The zsmalloc compaction algorithm has the potential to
waste some CPU cycles, particularly when compacting pages
within the same fullness group. This is due to the way it
selects the head page of the fullness list for source and
destination pages, and how it reinserts those pages during
each iteration. The algorithm may first use a page as a
migration destination and then as a migration source,
leading to an unnecessary back-and-forth movement of
objects.
Consider the following fullness list:
PageA PageB PageC PageD PageE
During the first iteration, the compaction algorithm will
select PageA as the source and PageB as the destination.
All of PageA's objects will be moved to PageB, and then
PageA will be released while PageB is reinserted into the
fullness list.
PageB PageC PageD PageE
During the next iteration, the compaction algorithm will
again select the head of the list as the source and destination,
meaning that PageB will now serve as the source and PageC as
the destination. This will result in the objects being moved
away from PageB, the same objects that were just moved to PageB
in the previous iteration.
To prevent this avalanche effect, the compaction algorithm
should not reinsert the destination page between iterations.
By doing so, the most optimal page will continue to be used
and its usage ratio will increase, reducing internal
fragmentation. The destination page should only be reinserted
into the fullness list if:
- It becomes full
- No source page is available.
TEST
====
It's very challenging to reliably test this series. I ended up
developing my own synthetic test that has 100% reproducibility.
The test generates significan fragmentation (for each size class)
and then performs compaction for each class individually and tracks
the number of memcpy() in zs_object_copy(), so that we can compare
the amount work compaction does on per-class basis.
Total amount of work (zram mm_stat objs_moved)
----------------------------------------------
Old fullness grouping, old compaction algorithm:
323977 memcpy() in zs_object_copy().
Old fullness grouping, new compaction algorithm:
262944 memcpy() in zs_object_copy().
New fullness grouping, new compaction algorithm:
213978 memcpy() in zs_object_copy().
Per-class compaction memcpy() comparison (T-test)
-------------------------------------------------
x Old fullness grouping, old compaction algorithm
+ Old fullness grouping, new compaction algorithm
N Min Max Median Avg Stddev
x 140 349 3513 2461 2314.1214 806.03271
+ 140 289 2778 2006 1878.1714 641.02073
Difference at 95.0% confidence
-435.95 +/- 170.595
-18.8387% +/- 7.37193%
(Student's t, pooled s = 728.216)
x Old fullness grouping, old compaction algorithm
+ New fullness grouping, new compaction algorithm
N Min Max Median Avg Stddev
x 140 349 3513 2461 2314.1214 806.03271
+ 140 226 2279 1644 1528.4143 524.85268
Difference at 95.0% confidence
-785.707 +/- 159.331
-33.9527% +/- 6.88516%
(Student's t, pooled s = 680.132)
Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/zsmalloc.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index 630854575c30..141a3f69b642 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -1780,15 +1780,14 @@ struct zs_compact_control {
int obj_idx;
};
-static int migrate_zspage(struct zs_pool *pool, struct size_class *class,
- struct zs_compact_control *cc)
+static void migrate_zspage(struct zs_pool *pool, struct size_class *class,
+ struct zs_compact_control *cc)
{
unsigned long used_obj, free_obj;
unsigned long handle;
struct page *s_page = cc->s_page;
struct page *d_page = cc->d_page;
int obj_idx = cc->obj_idx;
- int ret = 0;
while (1) {
handle = find_alloced_obj(class, s_page, &obj_idx);
@@ -1801,10 +1800,8 @@ static int migrate_zspage(struct zs_pool *pool, struct size_class *class,
}
/* Stop if there is no more space */
- if (zspage_full(class, get_zspage(d_page))) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
+ if (zspage_full(class, get_zspage(d_page)))
break;
- }
used_obj = handle_to_obj(handle);
free_obj = obj_malloc(pool, get_zspage(d_page), handle);
@@ -1817,8 +1814,6 @@ static int migrate_zspage(struct zs_pool *pool, struct size_class *class,
/* Remember last position in this iteration */
cc->s_page = s_page;
cc->obj_idx = obj_idx;
-
- return ret;
}
static struct zspage *isolate_src_zspage(struct size_class *class)
@@ -2213,7 +2208,7 @@ static unsigned long __zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool,
struct size_class *class)
{
struct zs_compact_control cc;
- struct zspage *src_zspage;
+ struct zspage *src_zspage = NULL;
struct zspage *dst_zspage = NULL;
unsigned long pages_freed = 0;
@@ -2222,50 +2217,45 @@ static unsigned long __zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool,
* as well as zpage allocation/free
*/
spin_lock(&pool->lock);
- while ((src_zspage = isolate_src_zspage(class))) {
- /* protect someone accessing the zspage(i.e., zs_map_object) */
- migrate_write_lock(src_zspage);
+ while (zs_can_compact(class)) {
+ int ret;
- if (!zs_can_compact(class))
+ if (!dst_zspage) {
+ dst_zspage = isolate_dst_zspage(class);
+ if (!dst_zspage)
+ break;
+ migrate_write_lock(dst_zspage);
+ cc.d_page = get_first_page(dst_zspage);
+ }
+
+ src_zspage = isolate_src_zspage(class);
+ if (!src_zspage)
break;
+ migrate_write_lock_nested(src_zspage);
+
cc.obj_idx = 0;
cc.s_page = get_first_page(src_zspage);
+ migrate_zspage(pool, class, &cc);
+ ret = putback_zspage(class, src_zspage);
+ migrate_write_unlock(src_zspage);
- while ((dst_zspage = isolate_dst_zspage(class))) {
- migrate_write_lock_nested(dst_zspage);
-
- cc.d_page = get_first_page(dst_zspage);
- /*
- * If there is no more space in dst_page, resched
- * and see if anyone had allocated another zspage.
- */
- if (!migrate_zspage(pool, class, &cc))
- break;
+ if (ret == ZS_INUSE_RATIO_0) {
+ free_zspage(pool, class, src_zspage);
+ pages_freed += class->pages_per_zspage;
+ src_zspage = NULL;
+ }
+ if (get_fullness_group(class, dst_zspage) == ZS_INUSE_RATIO_100
+ || spin_is_contended(&pool->lock)) {
putback_zspage(class, dst_zspage);
migrate_write_unlock(dst_zspage);
dst_zspage = NULL;
- if (spin_is_contended(&pool->lock))
- break;
- }
- /* Stop if we couldn't find slot */
- if (dst_zspage == NULL)
- break;
-
- putback_zspage(class, dst_zspage);
- migrate_write_unlock(dst_zspage);
-
- if (putback_zspage(class, src_zspage) == ZS_INUSE_RATIO_0) {
- migrate_write_unlock(src_zspage);
- free_zspage(pool, class, src_zspage);
- pages_freed += class->pages_per_zspage;
- } else
- migrate_write_unlock(src_zspage);
- spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
- cond_resched();
- spin_lock(&pool->lock);
+ spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
+ cond_resched();
+ spin_lock(&pool->lock);
+ }
}
if (src_zspage) {
@@ -2273,6 +2263,10 @@ static unsigned long __zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool,
migrate_write_unlock(src_zspage);
}
+ if (dst_zspage) {
+ putback_zspage(class, dst_zspage);
+ migrate_write_unlock(dst_zspage);
+ }
spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
return pages_freed;
--
2.40.0.rc0.216.gc4246ad0f0-goog
