.06 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TOTAL 1594 27061522574.4 0.06 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unpatched version is always around ~500.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the test results!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think there are a few points here:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Refault distance make use of page shadow so it can better
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > distinguish evicted pages of different access pattern (re-access
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > distance).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Throttled refault distance can help hold part of workingset when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > memory is too small to hold the whole workingset.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So maybe part of this patch and the bits of previous series can be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > combined to work better on this issue, how do you think?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll try to find some time this week to look at your RFC. It'd be a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Yu,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm working on V4 of the RFC now, which just update some comments, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > skip anon page re-activation in refault path for mglru which was not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > very helpful, only some tiny adjustment.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And I found it easier to test with fio, using following test script:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > swapoff -a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > modprobe brd rd_nr=1 rd_size=16777216
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mkfs.ext4 /dev/ram0
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mount /dev/ram0 /mnt
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/benchmark
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cd /sys/fs/cgroup/benchmark
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > echo 4G > memory.max
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > echo $$ > cgroup.procs
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fio -name=mglru --numjobs=12 --directory=/mnt --size=1024m \
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --buffered=1 --ioengine=io_uring --iodepth=128 \
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --iodepth_batch_submit=32 --iodepth_batch_complete=32 \
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --rw=randread --random_distribution=zipf:0.5 --norandommap \
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --time_based --ramp_time=5m --runtime=5m --group_reporting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zipf:0.5 is used here to simulate a cached read with slight bias
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > towards certain pages.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unpatched 6.7-rc4:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=6548MiB/s (6866MB/s), 6548MiB/s-6548MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (6866MB/s-6866MB/s), io=1918GiB (2060GB), run=300001-300001msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patched with RFC v4:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=7270MiB/s (7623MB/s), 7270MiB/s-7270MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (7623MB/s-7623MB/s), io=2130GiB (2287GB), run=300001-300001msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patched with this series:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=7098MiB/s (7442MB/s), 7098MiB/s-7098MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (7442MB/s-7442MB/s), io=2079GiB (2233GB), run=300002-300002msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MGLRU off:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=6525MiB/s (6842MB/s), 6525MiB/s-6525MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (6842MB/s-6842MB/s), io=1912GiB (2052GB), run=300002-300002msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - If I change zipf:0.5 to random:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unpatched 6.7-rc4:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patched with this series:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=5975MiB/s (6265MB/s), 5975MiB/s-5975MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (6265MB/s-6265MB/s), io=1750GiB (1879GB), run=300002-300002msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patched with RFC v4:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=5987MiB/s (6278MB/s), 5987MiB/s-5987MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (6278MB/s-6278MB/s), io=1754GiB (1883GB), run=300001-300001msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patched with this series:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=5839MiB/s (6123MB/s), 5839MiB/s-5839MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (6123MB/s-6123MB/s), io=1711GiB (1837GB), run=300001-300001msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MGLRU off:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Run status group 0 (all jobs):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ: bw=5689MiB/s (5965MB/s), 5689MiB/s-5689MiB/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (5965MB/s-5965MB/s), io=1667GiB (1790GB), run=300003-300003msec
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fio uses ramdisk so LRU accuracy will have smaller impact. The Mongodb
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > test I provided before uses a SATA SSD so it will have a much higher
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > impact. I'll provides a script to setup the test case and run it, it's
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more complex to setup than fio since involving setting up multiple
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > replicas and auth and hundreds of GB of test fixtures, I'm currently
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > occupied by some other tasks but will try best to send them out as
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > soon as possible.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! Apparently your RFC did show better IOPS with both access
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > patterns, which was a surprise to me because it had higher refaults
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and usually higher refautls result in worse performance.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > And thanks for providing the refaults I requested for -- your data
> > > > > > > > > > > > > below confirms what I mentioned above:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > For fio:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Your RFC This series Change
> > > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_file 628192729 596790506 -5%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > IOPS 1862k 1830k -2%
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > For MongoDB:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Your RFC This series Change
> > > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_anon 10512 35277 +30%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_file 22751782 20335355 -11%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > total 22762294 20370632 -11%
> > > > > > > > > > > > > TPS 0.09 0.06 -33%
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > For MongoDB, this series should be a big win (but apparently it's not),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > especially when using zram, since an anon refault should be a lot
> > > > > > > > > > > > > cheaper than a file refault.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I'm baffled...
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > One important detail I forgot to mention: based on your data from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > lru_gen_full, I think there is another difference between our Kconfigs:
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Your Kconfig My Kconfig Max possible
> > > > > > > > > > > > > LRU_REFS_WIDTH 1 2 2
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Yu,
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info, my fault, I forgot to update my config as I was
> > > > > > > > > > > > testing some other features.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Buf after I changed LRU_REFS_WIDTH to 2 by disabling IDLE_PAGE, thing
> > > > > > > > > > > > got much worse for MongoDB test:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > With LRU_REFS_WIDTH == 2:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > This patch:
> > > > > > > > > > > > ==================================================================
> > > > > > > > > > > > Execution Results after 919 seconds
> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > Executed Time (µs) Rate
> > > > > > > > > > > > STOCK_LEVEL 488 27598136201.9 002 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > TOTAL 488 27598136201.9 002 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > memcg 86 /system.slice/docker-1c3a90be9f0a072f5719332419550cd0e1455f2cd5863bc2780ca4d3f913ece5.scope
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> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 948187 0 6051788·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0r 0e 0p 11916r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 66442e 0p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0r 0e 0p 903r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 16888e 0p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0r 0e 0p 459r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 9764e 0p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0e 2874p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 948187 1353160 6351·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 4 73045 23573 12·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0R 0T 0 3498607R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 4868605T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0R 0T 0 3012246R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3270261T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0R 0T 0 2498608R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2839104T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0R 0T 0 0R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1983947T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1486579L 0O 1380614Y 2945N
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2945F 2734A
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_anon 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_file 18130598
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > total used free shared buff/cache available
> > > > > > > > > > > > Mem: 31978 6705 312 20 24960 24786
> > > > > > > > > > > > Swap: 31977 4 31973
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > RFC:
> > > > > > > > > > > > ==================================================================
> > > > > > > > > > > > Execution Results after 908 seconds
> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > Executed Time (µs) Rate
> > > > > > > > > > > > STOCK_LEVEL 2252 27159962888.2 008 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > > > > > TOTAL 2252 27159962888.2 008 txn/s
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_anon 22585
> > > > > > > > > > > > workingset_refault_file 22715256
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > memcg 66 /system.slice/docker-0989446ff78106e32d3f400a0cf371c9a703281bded86d6d6bb1af706ebb25da.scope
> > > > > > > > > > > > node 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 22 563007 2274 1198225·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0r 1e 0p 0r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 697076e 0p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0r 0e 0p 0r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0e 325661p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0r 0e 0p 0r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0e 888728p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0e 3602238p
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 23 532222 7525 4948747·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 24 500367 1214667 3292·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0 0 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 25 469692 40797 466·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 0 0R 271T 0 0R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1162165T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1 0R 0T 0 774028R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 1205332T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 2 0R 0T 0 0R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 932484T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 3 0R 1T 0 0R
> > > > > > > > > > > > 4252158T 0·
> > > > > > > > > > > > 25178380L 156515O 23953602Y 59234N
> > > > > > > > > > > > 49391F 48664A
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > total used free shared buff/cache available
> > > > > > > > > > > > Mem: 31978 6968 338 5 24671 24555
> > > > > > > > > > > > Swap: 31977 1533 30444
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Using same mongodb config (a 3 replica cluster using the same config):
> > > > > > > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "net": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "bindIpAll": true,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "ipv6": false,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "maxIncomingConnections": 10000,
> > > > > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > > > > "setParameter": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "disabledSecureAllocatorDomains": "*"
> > > > > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > > > > "replication": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "oplogSizeMB": 10480,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "replSetName": "issa-tpcc_0"
> > > > > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > > > > "security": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "keyFile": "/data/db/keyfile"
> > > > > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > > > > "storage": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "dbPath": "/data/db/",
> > > > > > > > > > > > "syncPeriodSecs": 60,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "directoryPerDB": true,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "wiredTiger": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "engineConfig": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "cacheSizeGB": 5
> > > > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > > > },
> > > > > > > > > > > > "systemLog": {
> > > > > > > > > > > > "destination": "file",
> > > > > > > > > > > > "logAppend": true,
> > > > > > > > > > > > "logRotate": "rename",
> > > > > > > > > > > > "path": "/data/db/mongod.log",
> > > > > > > > > > > > "verbosity": 0
> > > > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > The test environment have 32g memory and 16 core.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Per my analyze, the access pattern for the mongodb test is that page
> > > > > > > > > > > > will be re-access long after it's evicted so PID controller won't
> > > > > > > > > > > > protect higher tier. That RFC will make use of the long existing
> > > > > > > > > > > > shadow to do feedback to PID/Gen so the result will be much better.
> > > > > > > > > > > > Still need more adjusting though, will try to do a rebase on top of
> > > > > > > > > > > > mm-unstable which includes your patch.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I've no idea why the workingset_refault_* is higher in the better
> > > > > > > > > > > > case, this a clearly an IO bound workload, Memory and IO is busy while
> > > > > > > > > > > > CPU is not full...
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > I've uploaded my local reproducer here:
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/ryncsn/emm-test-project/tree/master/mongo-cluster
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/ryncsn/py-tpcc
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the repos -- I'm trying them right now. Which MongoDB
> > > > > > > > > > > version did you use? setup.sh didn't seem to install it.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Also do you have a QEMU image? It'd be a lot easier for me to
> > > > > > > > > > > duplicate the exact environment by looking into it.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I ended up using docker.io/mongodb/mongodb-community-server:latest,
> > > > > > > > > > and it's not working:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > # docker exec -it mongo-r1 mongosh --eval \
> > > > > > > > > > '"rs.initiate({
> > > > > > > > > > _id: "issa-tpcc_0",
> > > > > > > > > > members: [
> > > > > > > > > > {_id: 0, host: "mongo-r1"},
> > > > > > > > > > {_id: 1, host: "mongo-r2"},
> > > > > > > > > > {_id: 2, host: "mongo-r3"}
> > > > > > > > > > ]
> > > > > > > > > > })"'
> > > > > > > > > > Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.
> > > > > > > > > > Error: can only create exec sessions on running containers: container
> > > > > > > > > > state improper
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi Yu,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've updated the test repo:
> > > > > > > > > https://github.com/ryncsn/emm-test-project/tree/master/mongo-cluster
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've tested it on top of latest Fedora Cloud Image 39 and it worked
> > > > > > > > > well for me, the README now contains detailed and not hard to follow
> > > > > > > > > steps to reproduce this test.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks. I was following the instructions down to the letter and it
> > > > > > > > fell apart again at line 46 (./tpcc.py).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think you just broke it by
> > > > > > > https://github.com/ryncsn/py-tpcc/commit/7b9b380d636cb84faa5b11b5562e531f924eeb7e
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > (But it's also possible you actually wanted me to use this latest
> > > > > > > commit but forgot to account for it in your instructions.)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Were you able to successfully run the benchmark on a fresh VM by
> > > > > > > > following the instructions? If not, I'd appreciate it if you could do
> > > > > > > > so and document all the missing steps.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ah, you are right, I attempted to convert it to Python3 but found it
> > > > > > only brought more trouble, so I gave up and the instruction is still
> > > > > > using Python2. However I accidentally pushed the WIP python3 convert
> > > > > > commit... I've reset the repo to
> > > > > > https://github.com/ryncsn/py-tpcc/commit/86e862c5cf3b2d1f51e0297742fa837c7a99ebf8,
> > > > > > this is working well. Sorry for the inconvenient.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks -- I was able to reproduce results similar to yours.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Yu,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the testing, and merry xmas.
> > > >
> > > > > It turned out the mystery (fewer refaults but worse performance) was caused by
> > > > > 13.89% 13.89% kswapd0 [kernel.vmlinux] [k]
> > > > > __list_del_entry_valid_or_report
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure about this, if the task is CPU bounded, this could
> > > > explain. But it's not, the performance gap is larger when tested on
> > > > slow IO device.
> > > >
> > > > The iostat output during my test run:
> > > > avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
> > > > 7.40 0.00 2.42 83.37 0.00 6.80
> > > > Device r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s rrqm/s wrqm/s
> > > > %rrqm %wrqm r_await w_await aqu-sz rareq-sz wareq-sz svctm %util
> > > > vda 35.00 0.80 167.60 17.20 6.90 3.50
> > > > 16.47 81.40 0.47 1.62 0.02 4.79 21.50 0.63 2.27
> > > > vdb 5999.30 4.80 104433.60 84.00 0.00 8.30
> > > > 0.00 63.36 6.54 1.31 39.25 17.41 17.50 0.17 100.00
> > > > zram0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
> > > > 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
> > >
> > > I ran the benchmark on the slowest bare metal I have that roughly
> > > matches your CPU/DRAM configurations (ThinkPad P1 G4
> > > https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd031426).
> > >
> > > But it seems you used a VM (vda/vdb) -- I never run performance
> > > benchmarks in VMs because the host and hypervisor can complicate
> > > things, for example, in this case, is it possible the host page cache
> > > cached your disk image containing the database files?
> > >
> > > > You can see CPU is waiting for IO, %user is always around 10%.
> > > > The hotspot you posted only take up 13.89% of the runtime, which
> > > > shouldn't cause so much performance drop.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Apparently Fedora has CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=y by default, and after I
> > > > > turned it off (the only change I made), this series showed better TPS
> > > > > (I used"--duration=10800" for more reliable results):
> > > > > v6.7-rc6 RFC [1] change
> > > > > total txns 25024 24672 +1%
> > > > > workingset_refault_anon 573668 680248 -16%
> > > > > workingset_refault_file 260631976 265808452 -2%
> > > >
> > > > I have disabled CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST when doing performance comparison test.
> >
> > Also I'd suggest we both use the same distro you shared with me and
> > the default .config except CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST=n, and v6.7-rc6 for now.
> >
> > (I'm attaching the default .config based on /boot/config-6.5.6-300.fc39x86_64.)
> >
>
> Hi Yu
>
> I've been adapting and testing the refault distance series based on
> latest 6.7. Also I found a serious bug in my previous V3, so I updated
> it here with some importance changes (using a seperate refault
> distance model, instead of glueing to active/inactive model):
> https://github.com/ryncsn/linux/commits/kasong/devel/refault-distance-2024-1/
>
> So far I can conclude that previous result is not caused by host
> cache, I setup a baremetal test environment, strictly using your
> config, I gathered some data (I also updated the refault distance
> patch series, updated version in link above, and also the baremetal
> hava a fast NVME so the performance gap wasn't so large but still
> stably observable):
>
> With latest 6.7 (Your config):
> ==================================================================
> Execution Results after 905 seconds
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Executed Time (µs) Rate
> STOCK_LEVEL 4025 27162035181.5 0.15 txn/s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOTAL 4025 27162035181.5 0.15 txn/s
>
> vmstat:
> workingset_nodes 82996
> workingset_refault_anon 269371
> workingset_refault_file 37671044
> workingset_activate_anon 121061
> workingset_activate_file 8927227
> workingset_restore_anon 121061
> workingset_restore_file 2578269
> workingset_nodereclaim 62394
>
> lru_gen_full:
> memcg 67 /machine.slice/libpod-38b33777db34724cf8edfbef1ac2e4fd0621f14151e241bbf1430d397d3dee51.scope/container
> node 0
> 34 60565 21248 1254331
> 0 0r 0e 0p 121186r
> 169948e 0p
> 1 0r 0e 0p 156224r
> 222553e 0p
> 2 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 4227858p
> 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 0p
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 35 41132 714504 4300280
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 36 20586 473476 2105
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 37 2035 817 876
> 0 6647R 9116T 0 166836R
> 871850T 0
> 1 0R 0T 0 110807R
> 296447T 0
> 2 0R 268T 0 0R
> 4655276T 0
> 3 0R 0T 0 0R
> 0T 0
> 12510062L 639646O 11048666Y 45512N
> 24520F 23613A
> iostat:
> avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
> 76.29 0.00 12.09 3.50 1.44 6.69
>
> Device tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_dscd/s
> kB_read kB_wrtn kB_dscd
> dm-0 16.12 684.50 36.93 0.00
> 649996 35070 0
> dm-1 0.05 1.10 0.00 0.00
> 1044 0 0
> nvme0n1 16.47 700.22 39.09 0.00 664922
> 37118 0
> nvme1n1 4905.93 205287.92 1030.70 0.00
> 194939353 978740 0
> zram0 4440.17 5356.90 12404.81 0.00
> 5086856 11779480 0
>
> free -m:
> total used free shared buff/cache available
> Mem: 31830 9475 403 0 21951 21918
> Swap: 31829 6500 25329
>
> With latest refault distance series (Your config):
> ==================================================================
> Execution Results after 902 seconds
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Executed Time (µs) Rate
> STOCK_LEVEL 4260 27065448172.8 0.16 txn/s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOTAL 4260 27065448172.8 0.16 txn/s
>
> workingset_nodes 113824
> workingset_refault_anon 293426
> workingset_refault_file 42700484
> workingset_activate_anon 0
> workingset_activate_file 13410174
> workingset_restore_anon 289106
> workingset_restore_file 5592042
> workingset_nodereclaim 33249
>
> memcg 67 /machine.slice/libpod-8eff6b7b65e34fe0497ff5c0c88c750f6896c43a06bb26e8cd6470de596be76e.scope/container
> node 0
> 15 261222 266350 65081
> 0 0r 0e 0p 185212r
> 2314329e 0p
> 1 0r 0e 0p 40887r
> 710312e 0p
> 2 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 5026031p
> 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 0p
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 16 199341 267661 5034442
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 17 120655 547852 592
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 18 55172 127769 3855
> 0 1910R 2975T 0 1894614R
> 4375361T 0
> 1 0R 0T 0 2099208R
> 2861460T 0
> 2 0R 27T 0 446000R
> 5569781T 0
> 3 0R 0T 0 0R
> 0T 0
> 2817512L 35421O 2579377Y 10452N
> 5517F 5414A
>
> avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
> 76.34 0.00 11.25 4.22 1.29 6.90
>
> Device tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_dscd/s
> kB_read kB_wrtn kB_dscd
> dm-0 12.85 563.18 30.75 0.00
> 532390 29070 0
> dm-1 0.05 1.10 0.00 0.00
> 1044 0 0
> nvme0n1 13.22 578.97 32.92 0.00
> 547315 31119 0
> nvme1n1 5384.11 229164.12 1038.95 0.00
> 216635713 982152 0
> zram0 3590.88 4730.84 9633.71 0.00
> 4472204 9107032 0
>
> total used free shared buff/cache available
> Mem: 31830 10854 520 0 20455 20541
> Swap: 31829 4508 27321
>
> You see actually refault distance is now protecting more anon page,
> total IO on ZRAM is lower, It's mostly CPU bound, and NVME is fast
> enough, and result in a better performance.
>
> Things get more interesting if I disable page idle flag (so refs bits
> is extended, in your config, refs bit is only one bit, so it maybe
> overprotect file pages):
>
> Latest 6.7 (You config with page idle flag disabled):
> ==================================================================
> Execution Results after 904 seconds
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Executed Time (µs) Rate
> STOCK_LEVEL 4016 27122163703.9 0.15 txn/s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOTAL 4016 27122163703.9 0.15 txn/s
>
> workingset_nodes 99637
> workingset_refault_anon 309548
> workingset_refault_file 45896663
> workingset_activate_anon 129401
> workingset_activate_file 18461236
> workingset_restore_anon 129400
> workingset_restore_file 4963707
> workingset_nodereclaim 43970
>
> memcg 67 /machine.slice/libpod-7546463bd2b257a9b799817ca11bee1389d7deec20032529098520a89a207d7e.scope/container
> node 0
> 27 103004 328070 269733
> 0 0r 0e 0p 509949r
> 1957117e 0p
> 1 0r 0e 0p 141642r
> 319695e 0p
> 2 0r 0e 0p 777835r
> 793518e 0p
> 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 4333835p
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 28 82361 24748 5192182
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 29 57025 786386 5681
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 30 18619 76289 1273
> 0 4295R 8888T 0 222326R
> 1044601T 0
> 1 0R 0T 0 117646R
> 301735T 0
> 2 0R 0T 0 433431R
> 825516T 0
> 3 0R 1T 0 0R
> 4076839T 0
> 13369819L 603360O 11981074Y 47388N
> 26235F 25276A
>
> avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
> 74.90 0.00 11.96 4.92 1.62 6.60
>
> Device tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_dscd/s
> kB_read kB_wrtn kB_dscd
> dm-0 14.93 645.44 36.54 0.00
> 610150 34540 0
> dm-1 0.05 1.10 0.00 0.00
> 1044 0 0
> nvme0n1 15.30 661.23 38.71 0.00
> 625076 36589 0
> nvme1n1 6352.42 240726.35 1036.47 0.00
> 227565845 979808 0
> zram0 4189.65 4883.27 11876.36 0.00
> 4616304 11227080 0
>
> total used free shared buff/cache available
> Mem: 31830 9529 509 0 21791 21867
> Swap: 31829 6441 25388
>
> Refault distance seriese (Your config with page idle flag disabled):
> ==================================================================
> Execution Results after 901 seconds
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Executed Time (µs) Rate
> STOCK_LEVEL 4268 27060267967.7 0.16 txn/s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> TOTAL 4268 27060267967.7 0.16 txn/s
>
> workingset_nodes 115394
> workingset_refault_anon 144774
> workingset_refault_file 41055081
> workingset_activate_anon 8
> workingset_activate_file 13194460
> workingset_restore_anon 144629
> workingset_restore_file 187419
> workingset_nodereclaim 19598
>
> memcg 66 /machine.slice/libpod-4866051af817731602b37017b0e71feb2a8f2cbaa949f577e0444af01b4f3b0c.scope/container
> node 0
> 12 213402 18054 1287510
> 0 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 15755e 0p
> 1 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 4771e 0p
> 2 0r 0e 0p 908r
> 6810e 0p
> 3 0r 0e 0p 0r
> 0e 3533888p
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 13 141209 10690 3571958
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 14 69327 1165064 34657
> 0 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 1 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 2 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 3 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 0 0 0 0
> 0 0
> 15 6404 21574 3363
> 0 953R 1773T 0 1263395R
> 3816639T 0
> 1 0R 0T 0 1164069R
> 1936973T 0
> 2 0R 0T 0 350041R
> 409121T 0
> 3 0R 3T 0 12305R
> 4767303T 0
> 3622197L 36916O 3338446Y 10409N
> 7120F 6945A
>
> avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle
> 75.79 0.00 10.68 3.91 1.18 8.44
>
> Device tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_dscd/s
> kB_read kB_wrtn kB_dscd
> dm-0 12.66 547.71 38.73 0.00
> 526782 37248 0
> dm-1 0.05 1.09 0.00 0.00
> 1044 0 0
> nvme0n1 13.02 563.23 40.86 0.00
> 541708 39297 0
> nvme1n1 4916.00 217529.48 1018.04 0.00
> 209217677 979136 0
> zram0 1744.90 1970.86 5009.75 0.00
> 1895556 4818328 0
>
> total used free shared buff/cache available
> Mem: 31830 11713 485 0 19630 19684
> Swap: 31829 2847 28982
>
> And still refault distance series is better, and refault is also lower
> for both anon/file pages.
>
> ------
> I did some more test using MySQL and other workflow, no performance
> drop observed so far.
> And with a loop MongoDB test (keep running 900s test in loop) using my
> previous VM env
> (the SATA SSD vdb is using cache bypass so not a host cache issue here)
> I found one thing interesting (refs bit is set to 2 in config):
>
> Loop test using 6.7:
> STOCK_LEVEL 874 27246011368.3 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 1533 27023181579.6 0.06 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 1122 28044867987.6 0.04 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 1032 27378070931.9 0.04 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 1021 27612530579.1 0.04 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 750 28076187896.3 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 780 27519993034.8 0.03 txn/s
> Refault stat here:
> workingset_refault_anon 126369
> workingset_refault_file 170389428
> STOCK_LEVEL 750 27464016123.5 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 780 27529550313.0 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 750 28296286486.1 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 690 27504193850.3 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 716 28089360754.5 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 607 27852180474.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 689 27703367075.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 630 28184685482.7 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 28667721196.2 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 28047985314.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 28125609857.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27393478488.0 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27435537312.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 29060748699.2 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28155584095.2 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27888635407.0 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27307856858.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28842280889.0 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 390 27640696814.1 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28471605716.7 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27648174237.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27848217938.7 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27344698602.2 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27046819537.2 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27855626843.2 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27971873627.9 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28007014046.4 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28445164626.1 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 27902621006.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 420 28282574433.3 0.01 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 390 27161599608.7 0.01 txn/s
>
> Using refault distance seriese:
> STOCK_LEVEL 2605 27120667462.8 0.10 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 3000 27106854857.2 0.11 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 2925 27066601064.4 0.11 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 2757 27035248005.2 0.10 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 1325 28053716046.8 0.05 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 717 27455091366.3 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 967 27404085208.2 0.04 txn/s
> Refault stat here:
> workingset_refault_anon 109337
> workingset_refault_file 191249716
> STOCK_LEVEL 716 27448213557.2 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 807 28607974517.8 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 760 28081442513.2 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 745 28594555797.6 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27999536348.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 598 27095531895.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 711 27623112841.1 0.03 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 540 28358770820.6 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27734277554.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27313906125.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27487299100.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27804589683.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28242205820.8 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27540680102.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27428645816.8 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27946866129.2 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27266068262.3 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27267487051.5 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27896369224.8 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28784662706.1 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27179853217.8 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28170594101.7 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 28084651341.0 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27901608868.6 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27323790886.6 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28891008895.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27964563148.0 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 450 27942421198.4 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28833968825.8 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 28090975437.9 0.02 txn/s
> STOCK_LEVEL 480 27915246877.4 0.02 txn/s
>
> It seems the performance will drain as the test keep running (might be
> caused by MongoDB anon usage rising or DB internal caching/logging),
> that explains why for a long term test the performance gap seem to be
> smaller. The VM have a poor IO performance so the test run speed is
> much slower too, take a long time to warm up.
>
> But I think it's clear that refault distance series will boost the
> performance during warm up, and for long time workload it's also
> looking better, especially for low IO performance machines.
>
> I still can't explain about why workingset_refault is higher for the
> better case in the VM environment... I can resetup/reboot/randomize
> the test the the performance is same here. My guess is maybe related
> to readahead or some kernel space IO path issue? The actual IO usage
> is lower when refault distance series is applied.
>
> I notices a slight performance regression (1 - 3%) for pure in-mem FIO
> though, the "bulk series" I sent previous can help improve it.
>
> There is a bug in my previous V3 that will cause PID controller to
> lost control in long term (due to a bugged bit operation, my bad),
> which I've fixed in link above, I can send out new series if you think
> it's acceptable.

Could you try the attached patch on the mainline v6.7 and see how it
compares with the results above? Thanks.

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