Re: [PATCH] mm/khugepaged: sched to numa node when collapse huge page

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On 11.03.22 10:01, Bibo Mao wrote:
> collapse huge page is slow, specially when khugepaged daemon runs
> on different numa node with that of huge page. It suffers from
> huge page copying across nodes, also cache is not used for target
> node. With this patch, khugepaged daemon switches to the same numa
> node with huge page. It saves copying time and makes use of local
> cache better.

Hi,

just the usual question, do you have any performance numbers to back
your claims (e.g., "is slow, specially when") and proof that this patch
does the trick?


> 
> Signed-off-by: Bibo Mao <maobibo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/khugepaged.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 131492fd1148..460c285dc974 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct khugepaged_scan {
>  	struct list_head mm_head;
>  	struct mm_slot *mm_slot;
>  	unsigned long address;
> +	int node;
>  };
>  
>  static struct khugepaged_scan khugepaged_scan = {
> @@ -1066,6 +1067,7 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
>  	struct mmu_notifier_range range;
>  	gfp_t gfp;
> +	const struct cpumask *cpumask;

We tend to stick to reverse Christmas tree format as good as possible.

>  
>  	VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);
>  
> @@ -1079,6 +1081,13 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	 * that. We will recheck the vma after taking it again in write mode.
>  	 */
>  	mmap_read_unlock(mm);
> +
> +	/* sched to specified node before huage page memory copy */

s/huage/huge/

> +	cpumask = cpumask_of_node(node);
> +	if ((khugepaged_scan.node != node) && !cpumask_empty(cpumask)) {
> +		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask);
> +		khugepaged_scan.node = node;
> +	}
>  	new_page = khugepaged_alloc_page(hpage, gfp, node);
>  	if (!new_page) {
>  		result = SCAN_ALLOC_HUGE_PAGE_FAIL;
> @@ -2380,6 +2389,7 @@ int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
>  		kthread_stop(khugepaged_thread);
>  		khugepaged_thread = NULL;
>  	}
> +	khugepaged_scan.node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>  	set_recommended_min_free_kbytes();
>  fail:
>  	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb





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