Re: [PATCH v3] mm: migrate: record the mlocked page status to remove unnecessary lru drain

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Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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.
>
> 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 checking
> 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>

LGTM, Thanks!

Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes from v2:
>  - Use BIT() to define macros.
>  - Simplify handing page_was_mapped and page_was_mlocked variables with
> introducing old_page_state variable.
>
> Changes from v1:
>  - Use separate flags in __migrate_folio_record() to avoid to pack flags
> in each call site per Ying.
> ---
>  mm/migrate.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 125194f5af0f..35a88334bb3c 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -1027,22 +1027,28 @@ union migration_ptr {
>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma;
>  	struct address_space *mapping;
>  };
> +
> +enum {
> +	PAGE_WAS_MAPPED = BIT(0),
> +	PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED = BIT(1),
> +};
> +
>  static void __migrate_folio_record(struct folio *dst,
> -				   unsigned long page_was_mapped,
> +				   unsigned long old_page_state,
>  				   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 *)old_page_state;
>  }
>  
>  static void __migrate_folio_extract(struct folio *dst,
> -				   int *page_was_mappedp,
> +				   int *old_page_state,
>  				   struct anon_vma **anon_vmap)
>  {
>  	union migration_ptr ptr = { .mapping = dst->mapping };
>  	*anon_vmap = ptr.anon_vma;
> -	*page_was_mappedp = (unsigned long)dst->private;
> +	*old_page_state = (unsigned long)dst->private;
>  	dst->mapping = NULL;
>  	dst->private = NULL;
>  }
> @@ -1103,7 +1109,7 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>  {
>  	struct folio *dst;
>  	int rc = -EAGAIN;
> -	int page_was_mapped = 0;
> +	int old_page_state = 0;
>  	struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>  	bool is_lru = !__folio_test_movable(src);
>  	bool locked = false;
> @@ -1157,6 +1163,8 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>  		folio_lock(src);
>  	}
>  	locked = true;
> +	if (folio_test_mlocked(src))
> +		old_page_state |= PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED;
>  
>  	if (folio_test_writeback(src)) {
>  		/*
> @@ -1206,7 +1214,7 @@ 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, old_page_state, anon_vma);
>  		return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1232,11 +1240,11 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>  		VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_anon(src) &&
>  			       !folio_test_ksm(src) && !anon_vma, src);
>  		try_to_migrate(src, mode == MIGRATE_ASYNC ? TTU_BATCH_FLUSH : 0);
> -		page_was_mapped = 1;
> +		old_page_state |= PAGE_WAS_MAPPED;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!folio_mapped(src)) {
> -		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
> +		__migrate_folio_record(dst, old_page_state, anon_vma);
>  		return MIGRATEPAGE_UNMAP;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1248,7 +1256,8 @@ static int migrate_folio_unmap(new_folio_t get_new_folio,
>  	if (rc == -EAGAIN)
>  		ret = NULL;
>  
> -	migrate_folio_undo_src(src, page_was_mapped, anon_vma, locked, ret);
> +	migrate_folio_undo_src(src, old_page_state & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED,
> +			       anon_vma, locked, ret);
>  	migrate_folio_undo_dst(dst, dst_locked, put_new_folio, private);
>  
>  	return rc;
> @@ -1261,12 +1270,12 @@ 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 old_page_state = 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, &old_page_state, &anon_vma);
>  	prev = dst->lru.prev;
>  	list_del(&dst->lru);
>  
> @@ -1287,10 +1296,10 @@ 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 (old_page_state & PAGE_WAS_MLOCKED)
>  		lru_add_drain();
>  
> -	if (page_was_mapped)
> +	if (old_page_state & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED)
>  		remove_migration_ptes(src, dst, false);
>  
>  out_unlock_both:
> @@ -1322,11 +1331,12 @@ static int migrate_folio_move(free_folio_t put_new_folio, unsigned long private,
>  	 */
>  	if (rc == -EAGAIN) {
>  		list_add(&dst->lru, prev);
> -		__migrate_folio_record(dst, page_was_mapped, anon_vma);
> +		__migrate_folio_record(dst, old_page_state, anon_vma);
>  		return rc;
>  	}
>  
> -	migrate_folio_undo_src(src, page_was_mapped, anon_vma, true, ret);
> +	migrate_folio_undo_src(src, old_page_state & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED,
> +			       anon_vma, true, ret);
>  	migrate_folio_undo_dst(dst, true, put_new_folio, private);
>  
>  	return rc;
> @@ -1799,12 +1809,12 @@ 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 old_page_state = 0;
>  		struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
>  
> -		__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &page_was_mapped, &anon_vma);
> -		migrate_folio_undo_src(folio, page_was_mapped, anon_vma,
> -				       true, ret_folios);
> +		__migrate_folio_extract(dst, &old_page_state, &anon_vma);
> +		migrate_folio_undo_src(folio, old_page_state & PAGE_WAS_MAPPED,
> +				       anon_vma, true, ret_folios);
>  		list_del(&dst->lru);
>  		migrate_folio_undo_dst(dst, true, put_new_folio, private);
>  		dst = dst2;




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