Re: [PATCH] mm: migrate: record the mlocked page status to remove unnecessary lru drain

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Hi Baolin,

On 10/19/23 15:25, Baolin Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 10/19/2023 2:09 PM, Huang, Ying wrote:
>> Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On 18 Oct 2023, at 9:04, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>>
>>>> When doing compaction, I found the lru_add_drain() is an obvious hotspot
>>>> when migrating pages. The distribution of this hotspot is as follows:
>>>>     - 18.75% compact_zone
>>>>        - 17.39% migrate_pages
>>>>           - 13.79% migrate_pages_batch
>>>>              - 11.66% migrate_folio_move
>>>>                 - 7.02% lru_add_drain
>>>>                    + 7.02% lru_add_drain_cpu
>>>>                 + 3.00% move_to_new_folio
>>>>                   1.23% rmap_walk
>>>>              + 1.92% migrate_folio_unmap
>>>>           + 3.20% migrate_pages_sync
>>>>        + 0.90% isolate_migratepages
>>>>
>>>> The lru_add_drain() was added by commit c3096e6782b7 ("mm/migrate:
>>>> __unmap_and_move() push good newpage to LRU") to drain the newpage to LRU
>>>> immediately, to help to build up the correct newpage->mlock_count in
>>>> remove_migration_ptes() for mlocked pages. However, if there are no mlocked
>>>> pages are migrating, then we can avoid this lru drain operation, especailly
>>>> for the heavy concurrent scenarios.
>>>
>>> lru_add_drain() is also used to drain pages out of folio_batch. Pages in folio_batch
>>> have an additional pin to prevent migration. See folio_get(folio); in folio_add_lru().
>>
>> lru_add_drain() is called after the page reference count checking in
>> move_to_new_folio().  So, I don't this is an issue.
> 
> Agree. The purpose of adding lru_add_drain() is to address the 'mlock_count' issue for mlocked pages. Please see commit c3096e6782b7 and related comments. Moreover I haven't seen an increase in the number of page migration failures due to page reference count checking after this patch.

I agree with your. My understanding also is that the lru_add_drain() is only needed
for mlocked folio to correct mlock_count. Like to hear the confirmation from Huge.


But I have question: why do we need use page_was_mlocked instead of check
folio_test_mlocked(src)? Does page migration clear the mlock flag? Thanks.


Regards
Yin, Fengwei


> 
>>>> So we can record the source pages' mlocked status in migrate_folio_unmap(),
>>>> and only drain the lru list when the mlocked status is set in migrate_folio_move().
>>>> In addition, the page was already isolated from lru when migrating, so we
>>>> check the mlocked status is stable by folio_test_mlocked() in migrate_folio_unmap().
>>>>
>>>> After this patch, I can see the hotpot of the lru_add_drain() is gone:
>>>>     - 9.41% migrate_pages_batch
>>>>        - 6.15% migrate_folio_move
>>>>           - 3.64% move_to_new_folio
>>>>              + 1.80% migrate_folio_extra
>>>>              + 1.70% buffer_migrate_folio
>>>>           + 1.41% rmap_walk
>>>>           + 0.62% folio_add_lru
>>>>        + 3.07% migrate_folio_unmap
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, the compaction latency shows some improvements when running
>>>> thpscale:
>>>>                              base                   patched
>>>> Amean     fault-both-1      1131.22 (   0.00%)     1112.55 *   1.65%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-3      2489.75 (   0.00%)     2324.15 *   6.65%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-5      3257.37 (   0.00%)     3183.18 *   2.28%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-7      4257.99 (   0.00%)     4079.04 *   4.20%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-12     6614.02 (   0.00%)     6075.60 *   8.14%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-18    10607.78 (   0.00%)     8978.86 *  15.36%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-24    14911.65 (   0.00%)    11619.55 *  22.08%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-30    14954.67 (   0.00%)    14925.66 *   0.19%*
>>>> Amean     fault-both-32    16654.87 (   0.00%)    15580.31 *   6.45%*
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>   mm/migrate.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>>>>   1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
>>>> index 4caf405b6504..32c96f89710f 100644
>>>> --- a/mm/migrate.c
>>>> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
>>>> @@ -1027,22 +1027,32 @@ union migration_ptr {
>>>>       struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
>>>>       struct address_space *mapping;
>>>>   };
>>>> +
>>>> +enum {
>>>> +    PAGE_WAS_MAPPED = 1 << 0,
>>>> +    PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED = 1 << 1,
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>>   static void __migrate_folio_record(struct folio *dst,
>>>> -                   unsigned long page_was_mapped,
>>>> +                   unsigned long page_flags,
>>>>                      struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>>>>   {
>>>>       union migration_ptr ptr = { .anon_vma = anon_vma };
>>>>       dst->mapping = ptr.mapping;
>>>> -    dst->private = (void *)page_was_mapped;
>>>> +    dst->private = (void *)page_flags;
>>>>   }
>>>>
>>>>   static void __migrate_folio_extract(struct folio *dst,
>>>>                      int *page_was_mappedp,
>>>> +                   int *page_was_mlocked,
>>>>                      struct anon_vma **anon_vmap)
>>>>   {
>>>>       union migration_ptr ptr = { .mapping = dst->mapping };
>>>> +    unsigned long page_flags = (unsigned long)dst->private;
>>>> +
>>>>       *anon_vmap = ptr.anon_vma;
>>>> -    *page_was_mappedp = (unsigned long)dst->private;
>>>> +    *page_was_mappedp = page_flags & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED ? 1 : 0;
>>>> +    *page_was_mlocked = page_flags & PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED ? 1 : 0;
>>>>       dst->mapping = NULL;
>>>>       dst->private = NULL;
>>>>   }
>>>> @@ -1103,7 +1113,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>>   {
>>>>       struct folio *dst;
>>>>       int rc = -EAGAIN;
>>>> -    int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>>> +    int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>>       struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>>       bool is_lru = !__folio_test_movable(src);
>>>>       bool locked = false;
>>>> @@ -1157,6 +1167,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>>           folio_lock(src);
>>>>       }
>>>>       locked = true;
>>>> +    page_was_mlocked = folio_test_mlocked(src);
>>>>
>>>>       if (folio_test_writeback(src)) {
>>>>           /*
>>>> @@ -1206,7 +1217,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>>       dst_locked = true;
>>>>
>>>>       if (unlikely(!is_lru)) {
>>>> -        __migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>>> +        __migrate_folio_record(dst, 0, anon_vma);
>>>>           return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1236,7 +1247,13 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>>       if (!folio_mapped(src)) {
>>>> -        __migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>>> +        unsigned int page_flags = 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +        if (page_was_mapped)
>>>> +            page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MAPPED;
>>>> +        if (page_was_mlocked)
>>>> +            page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED;
>>>> +        __migrate_folio_record(dst, page_flags, anon_vma);
>>>>           return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1261,12 +1278,13 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>>                     struct list_head *ret)
>>>>   {
>>>>       int rc;
>>>> -    int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>>> +    int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>>       struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>>       bool is_lru = !__folio_test_movable(src);
>>>>       struct list_head *prev;
>>>>
>>>> -    __migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped, &anon_vma);
>>>> +    __migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped,
>>>> +                &page_was_mlocked, &anon_vma);
>>>
>>> It is better to read out the flag, then check page_was_mapped and page_was_mlocked
>>> to avoid future __migrate_folio_extract() interface churns.
>>
>> IHMO, in contrast, it's better to use separate flags in
>> __migrate_folio_record() too to avoid to pack flags in each call site.
> 
> Either way is okay for me. And avoiding to pack flags in each call site seems more reasonable to me.
> 
>>
>>>>       prev = dst->lru.prev;
>>>>       list_del(&dst->lru);
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1287,7 +1305,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>>        * isolated from the unevictable LRU: but this case is the easiest.
>>>>        */
>>>>       folio_add_lru(dst);
>>>> -    if (page_was_mapped)
>>>> +    if (page_was_mlocked)
>>>>           lru_add_drain();
>>>
>>> Like I said at the top, this would be if (page_was_mapped || page_was_mlocked).
> 
> I don't think so. Like I said above, we can drain lru list only if page was mlocked.
> 
>>>>       if (page_was_mapped)
>>>> @@ -1321,8 +1339,15 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>>>>        * right list unless we want to retry.
>>>>        */
>>>>       if (rc == -EAGAIN) {
>>>> +        unsigned int page_flags = 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +        if (page_was_mapped)
>>>> +            page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MAPPED;
>>>> +        if (page_was_mlocked)
>>>> +            page_flags |= PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED;
>>>> +
>>>>           list_add(&dst->lru, prev);
>>>> -        __migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
>>>> +        __migrate_folio_record(dst, page_flags, anon_vma);
>>>>           return rc;
>>>>       }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1799,10 +1824,11 @@ static int migrate_pages_batch(struct list_head *from,
>>>>       dst = list_first_entry(&dst_folios, struct folio, lru);
>>>>       dst2 = list_next_entry(dst, lru);
>>>>       list_for_each_entry_safe(folio, folio2, &unmap_folios, lru) {
>>>> -        int page_was_mapped = 0;
>>>> +        int page_was_mapped = 0, page_was_mlocked = 0;
>>>>           struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>>>>
>>>> -        __migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped, &anon_vma);
>>>> +        __migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped,
>>>> +                    &page_was_mlocked, &anon_vma);
>>>>           migrate_folio_undo_src(folio, page_was_mapped, anon_vma,
>>>>                          true, ret_folios);
>>>>           list_del(&dst->lru);
>>>> -- 
>>>> 2.39.3
>>
>> -- 
>> Best Regards,
>> Huang, Ying




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