Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] mm: shmem: override mTHP shmem default with a kernel parameter

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On 31.10.24 22:12, Barry Song wrote:
On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 3:20 AM Maíra Canal <mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 31/10/24 10:33, David Hildenbrand wrote:
On 31.10.24 14:24, Maíra Canal wrote:
Hi David,

On 31/10/24 09:57, David Hildenbrand wrote:
On 31.10.24 13:51, Maíra Canal wrote:
Hi David,

On 31/10/24 09:37, David Hildenbrand wrote:
On 30.10.24 13:58, Maíra Canal wrote:
Add the ``thp_shmem=`` kernel command line to allow specifying the
default policy of each supported shmem hugepage size. The kernel
parameter
accepts the following format:

thp_shmem=<size>[KMG],<size>[KMG]:<policy>;<size>[KMG]-
<size>[KMG]:<policy>

For example,

thp_shmem=16K-64K:always;128K,512K:inherit;256K:advise;1M-2M:never;4M-8M:within_size

By configuring the default policy of several shmem hugepages, the
user
can take advantage of mTHP before it's been configured through sysfs.

Signed-off-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
     .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  10 ++
     Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst    |  17 +++
     mm/shmem.c                                    | 109 +++++++++++++
++++-
     3 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


[...]

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index dfcc88ec6e34..c2299fa0b345 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static unsigned long huge_shmem_orders_always
__read_mostly;
     static unsigned long huge_shmem_orders_madvise __read_mostly;
     static unsigned long huge_shmem_orders_inherit __read_mostly;
     static unsigned long huge_shmem_orders_within_size __read_mostly;
+static bool shmem_orders_configured __initdata;
     #endif
     #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
@@ -5027,7 +5028,8 @@ void __init shmem_init(void)
          * Default to setting PMD-sized THP to inherit the global
setting and
          * disable all other multi-size THPs.
          */
-    huge_shmem_orders_inherit = BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
+    if (!shmem_orders_configured)
+        huge_shmem_orders_inherit = BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
     #endif
         return;
@@ -5180,6 +5182,26 @@ struct kobj_attribute
thpsize_shmem_enabled_attr =
     #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)
+static inline int get_order_from_str(const char *size_str)
+{
+    unsigned long size;
+    char *endptr;
+    int order;
+
+    size = memparse(size_str, &endptr);
+
+    if (!is_power_of_2(size))
+        goto err;
+    order = get_order(size);
+    if (BIT(order) & ~THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT)
+        goto err;
+
+    return order;
+err:
+    pr_err("invalid size %s in thp_shmem boot parameter\n",
size_str);
+    return -EINVAL;
+}

Hm, mostly copy and paste. You could reuse existing
get_order_from_str()
simply by passing in the supported orders and moving error
reporting to
the caller.


Can I use functions from mm/huge_memory.c here?

Yes, that's the idea.


Unfortunately, it isn't possible without adding the function to a
header.

Well ... sure, what's the problem with that?

David & Barry, how do you feel about adding `get_order_from_str()` to
lib/cmdline.c?

I'd vote to leave it as is. If, at some point, the controls for shared memory
and anonymous memory are moved to a file, that would be the right time
to call the same get_order_from_str() for both.
> > This is too trivial to warrant being an exposed API in huge_memory.h
or cmdline.

I ... don't quite agree. cmdline.c is probably a bit excessive and I wouldn't suggest that at this point.

This seems like a reasonable helper function to have as inline in mm/internal.h.

... unless I am missing something important and the obvious code duplication is warranted.

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb





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