Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] mm: Avoid splitting pmd for lazyfree pmd-mapped THP in try_to_unmap
From: Barry Song
Date: Wed Jan 15 2025 - 00:09:26 EST
On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The try_to_unmap_one() function currently handles PMD-mapped THPs
> > inefficiently. It first splits the PMD into PTEs, copies the dirty
> > state from the PMD to the PTEs, iterates over the PTEs to locate
> > the dirty state, and then marks the THP as swap-backed. This process
> > involves unnecessary PMD splitting and redundant iteration. Instead,
> > this functionality can be efficiently managed in
> > __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked(), avoiding the extra steps and
> > improving performance.
> >
> > The following microbenchmark redirties folios after invoking MADV_FREE,
> > then measures the time taken to perform memory reclamation (actually
> > set those folios swapbacked again) on the redirtied folios.
> >
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <sys/mman.h>
> > #include <string.h>
> > #include <time.h>
> >
> > #define SIZE 128*1024*1024 // 128 MB
> >
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> > while(1) {
> > volatile int *p = mmap(0, SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> > MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
> >
> > memset((void *)p, 1, SIZE);
> > madvise((void *)p, SIZE, MADV_FREE);
> > /* redirty after MADV_FREE */
> > memset((void *)p, 1, SIZE);
> >
> > clock_t start_time = clock();
> > madvise((void *)p, SIZE, MADV_PAGEOUT);
> > clock_t end_time = clock();
> >
> > double elapsed_time = (double)(end_time - start_time) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
> > printf("Time taken by reclamation: %f seconds\n", elapsed_time);
> >
> > munmap((void *)p, SIZE);
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > Testing results are as below,
> > w/o patch:
> > ~ # ./a.out
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007300 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007226 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007295 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007731 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007134 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007285 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007720 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007128 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007710 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007712 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007236 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007690 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007174 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007670 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007169 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007305 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007432 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007158 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.007133 seconds
> > …
> >
> > w/ patch
> >
> > ~ # ./a.out
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002124 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002116 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002150 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002261 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002137 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002173 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002063 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002088 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002169 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002124 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002111 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002224 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002297 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002260 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002246 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002272 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002277 seconds
> > Time taken by reclamation: 0.002462 seconds
> > …
> >
> > This patch significantly speeds up try_to_unmap_one() by allowing it
> > to skip redirtied THPs without splitting the PMD.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Lance Yang <ioworker0@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > mm/huge_memory.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
> > mm/rmap.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > index 3d3ebdc002d5..47cc8c3f8f80 100644
> > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > @@ -3070,8 +3070,12 @@ static bool __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > int ref_count, map_count;
> > pmd_t orig_pmd = *pmdp;
> >
> > - if (folio_test_dirty(folio) || pmd_dirty(orig_pmd))
> > + if (pmd_dirty(orig_pmd))
> > + folio_set_dirty(folio);
> > + if (folio_test_dirty(folio) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)) {
> > + folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
> > return false;
> > + }
>
> If either the PMD or the folio is dirty, should we just return false right away,
> regardless of VM_DROPPABLE? There’s no need to proceed further in that
> case, IMHO ;)
I don't quite understand you, but we need to proceed to clear pmd entry.
if vm_droppable is true, even if the folio is dirty, we still drop the folio.
>
> Thanks,
> Lance
>
> >
> > orig_pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush(vma, addr, pmdp);
> >
> > @@ -3098,8 +3102,15 @@ static bool __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > *
> > * The only folio refs must be one from isolation plus the rmap(s).
> > */
> > - if (folio_test_dirty(folio) || pmd_dirty(orig_pmd) ||
> > - ref_count != map_count + 1) {
> > + if (pmd_dirty(orig_pmd))
> > + folio_set_dirty(folio);
> > + if (folio_test_dirty(folio) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)) {
> > + folio_set_swapbacked(folio);
> > + set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmdp, orig_pmd);
> > + return false;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (ref_count != map_count + 1) {
> > set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmdp, orig_pmd);
> > return false;
> > }
> > @@ -3119,12 +3130,11 @@ bool unmap_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> > {
> > VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_pmd_mappable(folio), folio);
> > VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_locked(folio), folio);
> > + VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_anon(folio), folio);
> > + VM_WARN_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_swapbacked(folio), folio);
> > VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ALIGNED(addr, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE));
> >
> > - if (folio_test_anon(folio) && !folio_test_swapbacked(folio))
> > - return __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked(vma, addr, pmdp, folio);
> > -
> > - return false;
> > + return __discard_anon_folio_pmd_locked(vma, addr, pmdp, folio);
> > }
> >
> > static void remap_page(struct folio *folio, unsigned long nr, int flags)
> > diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> > index be1978d2712d..a859c399ec7c 100644
> > --- a/mm/rmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> > @@ -1724,9 +1724,16 @@ static bool try_to_unmap_one(struct folio *folio, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > }
> >
> > if (!pvmw.pte) {
> > - if (unmap_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pmd,
> > - folio))
> > - goto walk_done;
> > + if (folio_test_anon(folio) && !folio_test_swapbacked(folio)) {
> > + if (unmap_huge_pmd_locked(vma, pvmw.address, pvmw.pmd, folio))
> > + goto walk_done;
> > + /*
> > + * unmap_huge_pmd_locked has either already marked
> > + * the folio as swap-backed or decided to retain it
> > + * due to GUP or speculative references.
> > + */
> > + goto walk_abort;
> > + }
> >
> > if (flags & TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD) {
> > /*
> > --
> > 2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
> >