[PATCH net-next v20 13/14] mm: page_frag: update documentation for page_frag

From: Yunsheng Lin
Date: Tue Oct 08 2024 - 07:31:30 EST


Update documentation about design, implementation and API usages
for page_frag.

CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/page_frag_cache.h | 259 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
mm/page_frag_cache.c | 26 +++-
3 files changed, 451 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
index 503ca6cdb804..5eec04a3fe90 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
==============
Page fragments
==============
@@ -40,4 +42,177 @@ page via a single call. The advantage to doing this is that it allows for
cleaning up the multiple references that were added to a page in order to
avoid calling get_page per allocation.

-Alexander Duyck, Nov 29, 2016.
+
+Architecture overview
+=====================
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ +----------------------+
+ | page_frag API caller |
+ +----------------------+
+ |
+ |
+ v
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | request page fragment |
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | | |
+ | | |
+ | Cache not enough |
+ | | |
+ | +-----------------+ |
+ | | reuse old cache |--Usable-->|
+ | +-----------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | Not usable |
+ | | |
+ | v |
+ Cache empty +-----------------+ |
+ | | drain old cache | |
+ | +-----------------+ |
+ | | |
+ v_________________________________v |
+ | |
+ | |
+ _________________v_______________ |
+ | | Cache is enough
+ | | |
+ PAGE_SIZE < PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE | |
+ | | |
+ | PAGE_SIZE >= PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE |
+ v | |
+ +----------------------------------+ | |
+ | refill cache with order > 0 page | | |
+ +----------------------------------+ | |
+ | | | |
+ | | | |
+ | Refill failed | |
+ | | | |
+ | v v |
+ | +------------------------------------+ |
+ | | refill cache with order 0 page | |
+ | +----------------------------------=-+ |
+ | | |
+ Refill succeed | |
+ | Refill succeed |
+ | | |
+ v v v
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | allocate fragment from cache |
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+API interface
+=============
+As the design and implementation of page_frag API implies, the allocation side
+does not allow concurrent calling. Instead it is assumed that the caller must
+ensure there is not concurrent alloc calling to the same page_frag_cache
+instance by using its own lock or rely on some lockless guarantee like NAPI
+softirq.
+
+Depending on different aligning requirement, the page_frag API caller may call
+page_frag_*_align*() to ensure the returned virtual address or offset of the
+page is aligned according to the 'align/alignment' parameter. Note the size of
+the allocated fragment is not aligned, the caller needs to provide an aligned
+fragsz if there is an alignment requirement for the size of the fragment.
+
+Depending on different use cases, callers expecting to deal with va, page or
+both va and page for them may call page_frag_alloc, page_frag_refill, or
+page_frag_alloc_refill API accordingly.
+
+There is also a use case that needs minimum memory in order for forward progress,
+but more performant if more memory is available. Using page_frag_*_prepare() and
+page_frag_commit*() related API, the caller requests the minimum memory it needs
+and the prepare API will return the maximum size of the fragment returned. The
+caller needs to either call the commit API to report how much memory it actually
+uses, or not do so if deciding to not use any memory.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+ :identifiers: page_frag_cache_init page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc
+ page_frag_cache_page_offset __page_frag_alloc_align
+ page_frag_alloc_align page_frag_alloc
+ __page_frag_refill_align page_frag_refill_align
+ page_frag_refill __page_frag_refill_prepare_align
+ page_frag_refill_prepare_align page_frag_refill_prepare
+ __page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align
+ page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align
+ page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare page_frag_alloc_refill_probe
+ page_frag_refill_probe page_frag_commit
+ page_frag_commit_noref page_frag_alloc_abort
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_frag_cache.c
+ :identifiers: page_frag_cache_drain page_frag_free
+ __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align
+
+Coding examples
+===============
+
+Init & Drain API
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ page_frag_cache_init(nc);
+ ...
+ page_frag_cache_drain(nc);
+
+
+Alloc & Free API
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ void *va;
+
+ va = page_frag_alloc_align(nc, size, gfp, align);
+ if (!va)
+ goto do_error;
+
+ err = do_something(va, size);
+ if (err) {
+ page_frag_abort(nc, size);
+ goto do_error;
+ }
+
+ ...
+
+ page_frag_free(va);
+
+
+Prepare & Commit API
+--------------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ struct page_frag page_frag, *pfrag;
+ bool merge = true;
+ void *va;
+
+ pfrag = &page_frag;
+ va = page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(nc, 32U, pfrag, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!va)
+ goto wait_for_space;
+
+ copy = min_t(unsigned int, copy, pfrag->size);
+ if (!skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, pfrag->page, pfrag->offset)) {
+ if (i >= max_skb_frags)
+ goto new_segment;
+
+ merge = false;
+ }
+
+ copy = mem_schedule(copy);
+ if (!copy)
+ goto wait_for_space;
+
+ err = copy_from_iter_full_nocache(va, copy, iter);
+ if (err)
+ goto do_error;
+
+ if (merge) {
+ skb_frag_size_add(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i - 1], copy);
+ page_frag_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, copy);
+ } else {
+ skb_fill_page_desc(skb, i, pfrag->page, pfrag->offset, copy);
+ page_frag_commit(nc, pfrag, copy);
+ }
diff --git a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
index d91ad53f25d3..922d412469c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
@@ -28,16 +28,43 @@ static inline bool page_frag_encoded_page_pfmemalloc(unsigned long encoded_page)
return !!(encoded_page & PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_PFMEMALLOC_BIT);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_init() - Init page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to init
+ *
+ * Inline helper to init the page_frag cache.
+ */
static inline void page_frag_cache_init(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
nc->encoded_page = 0;
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc() - Check for pfmemalloc.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
+ *
+ * Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed.
+ * It has the same calling context expectation as the alloc API.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * true if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed, otherwise
+ * return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
return page_frag_encoded_page_pfmemalloc(nc->encoded_page);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_page_offset() - Return the current page fragment's offset.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
+ *
+ * The API is only used in net/sched/em_meta.c for historical reason, do not use
+ * it for new caller unless there is a strong reason.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * the offset of the current page fragment in the page_frag cache.
+ */
static inline unsigned int page_frag_cache_page_offset(const struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
return nc->offset;
@@ -66,6 +93,19 @@ static inline unsigned int __page_frag_cache_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
}

+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning
+ * requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the 'va'
+ *
+ * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
unsigned int align_mask)
@@ -83,6 +123,19 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return va;
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before allocing a page fragment from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
unsigned int align)
@@ -91,12 +144,36 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, -align);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc() - Alloc a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, ~0u);
}

+/**
+ * __page_frag_refill_align() - Refill a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * Refill a page_frag from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool __page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -111,6 +188,20 @@ static inline bool __page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return true;
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_align() - Refill a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before refilling a page_frag from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -120,6 +211,18 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_refill_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, -align);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_refill() - Refill a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Refill a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -127,6 +230,20 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_refill_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, ~0u);
}

+/**
+ * __page_frag_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare refilling a page_frag with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * Prepare refill a page_frag from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if prepare refilling succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool __page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -137,6 +254,21 @@ static inline bool __page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
align_mask);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare refilling a page_frag with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before prepare refilling a page_frag from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if prepare refilling succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -148,6 +280,18 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
-align);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_prepare() - Prepare refilling a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -157,6 +301,20 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
~0u);
}

+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -166,6 +324,21 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cach
return __page_frag_cache_prepare(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, align_mask);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -177,6 +350,19 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache
gfp_mask, -align);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare() - Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling
+ * a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -186,6 +372,18 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
gfp_mask, ~0u);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_probe() - Probe allocing a fragment and refilling
+ * a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled
+ *
+ * Probe allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag)
@@ -193,6 +391,17 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, ~0u);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_probe() - Probe refilling a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled
+ *
+ * Probe refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag)
@@ -200,20 +409,54 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return !!page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(nc, fragsz, pfrag);
}

-static inline void page_frag_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
- struct page_frag *pfrag,
- unsigned int used_sz)
+/**
+ * page_frag_commit - Commit allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be committed
+ * @used_sz: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the actual used size for the allocation that was either prepared
+ * or probed.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The true size of the fragment considering the offset alignment.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int page_frag_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
+ struct page_frag *pfrag,
+ unsigned int used_sz)
{
- __page_frag_cache_commit(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
+ return __page_frag_cache_commit(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
}

-static inline void page_frag_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
- struct page_frag *pfrag,
- unsigned int used_sz)
+/**
+ * page_frag_commit_noref - Commit allocing a page fragment without taking
+ * page refcount.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be committed
+ * @used_sz: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the alloc preparing or probing by passing the actual used size, but
+ * not taking refcount. Mostly used for fragmemt coalescing case when the
+ * current fragment can share the same refcount with previous fragment.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The true size of the fragment considering the offset alignment.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int page_frag_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
+ struct page_frag *pfrag,
+ unsigned int used_sz)
{
- __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
+ return __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_abort - Abort the page fragment allocation.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache to which the page fragment is aborted back
+ * @fragsz: size of the page fragment to be aborted
+ *
+ * It is expected to be called from the same context as the alloc API.
+ * Mostly used for error handling cases where the fragment is no longer needed.
+ */
static inline void page_frag_alloc_abort(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz)
{
diff --git a/mm/page_frag_cache.c b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
index 1e7757a433d0..7b801856fd98 100644
--- a/mm/page_frag_cache.c
+++ b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ static struct page *__page_frag_cache_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return page;
}

+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_drain - Drain the current page from page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to drain
+ */
void page_frag_cache_drain(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
if (!nc->encoded_page)
@@ -117,6 +121,20 @@ unsigned int __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_frag_cache_commit_noref);

+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align() - Probe allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * Probe allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -208,8 +226,12 @@ void *__page_frag_cache_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc, unsigned int fragsz,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_frag_cache_prepare);

-/*
- * Frees a page fragment allocated out of either a compound or order 0 page.
+/**
+ * page_frag_free - Free a page fragment.
+ * @addr: va of page fragment to be freed
+ *
+ * Free a page fragment allocated out of either a compound or order 0 page by
+ * virtual address.
*/
void page_frag_free(void *addr)
{
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