On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, Sourav Panda wrote:
> Adds a global Memmap field to /proc/meminfo. This information can
> be used by users to see how much memory is being used by per-page
> metadata, which can vary depending on build configuration, machine
> architecture, and system use.
>
> Accounting per-page metadata allocated by boot-allocator:
> /proc/vmstat:nr_memmap_boot * PAGE_SIZE
>
> Accounting per-page metadata allocated by buddy-allocator:
> /proc/vmstat:nr_memmap * PAGE_SIZE
>
So three things are actually being added: a new field in /proc/meminfo and
two new fields in /proc/vmstat.
For the /proc/vmstat entries, are these also available in
/sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/vmstat?
> Accounting total Perpage metadata allocated on the machine:
> (/proc/vmstat:nr_memmap_boot + /proc/vmstat:nr_memmap) * PAGE_SIZE
>
Makes sense :) Does this mean that the new /proc/meminfo field is
redundant, though?
> Utility for userspace:
>
> Application Optimization: Depending on the kernel version and command
> line options, the kernel would relinquish a different number of pages
> (that contain struct pages) when a hugetlb page is reserved (e.g., 0, 6
> or 7 for a 2MB hugepage). This patch allows the userspace application
> to know the exact savings achieved through page metadata deallocation
> without dealing with the intricacies of the kernel.
>
... and for future memdesc optimizations :) But this is implementation
details, it feels like the main goal of this is the observability part
below. I'd just focus on that use cases.
> Observability: Struct page overhead can only be calculated on-paper at
> boot time (e.g., 1.5% machine capacity). Beyond boot once hugepages are
> reserved or memory is hotplugged, the computation becomes complex.
> Per-page metrics will help explain part of the system memory overhead,
> which shall help guide memory optimizations and memory cgroup sizing.
>
This depends on kernel configuration options, which is another
implementation detail. I'd just say that we want to know where our memory
is going, i.e. be able to describe the amount of memory overhead that is
going to per-page metadata on the system at any given time.
> Debugging: Tracking the changes or absolute value in struct pages can
> help detect anomalies as they can be correlated with other metrics in
> the machine (e.g., memtotal, number of huge pages, etc).
>
> page_ext overheads: Some kernel features such as page_owner
> page_table_check that use page_ext can be optionally enabled via kernel
> parameters. Having the total per-page metadata information helps users
> precisely measure impact.
>
> For background and results see:
> lore.kernel.org/all/20240220214558.3377482-1-souravpanda@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Sourav Panda <souravpanda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
I'd suggest removing the /proc/meminfo field, it's redundant: the
information is already available through at least /proc/vmstat.
That said, why not /proc/zoneinfo instead of any changes to /proc/vmstat?
Do we want to know what zones this overhead is coming from, i.e. where our
struct page is allocated from on a node with ZONE_MOVABLE?
> ---
> Changelog:
> Fixed positioning of node_stat_item:NR_MEMMAP's comment.
> Synchronized with 6.9-rc5.
>
> v10:
> lore.kernel.org/all/20240416201335.3551099-1-souravpanda@xxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 3 +++
> fs/proc/meminfo.c | 4 ++++
> include/linux/mmzone.h | 3 +++
> include/linux/vmstat.h | 4 ++++
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 17 ++++++++++++----
> mm/mm_init.c | 3 +++
> mm/page_alloc.c | 1 +
> mm/page_ext.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
> mm/sparse-vmemmap.c | 8 ++++++++
> mm/sparse.c | 7 ++++++-
> mm/vmstat.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 11 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> index c6a6b9df21049..a7445d49a3bb7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
> @@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ Example output. You may not have all of these fields.
> AnonPages: 4654780 kB
> Mapped: 266244 kB
> Shmem: 9976 kB
> + Memmap: 513419 kB
> KReclaimable: 517708 kB
> Slab: 660044 kB
> SReclaimable: 517708 kB
> @@ -1095,6 +1096,8 @@ Mapped
> files which have been mmapped, such as libraries
> Shmem
> Total memory used by shared memory (shmem) and tmpfs
> +Memmap
> + Memory used for per-page metadata
> KReclaimable
> Kernel allocations that the kernel will attempt to reclaim
> under memory pressure. Includes SReclaimable (below), and other
> diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> index 45af9a989d404..3d3db55cfeab6 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> long available;
> unsigned long pages[NR_LRU_LISTS];
> unsigned long sreclaimable, sunreclaim;
> + unsigned long nr_memmap;
> int lru;
>
> si_meminfo(&i);
> @@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> sreclaimable = global_node_page_state_pages(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE_B);
> sunreclaim = global_node_page_state_pages(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE_B);
>
> + nr_memmap = global_node_page_state_pages(NR_MEMMAP);
> +
> show_val_kb(m, "MemTotal: ", i.totalram);
> show_val_kb(m, "MemFree: ", i.freeram);
> show_val_kb(m, "MemAvailable: ", available);
> @@ -104,6 +107,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> show_val_kb(m, "Mapped: ",
> global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED));
> show_val_kb(m, "Shmem: ", i.sharedram);
> + show_val_kb(m, "Memmap: ", nr_memmap);
> show_val_kb(m, "KReclaimable: ", sreclaimable +
> global_node_page_state(NR_KERNEL_MISC_RECLAIMABLE));
> show_val_kb(m, "Slab: ", sreclaimable + sunreclaim);
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index c11b7cde81efa..87963b13b53ee 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ enum node_stat_item {
> PGDEMOTE_KSWAPD,
> PGDEMOTE_DIRECT,
> PGDEMOTE_KHUGEPAGED,
> + /* Page metadata size (struct page and page_ext) in pages */
> + NR_MEMMAP,
> + NR_MEMMAP_BOOT, /* NR_MEMMAP for bootmem */
> NR_VM_NODE_STAT_ITEMS
> };
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> index 343906a98d6ee..c3785fdd3668d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
> @@ -632,4 +632,8 @@ static inline void lruvec_stat_sub_folio(struct folio *folio,
> {
> lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, idx, -folio_nr_pages(folio));
> }
> +
> +void __meminit mod_node_early_perpage_metadata(int nid, long delta);
> +void __meminit store_early_perpage_metadata(void);
> +
> #endif /* _LINUX_VMSTAT_H */
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index da177e49d9564..2da8689aeb93f 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -184,10 +184,13 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> */
> static inline void free_vmemmap_page(struct page *page)
> {
> - if (PageReserved(page))
> + if (PageReserved(page)) {
> free_bootmem_page(page);
> - else
> + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_MEMMAP_BOOT, -1);
> + } else {
> __free_page(page);
> + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(page), NR_MEMMAP, -1);
> + }
> }
>
> /* Free a list of the vmemmap pages */
> @@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_free(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> copy_page(page_to_virt(walk.reuse_page),
> (void *)walk.reuse_addr);
> list_add(&walk.reuse_page->lru, vmemmap_pages);
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP, 1);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -384,14 +388,19 @@ static int alloc_vmemmap_page_list(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> unsigned long nr_pages = (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> int nid = page_to_nid((struct page *)start);
> struct page *page, *next;
> + int i;
>
> - while (nr_pages--) {
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> page = alloc_pages_node(nid, gfp_mask, 0);
> - if (!page)
> + if (!page) {
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP, i);
> goto out;
> + }
> list_add(&page->lru, list);
> }
>
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP, nr_pages);
> +
> return 0;
> out:
> list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru)
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index 549e76af8f82a..1a429c73b32e4 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> #include <linux/swap.h>
> #include <linux/cma.h>
> #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
> +#include <linux/vmstat.h>
> #include "internal.h"
> #include "slab.h"
> #include "shuffle.h"
> @@ -1656,6 +1657,8 @@ static void __init alloc_node_mem_map(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
> panic("Failed to allocate %ld bytes for node %d memory map\n",
> size, pgdat->node_id);
> pgdat->node_mem_map = map + offset;
> + mod_node_early_perpage_metadata(pgdat->node_id,
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE));
> pr_debug("%s: node %d, pgdat %08lx, node_mem_map %08lx\n",
> __func__, pgdat->node_id, (unsigned long)pgdat,
> (unsigned long)pgdat->node_mem_map);
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 14d39f34d3367..aa8dd5bccb7ac 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5650,6 +5650,7 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_pageset(void)
> for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat)
> pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats =
> alloc_percpu(struct per_cpu_nodestat);
> + store_early_perpage_metadata();
> }
>
> __meminit void zone_pcp_init(struct zone *zone)
> diff --git a/mm/page_ext.c b/mm/page_ext.c
> index 4548fcc66d74d..c1e324a1427e0 100644
> --- a/mm/page_ext.c
> +++ b/mm/page_ext.c
> @@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ static int __init alloc_node_page_ext(int nid)
> return -ENOMEM;
> NODE_DATA(nid)->node_page_ext = base;
> total_usage += table_size;
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP_BOOT,
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(table_size, PAGE_SIZE));
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -255,12 +257,15 @@ static void *__meminit alloc_page_ext(size_t size, int nid)
> void *addr = NULL;
>
> addr = alloc_pages_exact_nid(nid, size, flags);
> - if (addr) {
> + if (addr)
> kmemleak_alloc(addr, size, 1, flags);
> - return addr;
> - }
> + else
> + addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);
>
> - addr = vzalloc_node(size, nid);
> + if (addr) {
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP,
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE));
> + }
>
> return addr;
> }
> @@ -303,18 +308,27 @@ static int __meminit init_section_page_ext(unsigned long pfn, int nid)
>
> static void free_page_ext(void *addr)
> {
> + size_t table_size;
> + struct page *page;
> + struct pglist_data *pgdat;
> +
> + table_size = page_ext_size * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
> +
> if (is_vmalloc_addr(addr)) {
> + page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
> + pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> vfree(addr);
> } else {
> - struct page *page = virt_to_page(addr);
> - size_t table_size;
> -
> - table_size = page_ext_size * PAGES_PER_SECTION;
> -
> + page = virt_to_page(addr);
> + pgdat = page_pgdat(page);
> BUG_ON(PageReserved(page));
> kmemleak_free(addr);
> free_pages_exact(addr, table_size);
> }
> +
> + mod_node_page_state(pgdat, NR_MEMMAP,
> + -1L * (DIV_ROUND_UP(table_size, PAGE_SIZE)));
> +
> }
>
> static void __free_page_ext(unsigned long pfn)
> diff --git a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> index a2cbe44c48e10..1dda6c53370b0 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
> @@ -469,5 +469,13 @@ struct page * __meminit __populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
> if (r < 0)
> return NULL;
>
> + if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
> + mod_node_early_perpage_metadata(nid, DIV_ROUND_UP(end - start,
> + PAGE_SIZE));
> + } else {
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP,
> + DIV_ROUND_UP(end - start, PAGE_SIZE));
> + }
> +
> return pfn_to_page(pfn);
> }
> diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
> index aed0951b87fa0..684a91773bd76 100644
> --- a/mm/sparse.c
> +++ b/mm/sparse.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
> #include <linux/swap.h>
> #include <linux/swapops.h>
> #include <linux/bootmem_info.h>
> -
> +#include <linux/vmstat.h>
> #include "internal.h"
> #include <asm/dma.h>
>
> @@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ static void __init sparse_buffer_init(unsigned long size, int nid)
> */
> sparsemap_buf = memmap_alloc(size, section_map_size(), addr, nid, true);
> sparsemap_buf_end = sparsemap_buf + size;
> +#ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> + mod_node_early_perpage_metadata(nid, DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE));
> +#endif
> }
>
> static void __init sparse_buffer_fini(void)
> @@ -641,6 +644,8 @@ static void depopulate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
> unsigned long start = (unsigned long) pfn_to_page(pfn);
> unsigned long end = start + nr_pages * sizeof(struct page);
>
> + mod_node_page_state(page_pgdat(pfn_to_page(pfn)), NR_MEMMAP,
> + -1L * (DIV_ROUND_UP(end - start, PAGE_SIZE)));
> vmemmap_free(start, end, altmap);
> }
> static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
> diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
> index db79935e4a543..79466450040e6 100644
> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
> @@ -1252,7 +1252,8 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
> "pgdemote_kswapd",
> "pgdemote_direct",
> "pgdemote_khugepaged",
> -
> + "nr_memmap",
> + "nr_memmap_boot",
> /* enum writeback_stat_item counters */
> "nr_dirty_threshold",
> "nr_dirty_background_threshold",
> @@ -2279,4 +2280,27 @@ static int __init extfrag_debug_init(void)
> }
>
> module_init(extfrag_debug_init);
> +
> #endif
> +
> +/*
> + * Page metadata size (struct page and page_ext) in pages
> + */
> +static unsigned long early_perpage_metadata[MAX_NUMNODES] __meminitdata;
> +
> +void __meminit mod_node_early_perpage_metadata(int nid, long delta)
> +{
> + early_perpage_metadata[nid] += delta;
> +}
> +
> +void __meminit store_early_perpage_metadata(void)
> +{
> + int nid;
> + struct pglist_data *pgdat;
> +
> + for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
> + nid = pgdat->node_id;
> + mod_node_page_state(NODE_DATA(nid), NR_MEMMAP_BOOT,
> + early_perpage_metadata[nid]);
> + }
> +}
> --
> 2.44.0.769.g3c40516874-goog
>
>
>
