On Mon, 2022-06-06 at 09:26 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K V wrote: > On 6/6/22 8:19 AM, Ying Huang wrote: > > On Thu, 2022-06-02 at 14:07 +0800, Ying Huang wrote: > > > On Fri, 2022-05-27 at 17:55 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > > > > From: Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > In the current kernel, memory tiers are defined implicitly via a > > > > demotion path relationship between NUMA nodes, which is created > > > > during the kernel initialization and updated when a NUMA node is > > > > hot-added or hot-removed. The current implementation puts all > > > > nodes with CPU into the top tier, and builds the tier hierarchy > > > > tier-by-tier by establishing the per-node demotion targets based > > > > on the distances between nodes. > > > > > > > > This current memory tier kernel interface needs to be improved for > > > > several important use cases, > > > > > > > > The current tier initialization code always initializes > > > > each memory-only NUMA node into a lower tier. But a memory-only > > > > NUMA node may have a high performance memory device (e.g. a DRAM > > > > device attached via CXL.mem or a DRAM-backed memory-only node on > > > > a virtual machine) and should be put into a higher tier. > > > > > > > > The current tier hierarchy always puts CPU nodes into the top > > > > tier. But on a system with HBM or GPU devices, the > > > > memory-only NUMA nodes mapping these devices should be in the > > > > top tier, and DRAM nodes with CPUs are better to be placed into the > > > > next lower tier. > > > > > > > > With current kernel higher tier node can only be demoted to selected nodes on the > > > > next lower tier as defined by the demotion path, not any other > > > > node from any lower tier. This strict, hard-coded demotion order > > > > does not work in all use cases (e.g. some use cases may want to > > > > allow cross-socket demotion to another node in the same demotion > > > > tier as a fallback when the preferred demotion node is out of > > > > space), This demotion order is also inconsistent with the page > > > > allocation fallback order when all the nodes in a higher tier are > > > > out of space: The page allocation can fall back to any node from > > > > any lower tier, whereas the demotion order doesn't allow that. > > > > > > > > The current kernel also don't provide any interfaces for the > > > > userspace to learn about the memory tier hierarchy in order to > > > > optimize its memory allocations. > > > > > > > > This patch series address the above by defining memory tiers explicitly. > > > > > > > > This patch adds below sysfs interface which is read-only and > > > > can be used to read nodes available in specific tier. > > > > > > > > /sys/devices/system/memtier/memtierN/nodelist > > > > > > > > Tier 0 is the highest tier, while tier MAX_MEMORY_TIERS - 1 is the > > > > lowest tier. The absolute value of a tier id number has no specific > > > > meaning. what matters is the relative order of the tier id numbers. > > > > > > > > All the tiered memory code is guarded by CONFIG_TIERED_MEMORY. > > > > Default number of memory tiers are MAX_MEMORY_TIERS(3). All the > > > > nodes are by default assigned to DEFAULT_MEMORY_TIER(1). > > > > > > > > Default memory tier can be read from, > > > > /sys/devices/system/memtier/default_tier > > > > > > > > Max memory tier can be read from, > > > > /sys/devices/system/memtier/max_tiers > > > > > > > > This patch implements the RFC spec sent by Wei Xu <weixugc@xxxxxxxxxx> at [1]. > > > > > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAAPL-u-DGLcKRVDnChN9ZhxPkfxQvz9Sb93kVoX_4J2oiJSkUw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > IMHO, we should change the kernel internal implementation firstly, then > > > implement the kerne/user space interface. That is, make memory tier > > > explicit inside kernel, then expose it to user space. > > > > Why ignore this comment for v5? If you don't agree, please respond me. > > > > I am not sure what benefit such a rearrange would bring in? Right now I > am writing the series from the point of view of introducing all the > plumbing and them switching the existing demotion logic to use the new > infrastructure. Redoing the code to hide all the userspace sysfs till we > switch the demotion logic to use the new infrastructure doesn't really > bring any additional clarity to patch review and would require me to > redo the series with a lot of conflicts across the patches in the patchset. IMHO, we shouldn't introduce regression even in the middle of a patchset. Each step should only rely on previous patches in the series to work correctly. In your current way of organization, after patch [1/7], on a system with 2 memory tiers, the user space interface will output wrong information (only 1 memory tier). So I think the correct way is to make it right inside the kenrel firstly, then expose the right information to user space. Best Regards, Huang, Ying
