* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [230705 12:54]: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 03:20:13PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote: > > * Yu Ma <yu.ma@xxxxxxxxx> [230606 08:23]: > > > UnixBench/Execl represents a class of workload where bash scripts are > > > spawned frequently to do some short jobs. When running multiple parallel > > > tasks, hot osq_lock is observed from do_mmap and exit_mmap. Both of them > > > come from load_elf_binary through the call chain > > > "execl->do_execveat_common->bprm_execve->load_elf_binary". In do_mmap,it will > > > call mmap_region to create vma node, initialize it and insert it to vma > > > maintain structure in mm_struct and i_mmap tree of the mapping file, then > > > increase map_count to record the number of vma nodes used. The hot osq_lock > > > is to protect operations on file’s i_mmap tree. For the mm_struct member > > > change like vma insertion and map_count update, they do not affect i_mmap > > > tree. Move those operations out of the lock's critical section, to reduce > > > hold time on the lock. > > > > > > With this change, on Intel Sapphire Rapids 112C/224T platform, based on > > > v6.0-rc6, the 160 parallel score improves by 12%. The patch has no > > > obvious performance gain on v6.4-rc4 due to regression of this benchmark > > > from this commit f1a7941243c102a44e8847e3b94ff4ff3ec56f25 (mm: convert > > > mm's rss stats into percpu_counter). > > > > I didn't think it was safe to insert a VMA into the VMA tree without > > holding this write lock? We now have a window of time where a file > > mapping doesn't exist for a vma that's in the tree? Is this always > > safe? Does the locking order in mm/rmap.c need to change? > > We hold mmap lock on write here, right? Yes. >Who can observe the VMA until the > lock is released? With CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK we can have the VMA read under the rcu read lock for page faults from the tree. I am not sure if the vma is initialized to avoid page fault issues - vma_start_write() should either be taken or initialise the vma as this is the case. There is also a possibility of a driver mapping a VMA and having entry points from other locations. It isn't accessed through the tree though so I don't think this change will introduce new races? > > It cannot be retrieved from the VMA tree as it requires at least read mmap > lock. And the VMA doesn't exist anywhere else. > > I believe the change is safe. I guess insert_vm_struct(), and vma_link() callers should be checked and updated accordingly? Thanks, Liam
