Re: [PATCH v7] mm: shrink skip folio mapped by an exiting process

[Barry Song]

On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM Zhiguo Jiang <justinjiang@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The releasing process of the non-shared anonymous folio mapped solely by
> an exiting process may go through two flows: 1) the anonymous folio is
> firstly is swaped-out into swapspace and transformed into a swp_entry
> in shrink_folio_list; 2) then the swp_entry is released in the process
> exiting flow. This will result in the high cpu load of releasing a
> non-shared anonymous folio mapped solely by an exiting process.
>
> When the low system memory and the exiting process exist at the same
> time, it will be likely to happen, because the non-shared anonymous
> folio mapped solely by an exiting process may be reclaimed by
> shrink_folio_list.
>
> This patch is that shrink skips the non-shared anonymous folio solely
> mapped by an exting process and this folio is only released directly in
> the process exiting flow, which will save swap-out time and alleviate
> the load of the process exiting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiguo Jiang <justinjiang@xxxxxxxx>

You should have collected tags such as reviewed-by, acked-by you got in v6
while sending v7.

Again,
Acked-by: Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> Change log:
> v6->v7:
> 1.Modify tab indentation to space indentation of the continuation
> lines of the condition.
> v5->v6:
> 1.Move folio_likely_mapped_shared() under the PTL.
> 2.Add check_stable_address_space() to replace MMF_OOM_SKIP.
> 3.Remove folio_test_anon(folio).
> v4->v5:
> 1.Further modify to skip non-shared anonymous folio only.
> 2.Update comments for pra->referenced = -1.
> v3->v4:
> 1.Modify to skip only the non-shared anonymous folio mapped solely
> by an exiting process.
> v2->v3:
> Nothing.
> v1->v2:
> 1.The VM_EXITING added in v1 patch is removed, because it will fail
> to compile in 32-bit system.
>
>
> Comments from participants and my responses:
> [v6->v7]:
> 1.Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> You told me you'd fix the indentation.  You cannot indent both the
> continuation lines of the condition and the body of the if by one tab
> each!
> -->
> Modify tab indentation to space indentation of the continuation
> lines of the condition.
>
> [v5->v6]:
> 1.David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I'm currently working on moving all folio_likely_mapped_shared() under
> the PTL, where we are then sure that the folio is actually mapped by
> this process (e.g., no concurrent unmapping poisslbe). Can we do the
> same here directly?
> -->
> You are right. we might use page_vma_mapped_walk_done() to bail out.
> (Barry Song)
>
> 2.Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> By the way, I am not convinced that using test_bit(MMF_OOM_SKIP,
> &vma->vm_mm->flags) is correct (I think it is wrong). And exit_mmap()
> automatically has MMF_OOM_SKIP. What is the purpose of this check?
> Is there a better way to determine if a process is an OOM target?
> What about check_stable_address_space() ?
> -->
> Sorry, I overlook the situation with if (is_global_init(p)),
> MMF_OOM_SKIP is indeed not suitable. It seems feasible for
> check_stable_address_space() replacing MMF_OOM_SKIP.
> check_stable_address_space() can indicate oom kill, and
> !atomic_read(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users) can indicate the normal
> process exiting.
>
> I also think we actually can remove "folio_test_anon(folio)".
> -->
> Yes, update in patch v6.
>
> [v4->v5]:
> 1.Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I don't think this is correct. folio_likely_mapped_shared() is almost
> "correct" but not always.
> Please explain why you set  pra->referenced =  -1. Please address all
> comments before you send a new version.
> -->
> Update in patch v5.
>
> 2.Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> How is the file folio similar?  File folios are never written to swap,
> and they'll be written back from the page cache whenever the filesystem
> decides it's a good time to do so.
> -->
> What do you mean is that the file folio will not have any relevant
> identifier left in memory after it is reclamed in the shrink flow,
> and it will not be released again during an exiting process? If that's
> the case, I think we only need the anon folio is skipped here.
>
> [v3->v4]:
> 1.Barry Song <baohua@xxxxxxxxxx>
> This is clearly version 3, as you previously sent version 2, correct?
> -->
> Yes.
>
> Could you please describe the specific impact on users, including user
> experience and power consumption? How serious is this problem?
> -->
> At present, I do not have a suitable method to accurately measure the
> optimization benefit datas of this modifications, but I believe it
> theoretically has some benefits.
> Launching large memory app (for example, starting the camera) in multiple
> backend scenes may result in the high cpu load of the exiting processes.
>
> Applications?
> -->
> Yes, when system is low memory, it more likely to occur.
>
> I'm not completely convinced this patch is correct, but it appears to be
> heading in the right direction. Therefore, I expect to see new versions
> rather than it being dead.
> You changed the file mode to 755, which is incorrect.
> -->
> Solved.
>
> Why use -1? Is this meant to simulate lock contention to keep the folio
> without activating it? Please do have some comments to explain why.
> I'm not convinced this change is appropriate for shared folios. It seems
> more suitable for exclusive folios used solely by the exiting process.
> -->
> The skiped folios are FOLIOREF_KEEP and added into inactive lru, beacase
> the folios will be freed soon in the exiting process flow.
> Yes, the shared folios can not be simply skipped. I have made relevant
> modifications in patch v4 and please help to further review.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240708031517.856-1-justinjiang@xxxxxxxx/
>
> 2.David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> but what if it is shared among multiple processes and only one of them
> is exiting?
> -->
> Modify to skip only the non-shared anonymous folio mapped solely
> by an exiting process in next version v4.
>
> [v2->v3:]
> Nothing.
>
> [v1->v2]:
> 1.Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> What testing have you done of this patch?  How often does it happen?
> Are there particular workloads that benefit from this?  (I'm not sure
> what "mutil backed-applications" are?)
> And I do mean specifically of this patch, because to my eyes it
> shouldn't even compile. Except on 32-bit where it'll say "warning:
> integer constant out of range".
> -->
> Yes, I have tested. When the low system memory and the exiting process
> exist at the same time, it will happen. This modification can alleviate
> the load of the exiting process.
> "mutil backed-applications" means that there are a large number of
> the backend applications in the system.
> The VM_EXITING added in v1 patch is removed, because it will fail
> to compile in 32-bit system.
>
>  mm/rmap.c   | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  mm/vmscan.c |  7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 88156deb46a6..bb9954773cce 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -877,6 +877,20 @@ static bool folio_referenced_one(struct folio *folio,
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
> +               /*
> +                * Skip the non-shared swapbacked folio mapped solely by
> +                * the exiting or OOM-reaped process. This avoids redundant
> +                * swap-out followed by an immediate unmap.
> +                */
> +               if ((!atomic_read(&vma->vm_mm->mm_users) ||
> +                   check_stable_address_space(vma->vm_mm)) &&
> +                   folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
> +                   !folio_likely_mapped_shared(folio)) {
> +                       pra->referenced = -1;
> +                       page_vma_mapped_walk_done(&pvmw);
> +                       return false;
> +               }
> +
>                 if (pvmw.pte) {
>                         if (lru_gen_enabled() &&
>                             pte_young(ptep_get(pvmw.pte))) {
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 80f9a486cf27..1d5f78a3dbeb 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -863,7 +863,12 @@ static enum folio_references folio_check_references(struct folio *folio,
>         if (vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)
>                 return FOLIOREF_ACTIVATE;
>
> -       /* rmap lock contention: rotate */
> +       /*
> +        * There are two cases to consider.
> +        * 1) Rmap lock contention: rotate.
> +        * 2) Skip the non-shared swapbacked folio mapped solely by
> +        *    the exiting or OOM-reaped process.
> +        */
>         if (referenced_ptes == -1)
>                 return FOLIOREF_KEEP;
>
> --
> 2.39.0
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