On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 04:00:40PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> With the introduction of remove_hugetlb_page(), there is no need for
> update_and_free_page to hold the hugetlb lock. Change all callers to
> drop the lock before calling.
>
> With additional code modifications, this will allow loops which decrease
> the huge page pool to drop the hugetlb_lock with each page to reduce
> long hold times.
>
> The ugly unlock/lock cycle in free_pool_huge_page will be removed in
> a subsequent patch which restructures free_pool_huge_page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Without looking too close at the changes made to alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page():
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
One question below:
> @@ -2671,22 +2682,34 @@ static void try_to_free_low(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
> nodemask_t *nodes_allowed)
> {
> int i;
> + struct page *page, *next;
> + LIST_HEAD(page_list);
>
> if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
> return;
>
> + /*
> + * Collect pages to be freed on a list, and free after dropping lock
> + */
> for_each_node_mask(i, *nodes_allowed) {
> - struct page *page, *next;
> struct list_head *freel = &h->hugepage_freelists[i];
> list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, freel, lru) {
> if (count >= h->nr_huge_pages)
> - return;
> + goto out;
> if (PageHighMem(page))
> continue;
> remove_hugetlb_page(h, page, false);
> - update_and_free_page(h, page);
> + list_add(&page->lru, &page_list);
> }
> }
> +
> +out:
> + spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, &page_list, lru) {
> + update_and_free_page(h, page);
> + cond_resched();
> + }
> + spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
Can we get here with an empty list? Maybe if someone raced with us manipulating
nr_huge_pages? AFAICS, this gets called under the lock, and the adjusting in
remove_hugetlb_page() gets also done under the lock, so I guess this is not
possible to happen.
The reason I am asking is whether we want to check for the list to be empty before
we do the unacquire/acquire lock dancing.
--
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3
