Re: [RFC PATCH V1 1/1] sched/numa: Enhance vma scanning logic

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Hi,

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 07:05:34AM +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>  During the Numa scanning make sure only relevant vmas of the
> tasks are scanned.

Please add more detailed description about what are the issues with the
current scanning this patch aims to solve.

> Logic:
> 1) For the first two time allow unconditional scanning of vmas
> 2) Store recent 4 unique tasks (last 8bits of PIDs) accessed the vma.
>   False negetives in case of collison should be fine here.

         ^ negatives

> 3) If more than 4 pids exist assume task indeed accessed vma to
>  to avoid false negetives
> 
> Co-developed-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxx>
> (initial patch to store pid information)
> 
> Suggested-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm_types.h |  2 ++
>  kernel/sched/fair.c      | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/memory.c              | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 500e536796ca..07feae37b8e6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct {
>  	struct mempolicy *vm_policy;	/* NUMA policy for the VMA */
>  #endif
>  	struct vm_userfaultfd_ctx vm_userfaultfd_ctx;
> +	unsigned int accessing_pids;
> +	int next_pid_slot;
>  } __randomize_layout;
>  
>  struct kioctx_table;
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index e4a0b8bd941c..944d2e3b0b3c 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -2916,6 +2916,35 @@ static void reset_ptenuma_scan(struct task_struct *p)
>  	p->mm->numa_scan_offset = 0;
>  }
>  
> +static bool vma_is_accessed(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +	bool more_pids_exist;
> +	unsigned long pid, max_pids;
> +	unsigned long current_pid = current->pid & LAST__PID_MASK;
> +
> +	max_pids = sizeof(unsigned int) * BITS_PER_BYTE / LAST__PID_SHIFT;
> +
> +	/* By default we assume >= max_pids exist */
> +	more_pids_exist = true;
> +
> +	if (READ_ONCE(current->mm->numa_scan_seq) < 2)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < max_pids; i++) {
> +		pid = (vma->accessing_pids >> i * LAST__PID_SHIFT) &
> +			LAST__PID_MASK;
> +		if (pid == current_pid)
> +			return true;
> +		if (pid == 0) {
> +			more_pids_exist = false;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return more_pids_exist;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * The expensive part of numa migration is done from task_work context.
>   * Triggered from task_tick_numa().
> @@ -3015,6 +3044,9 @@ static void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
>  		if (!vma_is_accessible(vma))
>  			continue;
>  
> +		if (!vma_is_accessed(vma))
> +			continue;
> +
>  		do {
>  			start = max(start, vma->vm_start);
>  			end = ALIGN(start + (pages << PAGE_SHIFT), HPAGE_SIZE);
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 8c8420934d60..fafd78d87a51 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -4717,7 +4717,28 @@ static vm_fault_t do_numa_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	pte_t pte, old_pte;
>  	bool was_writable = pte_savedwrite(vmf->orig_pte);
>  	int flags = 0;
> +	int pid_slot = vma->next_pid_slot;
>  
> +	int i;
> +	unsigned long pid, max_pids;
> +	unsigned long current_pid = current->pid & LAST__PID_MASK;
> +
> +	max_pids = sizeof(unsigned int) * BITS_PER_BYTE / LAST__PID_SHIFT;
> +
> +	/* Avoid duplicate PID updation */
> +	for (i = 0; i < max_pids; i++) {
> +		pid = (vma->accessing_pids >> i * LAST__PID_SHIFT) &
> +			LAST__PID_MASK;
> +		if (pid == current_pid)
> +			goto skip_update;
> +	}
> +
> +	vma->next_pid_slot = (++pid_slot) % max_pids;
> +	vma->accessing_pids &= ~(LAST__PID_MASK << (pid_slot * LAST__PID_SHIFT));
> +	vma->accessing_pids |= ((current_pid) <<
> +			(pid_slot * LAST__PID_SHIFT));
> +
> +skip_update:
>  	/*
>  	 * The "pte" at this point cannot be used safely without
>  	 * validation through pte_unmap_same(). It's of NUMA type but
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.




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