[PATCH v2 6/8] mm: add kernel aging thread for workingset reporting

From: Yuanchu Xie
Date: Mon Jun 03 2024 - 22:07:48 EST


For reliable and timely aging on memcgs, one has to read the page age
histograms on time. A kernel thread makes it easier by aging memcgs with
valid refresh_interval when they can be refreshed, and also reduces the
latency of any userspace consumers of the page age histogram.

The kerne aging thread is gated behind CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING.
Debugging stats may be added in the future for when aging cannot
keep up with the configured refresh_interval.

Signed-off-by: Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/workingset_report.h | 11 ++-
mm/Kconfig | 6 ++
mm/Makefile | 1 +
mm/memcontrol.c | 8 +-
mm/workingset_report.c | 15 +++-
mm/workingset_report_aging.c | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 mm/workingset_report_aging.c

diff --git a/include/linux/workingset_report.h b/include/linux/workingset_report.h
index ae412d408037..9294023db5a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/workingset_report.h
+++ b/include/linux/workingset_report.h
@@ -63,7 +63,16 @@ void wsr_remove_sysfs(struct node *node);
* The next refresh time is stored in refresh_time.
*/
bool wsr_refresh_report(struct wsr_state *wsr, struct mem_cgroup *root,
- struct pglist_data *pgdat);
+ struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long *refresh_time);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING
+void wsr_wakeup_aging_thread(void);
+#else /* CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING */
+static inline void wsr_wakeup_aging_thread(void)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING */
+
#else
static inline void wsr_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
{
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 03927ed2adbd..f8ff41408b9c 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1258,6 +1258,12 @@ config WORKINGSET_REPORT
This option exports stats and events giving the user more insight
into its memory working set.

+config WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING
+ bool "Workingset report kernel aging thread"
+ depends on WORKINGSET_REPORT
+ help
+ Performs aging on memcgs with their configured refresh intervals.
+
source "mm/damon/Kconfig"

endmenu
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index ed05af2bb3e3..e9c9048e1e09 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) += huge_memory.o khugepaged.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER) += page_counter.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o vmpressure.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT) += workingset_report.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WORKINGSET_REPORT_AGING) += workingset_report_aging.o
ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += swap_cgroup.o
endif
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 48cdc9422794..547a2161b7e2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -7281,12 +7281,12 @@ static ssize_t memory_ws_refresh_interval_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
{
unsigned int nid, msecs;
struct wsr_state *wsr;
+ unsigned long old_interval;
struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(of_css(of));
ssize_t ret = memory_wsr_threshold_parse(buf, nbytes, &nid, &msecs);

if (ret < 0)
return ret;
-
wsr = &mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, NODE_DATA(nid))->wsr;

mutex_lock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
@@ -7305,9 +7305,13 @@ static ssize_t memory_ws_refresh_interval_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
wsr->page_age = NULL;
}

+ old_interval = READ_ONCE(wsr->refresh_interval);
WRITE_ONCE(wsr->refresh_interval, msecs_to_jiffies(msecs));
unlock:
mutex_unlock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
+ if (ret > 0 && msecs &&
+ (!old_interval || jiffies_to_msecs(old_interval) > msecs))
+ wsr_wakeup_aging_thread();
return ret;
}

@@ -7358,7 +7362,7 @@ static int memory_ws_page_age_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
if (!READ_ONCE(wsr->page_age))
continue;

- wsr_refresh_report(wsr, memcg, NODE_DATA(nid));
+ wsr_refresh_report(wsr, memcg, NODE_DATA(nid), NULL);
mutex_lock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
if (!wsr->page_age)
goto unlock;
diff --git a/mm/workingset_report.c b/mm/workingset_report.c
index 72f2cad85a0d..15118c4aecb1 100644
--- a/mm/workingset_report.c
+++ b/mm/workingset_report.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void copy_node_bins(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
}

bool wsr_refresh_report(struct wsr_state *wsr, struct mem_cgroup *root,
- struct pglist_data *pgdat)
+ struct pglist_data *pgdat, unsigned long *refresh_time)
{
struct wsr_page_age_histo *page_age;
unsigned long refresh_interval = READ_ONCE(wsr->refresh_interval);
@@ -291,10 +291,14 @@ bool wsr_refresh_report(struct wsr_state *wsr, struct mem_cgroup *root,
goto unlock;
if (page_age->timestamp &&
time_is_after_jiffies(page_age->timestamp + refresh_interval))
- goto unlock;
+ goto time;
refresh_scan(wsr, root, pgdat, refresh_interval);
copy_node_bins(pgdat, page_age);
refresh_aggregate(page_age, root, pgdat);
+
+time:
+ if (refresh_time)
+ *refresh_time = page_age->timestamp + refresh_interval;
unlock:
mutex_unlock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
return !!page_age;
@@ -357,6 +361,7 @@ static ssize_t refresh_interval_store(struct kobject *kobj,
unsigned int interval;
int err;
struct wsr_state *wsr = kobj_to_wsr(kobj);
+ unsigned long old_interval = 0;

err = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &interval);
if (err)
@@ -378,9 +383,13 @@ static ssize_t refresh_interval_store(struct kobject *kobj,
wsr->page_age = NULL;
}

+ old_interval = READ_ONCE(wsr->refresh_interval);
WRITE_ONCE(wsr->refresh_interval, msecs_to_jiffies(interval));
unlock:
mutex_unlock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
+ if (!err && interval &&
+ (!old_interval || jiffies_to_msecs(old_interval) > interval))
+ wsr_wakeup_aging_thread();
return err ?: len;
}

@@ -470,7 +479,7 @@ static ssize_t page_age_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
int ret = 0;
struct wsr_state *wsr = kobj_to_wsr(kobj);

- wsr_refresh_report(wsr, NULL, kobj_to_pgdat(kobj));
+ wsr_refresh_report(wsr, NULL, kobj_to_pgdat(kobj), NULL);

mutex_lock(&wsr->page_age_lock);
if (!wsr->page_age)
diff --git a/mm/workingset_report_aging.c b/mm/workingset_report_aging.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91ad5020778a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/workingset_report_aging.c
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Workingset report kernel aging thread
+ *
+ * Performs aging on behalf of memcgs with their configured refresh interval.
+ * While a userspace program can periodically read the page age breakdown
+ * per-memcg and trigger aging, the kernel performing aging is less overhead,
+ * more consistent, and more reliable for the use case where every memcg should
+ * be aged according to their refresh interval.
+ */
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "workingset report aging: " fmt
+
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/mmzone.h>
+#include <linux/workingset_report.h>
+
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(aging_wait);
+static bool refresh_pending;
+
+static bool do_aging_node(int nid, unsigned long *next_wake_time)
+{
+ struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
+ bool should_wait = true;
+ struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+
+ memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
+ do {
+ struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
+ struct wsr_state *wsr = &lruvec->wsr;
+ unsigned long refresh_time;
+
+ /* use returned time to decide when to wake up next */
+ if (wsr_refresh_report(wsr, memcg, pgdat, &refresh_time)) {
+ if (should_wait) {
+ should_wait = false;
+ *next_wake_time = refresh_time;
+ } else if (time_before(refresh_time, *next_wake_time)) {
+ *next_wake_time = refresh_time;
+ }
+ }
+
+ cond_resched();
+ } while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)));
+
+ return should_wait;
+}
+
+static int do_aging(void *unused)
+{
+ while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ int nid;
+ long timeout_ticks;
+ unsigned long next_wake_time;
+ bool should_wait = true;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(refresh_pending, false);
+ for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {
+ unsigned long node_next_wake_time;
+
+ if (do_aging_node(nid, &node_next_wake_time))
+ continue;
+ if (should_wait) {
+ should_wait = false;
+ next_wake_time = node_next_wake_time;
+ } else if (time_before(node_next_wake_time,
+ next_wake_time)) {
+ next_wake_time = node_next_wake_time;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (should_wait) {
+ wait_event_interruptible(aging_wait, refresh_pending);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /* sleep until next aging */
+ timeout_ticks = next_wake_time - jiffies;
+ if (timeout_ticks > 0 &&
+ timeout_ticks != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT) {
+ schedule_timeout_idle(timeout_ticks);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Invoked when refresh_interval shortens or changes to a non-zero value. */
+void wsr_wakeup_aging_thread(void)
+{
+ WRITE_ONCE(refresh_pending, true);
+ wake_up_interruptible(&aging_wait);
+}
+
+static struct task_struct *aging_thread;
+
+static int aging_init(void)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task;
+
+ task = kthread_run(do_aging, NULL, "kagingd");
+
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to create aging kthread\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(task);
+ }
+
+ aging_thread = task;
+ pr_info("module loaded\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void aging_exit(void)
+{
+ kthread_stop(aging_thread);
+ aging_thread = NULL;
+ pr_info("module unloaded\n");
+}
+
+module_init(aging_init);
+module_exit(aging_exit);
--
2.45.1.467.gbab1589fc0-goog