Re: [PATCH] mm: page_alloc: use the correct THP order for THP PCP

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Thu Apr 04 2024 - 06:04:06 EST


On 4/3/24 3:47 PM, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Commit 44042b449872 ("mm/page_alloc: allow high-order pages to be stored
> on the per-cpu lists") extends the PCP allocator to store THP pages, and
> it determines whether to cache THP pags in PCP by comparing with pageblock_order.
> But the pageblock_order is not always equal to THP order, it might also
> be MAX_PAGE_ORDER, which could prevent PCP from caching THP pages.
>
> Therefore, using HPAGE_PMD_ORDER instead to determine the need for caching
> THP for PCP can fix this issue
>
> Fixes: 44042b449872 ("mm/page_alloc: allow high-order pages to be stored on the per-cpu lists")
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

IIUC this happens with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE disabled because HUGETLBFS is
disabled? But THPs are still enabled? I think there might be more of THP
working suboptimally in that case with pageblock_order being larger
(MAX_PAGE_ORDER).

In other words, should be rather make pageblock_order itself defined as

min_t(unsigned int, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER, MAX_PAGE_ORDER)

in case with !CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE but THP enabled.

> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 1beb56f75319..915f4ef070da 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(int migratetype, int order)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
> - VM_BUG_ON(order != pageblock_order);
> + VM_BUG_ON(order != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
> return NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS;
> }
> #else
> @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static inline int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> if (pindex == NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
> - order = pageblock_order;
> + order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
> #else
> VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
> #endif
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static inline bool pcp_allowed_order(unsigned int order)
> if (order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
> return true;
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> - if (order == pageblock_order)
> + if (order == HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
> return true;
> #endif
> return false;