On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:11:37AM +0530, Pratik Sampat wrote:
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> On 17/04/21 12:04 am, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 11:57:03PM +0530, Pratik Sampat wrote:
> > >
> > > On 16/04/21 10:43 pm, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 08:58:33PM +0530, Pratik Sampat wrote:
> > > > > Hello Dennis,
> > > > >
> > > > > I apologize for the clutter of logs before, I'm pasting the logs of
> > > > > before and
> > > > > after the percpu test in the case of the patchset being applied on
> > > > > 5.12-rc6 and
> > > > > the vanilla kernel 5.12-rc6.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 16/04/21 7:48 pm, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 06:26:15PM +0530, Pratik Sampat wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello Roman,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've tried the v3 patch series on a POWER9 and an x86 KVM setup.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My results of the percpu_test are as follows:
> > > > > > > Intel KVM 4CPU:4G
> > > > > > > Vanilla 5.12-rc6
> > > > > > > # ./percpu_test.sh
> > > > > > > Percpu: 1952 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 219648 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 219648 kB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 5.12-rc6 + with patchset applied
> > > > > > > # ./percpu_test.sh
> > > > > > > Percpu: 2080 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 219712 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 72672 kB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm able to see improvement comparable to that of what you're see
> > > > > > > too.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > However, on POWERPC I'm unable to reproduce these improvements
> > > > > > > with the patchset in the same configuration
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > POWER9 KVM 4CPU:4G
> > > > > > > Vanilla 5.12-rc6
> > > > > > > # ./percpu_test.sh
> > > > > > > Percpu: 5888 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 118272 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 118272 kB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 5.12-rc6 + with patchset applied
> > > > > > > # ./percpu_test.sh
> > > > > > > Percpu: 6144 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 119040 kB
> > > > > > > Percpu: 119040 kB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm wondering if there's any architectural specific code that
> > > > > > > needs plumbing
> > > > > > > here?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > There shouldn't be. Can you send me the percpu_stats debug output
> > > > > > before
> > > > > > and after?
> > > > > I'll paste the whole debug stats before and after here.
> > > > > 5.12-rc6 + patchset
> > > > > -----BEFORE-----
> > > > > Percpu Memory Statistics
> > > > > Allocation Info:
> > > > Hm, this looks highly suspicious. Here is your stats in a more compact
> > > > form:
> > > >
> > > > Vanilla
> > > >
> > > > nr_alloc : 9038 nr_alloc :
> > > > 97046
> > > > nr_dealloc : 6992 nr_dealloc :
> > > > 94237
> > > > nr_cur_alloc : 2046 nr_cur_alloc :
> > > > 2809
> > > > nr_max_alloc : 2178 nr_max_alloc :
> > > > 90054
> > > > nr_chunks : 3 nr_chunks :
> > > > 11
> > > > nr_max_chunks : 3 nr_max_chunks :
> > > > 47
> > > > min_alloc_size : 4 min_alloc_size :
> > > > 4
> > > > max_alloc_size : 1072 max_alloc_size :
> > > > 1072
> > > > empty_pop_pages : 5 empty_pop_pages :
> > > > 29
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Patched
> > > >
> > > > nr_alloc : 9040 nr_alloc :
> > > > 97048
> > > > nr_dealloc : 6994 nr_dealloc :
> > > > 95002
> > > > nr_cur_alloc : 2046 nr_cur_alloc :
> > > > 2046
> > > > nr_max_alloc : 2208 nr_max_alloc :
> > > > 90054
> > > > nr_chunks : 3 nr_chunks :
> > > > 48
> > > > nr_max_chunks : 3 nr_max_chunks :
> > > > 48
> > > > min_alloc_size : 4 min_alloc_size :
> > > > 4
> > > > max_alloc_size : 1072 max_alloc_size :
> > > > 1072
> > > > empty_pop_pages : 12 empty_pop_pages :
> > > > 61
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So it looks like the number of chunks got bigger, as well as the number
> > > > of
> > > > empty_pop_pages? This contradicts to what you wrote, so can you,
> > > > please, make
> > > > sure that the data is correct and we're not messing two cases?
> > > >
> > > > So it looks like for some reason sidelined (depopulated) chunks are not
> > > > getting
> > > > freed completely. But I struggle to explain why the initial
> > > > empty_pop_pages is
> > > > bigger with the same amount of chunks.
> > > >
> > > > So, can you, please, apply the following patch and provide an updated
> > > > statistics?
> > > Unfortunately, I'm not completely well versed in this area, but yes the
> > > empty
> > > pop pages number doesn't make sense to me either.
> > >
> > > I re-ran the numbers trying to make sure my experiment setup is sane but
> > > results remain the same.
> > >
> > > Vanilla
> > > nr_alloc : 9040 nr_alloc :
> > > 97048
> > > nr_dealloc : 6994 nr_dealloc :
> > > 94404
> > > nr_cur_alloc : 2046 nr_cur_alloc :
> > > 2644
> > > nr_max_alloc : 2169 nr_max_alloc :
> > > 90054
> > > nr_chunks : 3 nr_chunks :
> > > 10
> > > nr_max_chunks : 3 nr_max_chunks :
> > > 47
> > > min_alloc_size : 4 min_alloc_size :
> > > 4
> > > max_alloc_size : 1072 max_alloc_size :
> > > 1072
> > > empty_pop_pages : 4 empty_pop_pages :
> > > 32
> > >
> > > With the patchset + debug patch the results are as follows:
> > > Patched
> > >
> > > nr_alloc : 9040 nr_alloc :
> > > 97048
> > > nr_dealloc : 6994 nr_dealloc :
> > > 94349
> > > nr_cur_alloc : 2046 nr_cur_alloc :
> > > 2699
> > > nr_max_alloc : 2194 nr_max_alloc :
> > > 90054
> > > nr_chunks : 3 nr_chunks :
> > > 48
> > > nr_max_chunks : 3 nr_max_chunks :
> > > 48
> > > min_alloc_size : 4 min_alloc_size :
> > > 4
> > > max_alloc_size : 1072 max_alloc_size :
> > > 1072
> > > empty_pop_pages : 12 empty_pop_pages :
> > > 54
> > >
> > > With the extra tracing I can see 39 entries of "Chunk (sidelined)"
> > > after the test was run. I don't see any entries for "Chunk (to
> > > depopulate)"
> > >
> > > I've snipped the results of slidelined chunks because they went on for
> > > ~600
> > > lines, if you need the full logs let me know.
> > Yes, please! That's the most interesting part!
>
> Got it. Pasting the full logs of after the percpu experiment was completed
Thanks!
Would you mind to apply the following patch and test again?
--
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index ded3a7541cb2..532c6a7ebdfd 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -2296,6 +2296,9 @@ void free_percpu(void __percpu *ptr)
need_balance = true;
break;
}
+
+ chunk->depopulated = false;
+ pcpu_chunk_relocate(chunk, -1);
} else if (chunk != pcpu_first_chunk && chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk &&
!chunk->isolated &&
(pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages[pcpu_chunk_type(chunk)] >
