Hello

在 2015/1/28 1:39, Ebru Akagunduz 写道:
> This patch aims to improve THP collapse rates, by allowing
> THP collapse in the presence of read-only ptes, like those
> left in place by do_swap_page after a read fault.
>
> Currently THP can collapse 4kB pages into a THP when
> there are up to khugepaged_max_ptes_none pte_none ptes
> in a 2MB range. This patch applies the same limit for
> read-only ptes.
>
> The patch was tested with a test program that allocates
> 800MB of memory, writes to it, and then sleeps. I force
> the system to swap out all but 190MB of the program by
> touching other memory. Afterwards, the test program does
> a mix of reads and writes to its memory, and the memory
> gets swapped back in.
>
> Without the patch, only the memory that did not get
> swapped out remained in THPs, which corresponds to 24% of
> the memory of the program. The percentage did not increase
> over time.
>
> With this patch, after 5 minutes of waiting khugepaged had
> collapsed 50% of the program's memory back into THPs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ebru Akagunduz <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>

Please feel free to add:

Acked-by: Zhang Yanfei <[email protected]>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
>  - Remove extra code indent (Vlastimil Babka)
>  - Add comment line for check condition of page_count() (Vlastimil Babka)
>  - Add fast path optimistic check to
>    __collapse_huge_page_isolate() (Andrea Arcangeli)
>  - Move check condition of page_count() below to trylock_page() (Andrea 
> Arcangeli)
>
> Changes in v3:
>  - Add a at-least-one-writable-pte check (Zhang Yanfei)
>  - Debug page count (Vlastimil Babka, Andrea Arcangeli)
>  - Increase read-only pte counter if pte is none (Andrea Arcangeli)
>
> I've written down test results:
> With the patch:
> After swapped out:
> cat /proc/pid/smaps:
> Anonymous:      100464 kB
> AnonHugePages:  100352 kB
> Swap:           699540 kB
> Fraction:       99,88
>
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> AnonPages:      1754448 kB
> AnonHugePages:  1716224 kB
> Fraction:       97,82
>
> After swapped in:
> In a few seconds:
> cat /proc/pid/smaps:
> Anonymous:      800004 kB
> AnonHugePages:  145408 kB
> Swap:           0 kB
> Fraction:       18,17
>
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> AnonPages:      2455016 kB
> AnonHugePages:  1761280 kB
> Fraction:       71,74
>
> In 5 minutes:
> cat /proc/pid/smaps
> Anonymous:      800004 kB
> AnonHugePages:  407552 kB
> Swap:           0 kB
> Fraction:       50,94
>
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> AnonPages:      2456872 kB
> AnonHugePages:  2023424 kB
> Fraction:       82,35
>
> Without the patch:
> After swapped out:
> cat /proc/pid/smaps:
> Anonymous:      190660 kB
> AnonHugePages:  190464 kB
> Swap:           609344 kB
> Fraction:       99,89
>
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> AnonPages:      1740456 kB
> AnonHugePages:  1667072 kB
> Fraction:       95,78
>
> After swapped in:
> cat /proc/pid/smaps:
> Anonymous:      800004 kB
> AnonHugePages:  190464 kB
> Swap:           0 kB
> Fraction:       23,80
>
> cat /proc/meminfo:
> AnonPages:      2350032 kB
> AnonHugePages:  1667072 kB
> Fraction:       70,93
>
> I waited 10 minutes the fractions
> did not change without the patch.
>
>  mm/huge_memory.c | 60 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 817a875..17d6e59 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -2148,17 +2148,18 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct 
> vm_area_struct *vma,
>  {
>       struct page *page;
>       pte_t *_pte;
> -     int referenced = 0, none = 0;
> +     int referenced = 0, none = 0, ro = 0, writable = 0;
>       for (_pte = pte; _pte < pte+HPAGE_PMD_NR;
>            _pte++, address += PAGE_SIZE) {
>               pte_t pteval = *_pte;
>               if (pte_none(pteval)) {
> +                     ro++;
>                       if (++none <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)
>                               continue;
>                       else
>                               goto out;
>               }
> -             if (!pte_present(pteval) || !pte_write(pteval))
> +             if (!pte_present(pteval))
>                       goto out;
>               page = vm_normal_page(vma, address, pteval);
>               if (unlikely(!page))
> @@ -2168,9 +2169,6 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct 
> vm_area_struct *vma,
>               VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageAnon(page), page);
>               VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageSwapBacked(page), page);
>  
> -             /* cannot use mapcount: can't collapse if there's a gup pin */
> -             if (page_count(page) != 1)
> -                     goto out;
>               /*
>                * We can do it before isolate_lru_page because the
>                * page can't be freed from under us. NOTE: PG_lock
> @@ -2179,6 +2177,34 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct 
> vm_area_struct *vma,
>                */
>               if (!trylock_page(page))
>                       goto out;
> +
> +             /*
> +              * cannot use mapcount: can't collapse if there's a gup pin.
> +              * The page must only be referenced by the scanned process
> +              * and page swap cache.
> +              */
> +             if (page_count(page) != 1 + !!PageSwapCache(page)) {
> +                     unlock_page(page);
> +                     goto out;
> +             }
> +             if (!pte_write(pteval)) {
> +                     if (++ro > khugepaged_max_ptes_none) {
> +                             unlock_page(page);
> +                             goto out;
> +                     }
> +                     if (PageSwapCache(page) && !reuse_swap_page(page)) {
> +                             unlock_page(page);
> +                             goto out;
> +                     }
> +                     /*
> +                      * Page is not in the swap cache, and page count is
> +                      * one (see above). It can be collapsed into a THP.
> +                      */
> +                     VM_BUG_ON(page_count(page) != 1);
> +             } else {
> +                     writable = 1;
> +             }
> +
>               /*
>                * Isolate the page to avoid collapsing an hugepage
>                * currently in use by the VM.
> @@ -2197,7 +2223,7 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_isolate(struct 
> vm_area_struct *vma,
>                   mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, address))
>                       referenced = 1;
>       }
> -     if (likely(referenced))
> +     if (likely(referenced && writable))
>               return 1;
>  out:
>       release_pte_pages(pte, _pte);
> @@ -2550,7 +2576,7 @@ static int khugepaged_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  {
>       pmd_t *pmd;
>       pte_t *pte, *_pte;
> -     int ret = 0, referenced = 0, none = 0;
> +     int ret = 0, referenced = 0, none = 0, ro = 0, writable = 0;
>       struct page *page;
>       unsigned long _address;
>       spinlock_t *ptl;
> @@ -2568,13 +2594,21 @@ static int khugepaged_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>            _pte++, _address += PAGE_SIZE) {
>               pte_t pteval = *_pte;
>               if (pte_none(pteval)) {
> +                     ro++;
>                       if (++none <= khugepaged_max_ptes_none)
>                               continue;
>                       else
>                               goto out_unmap;
>               }
> -             if (!pte_present(pteval) || !pte_write(pteval))
> +             if (!pte_present(pteval))
>                       goto out_unmap;
> +             if (!pte_write(pteval)) {
> +                     if (++ro > khugepaged_max_ptes_none)
> +                             goto out_unmap;
> +             } else {
> +                     writable = 1;
> +             }
> +
>               page = vm_normal_page(vma, _address, pteval);
>               if (unlikely(!page))
>                       goto out_unmap;
> @@ -2591,14 +2625,18 @@ static int khugepaged_scan_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
>               VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageCompound(page), page);
>               if (!PageLRU(page) || PageLocked(page) || !PageAnon(page))
>                       goto out_unmap;
> -             /* cannot use mapcount: can't collapse if there's a gup pin */
> -             if (page_count(page) != 1)
> +             /*
> +              * cannot use mapcount: can't collapse if there's a gup pin.
> +              * The page must only be referenced by the scanned process
> +              * and page swap cache.
> +              */
> +             if (page_count(page) != 1 + !!PageSwapCache(page))
>                       goto out_unmap;
>               if (pte_young(pteval) || PageReferenced(page) ||
>                   mmu_notifier_test_young(vma->vm_mm, address))
>                       referenced = 1;
>       }
> -     if (referenced)
> +     if (referenced && writable)
>               ret = 1;
>  out_unmap:
>       pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);

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