Update documentation about design, implementation and API usages
for page_frag.
Also update MAINTAINERS for page_frag. Alexander seems to be the
orginal author for page_frag, we can add him to the MAINTAINERS
later if we have an ack from him.
CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst | 115 ++++++++++++++++++----------
MAINTAINERS | 10 +++
include/linux/page_frag_cache.h | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/page_frag_cache.c | 51 ++++++++++---
4 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
index 503ca6cdb804..77256dfb58bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
@@ -1,43 +1,80 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
==============
Page fragments
==============
-A page fragment is an arbitrary-length arbitrary-offset area of memory
-which resides within a 0 or higher order compound page. Multiple
-fragments within that page are individually refcounted, in the page's
-reference counter.
-
-The page_frag functions, page_frag_alloc and page_frag_free, provide a
-simple allocation framework for page fragments. This is used by the
-network stack and network device drivers to provide a backing region of
-memory for use as either an sk_buff->head, or to be used in the "frags"
-portion of skb_shared_info.
-
-In order to make use of the page fragment APIs a backing page fragment
-cache is needed. This provides a central point for the fragment allocation
-and tracks allows multiple calls to make use of a cached page. The
-advantage to doing this is that multiple calls to get_page can be avoided
-which can be expensive at allocation time. However due to the nature of
-this caching it is required that any calls to the cache be protected by
-either a per-cpu limitation, or a per-cpu limitation and forcing interrupts
-to be disabled when executing the fragment allocation.
-
-The network stack uses two separate caches per CPU to handle fragment
-allocation. The netdev_alloc_cache is used by callers making use of the
-netdev_alloc_frag and __netdev_alloc_skb calls. The napi_alloc_cache is
-used by callers of the __napi_alloc_frag and napi_alloc_skb calls. The
-main difference between these two calls is the context in which they may be
-called. The "netdev" prefixed functions are usable in any context as these
-functions will disable interrupts, while the "napi" prefixed functions are
-only usable within the softirq context.
-
-Many network device drivers use a similar methodology for allocating page
-fragments, but the page fragments are cached at the ring or descriptor
-level. In order to enable these cases it is necessary to provide a generic
-way of tearing down a page cache. For this reason __page_frag_cache_drain
-was implemented. It allows for freeing multiple references from a single
-page via a single call. The advantage to doing this is that it allows for
-cleaning up the multiple references that were added to a page in order to
-avoid calling get_page per allocation.
-
-Alexander Duyck, Nov 29, 2016.
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_frag_cache.c
+ :doc: page_frag allocator
+
+Architecture overview
+=====================
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ +----------------------+
+ | page_frag API caller |
+ +----------------------+
+ ^
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ v
+ +----------------------------------------------+
+ | request page fragment |
+ +----------------------------------------------+
+ ^ ^
+ | |
+ | Cache empty or not enough |
+ | |
+ v |
+ +--------------------------------+ |
+ | refill cache with order 3 page | |
+ +--------------------------------+ |
+ ^ ^ |
+ | | |
+ | | Refill failed |
+ | | | Cache is enough
+ | | |
+ | v |
+ | +----------------------------------+ |
+ | | refill cache with order 0 page | |
+ | +----------------------------------+ |
+ | ^ |
+ | Refill succeed | |
+ | | Refill succeed |
+ | | |
+ v v v
+ +----------------------------------------------+
+ | allocate fragment from cache |
+ +----------------------------------------------+
+
+API interface
+=============
+As the design and implementation of page_frag API, the allocation side does not
+allow concurrent calling, it is assumed that the caller must ensure there is not
+concurrent alloc calling to the same page_frag_cache instance by using it's own
+lock or rely on some lockless guarantee like NAPI softirq.
+
+Depending on different use cases, callers expecting to deal with va, page or
+both va and page for them may call page_frag_alloc_va(), page_frag_alloc_pg(),
+or page_frag_alloc() accordingly.
+
+There is also a use case that need minimum memory in order for forward
+progressing, but can do better if there is more memory available. Introduce
+page_frag_alloc_prepare() and page_frag_alloc_commit() related API, the caller
+requests the minimum memory it need and the prepare API will return the maximum
+size of the fragment returned, caller need to report back to the page_frag core
+how much memory it actually use by calling commit API, or not calling the commit
+API if deciding to not use any memory.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+ :identifiers: page_frag_cache_init page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc
+ page_frag_alloc_va __page_frag_alloc_va_align
+ page_frag_alloc_va_align page_frag_alloc_va_prepare
+ page_frag_alloc_va_prepare_align page_frag_alloc_pg_prepare
+ page_frag_alloc_prepare page_frag_alloc_commit
+ page_frag_alloc_commit_noref page_frag_free_va
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_frag_cache.c
+ :identifiers: page_frag_cache_drain
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4745ea94d463..2f84aba59428 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16683,6 +16683,16 @@ F: mm/page-writeback.c
F: mm/readahead.c
F: mm/truncate.c
+PAGE FRAG
+M: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
+L: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
+L: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+S: Supported
+F: Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
+F: include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+F: mm/page_frag_cache.c
+F: mm/page_frag_test.c
+
PAGE POOL
M: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@xxxxxxxxxx>
M: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
index 28185969cd2c..d8edbecdd179 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
@@ -31,11 +31,23 @@ struct page_frag_cache {
#endif
};
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_init() - Init page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to init
+ *
+ * Inline helper to init the page_frag cache.
+ */
static inline void page_frag_cache_init(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
nc->va = NULL;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc() - Check for pfmemalloc.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
+ *
+ * Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed.
+ */
static inline bool page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
return !!nc->pfmemalloc;
@@ -46,6 +58,17 @@ void __page_frag_cache_drain(struct page *page, unsigned int count);
void *page_frag_cache_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc, unsigned int fragsz,
gfp_t gfp_mask);
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_va() - Alloc a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Get a page fragment from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return va of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
@@ -63,6 +86,19 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return va + offset;
}
+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_va_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning
+ * requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement
+ *
+ * Get a page fragment from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return va of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_va_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
gfp_t gfp_mask,
@@ -75,6 +111,19 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_va_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return page_frag_alloc_va(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask);
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_va_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for align and fragsz before getting a page fragment
+ * from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return va of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int fragsz,
gfp_t gfp_mask,
@@ -86,6 +135,19 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return __page_frag_alloc_va_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, align);
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_va_prepare() - Prepare allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to prepare
+ * @offset: out as the offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: in as the requested size, out as the available size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare a page fragment with minimum size of ‘size’, 'size' is also used to
+ * report the maximum size of the page fragment the caller can use.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return va of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int *offset,
unsigned int *size,
@@ -108,6 +170,21 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return va + *offset;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_va_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a page fragment with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to prepare
+ * @offset: out as the offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: in as the requested size, out as the available size
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare an aligned page fragment with minimum size of ‘size’, 'size' is also
+ * used to report the maximum size of the page fragment the caller can use.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return va of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
static inline void *page_frag_alloc_va_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int *offset,
unsigned int *size,
@@ -144,6 +221,19 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_pg_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return va;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_pg_prepare - Prepare allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to prepare
+ * @offset: out as the offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: in as the requested size, out as the available size
+ * @gfp: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare a page fragment with minimum size of ‘size’, 'size' is also used to
+ * report the maximum size of the page fragment the caller can use.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
#define page_frag_alloc_pg_prepare(nc, offset, size, gfp) \
({ \
struct page *__page = NULL; \
@@ -179,6 +269,21 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return nc_va;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_prepare - Prepare allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to prepare
+ * @offset: out as the offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: in as the requested size, out as the available size
+ * @va: out as the va of the returned page fragment
+ * @gfp: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare a page fragment with minimum size of ‘size’, 'size' is also used to
+ * report the maximum size of the page fragment. Return both 'page' and 'va' of
+ * the fragment to the caller.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Return the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
#define page_frag_alloc_prepare(nc, offset, size, va, gfp) \
({ \
struct page *__page = NULL; \
@@ -191,6 +296,14 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
__page; \
})
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_commit - Commit allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @offset: offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the alloc preparing by passing offset and the actual used size.
+ */
static inline void page_frag_alloc_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int offset,
unsigned int size)
@@ -199,6 +312,17 @@ static inline void page_frag_alloc_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
nc->offset = offset + size;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_commit_noref - Commit allocing a page fragment without taking
+ * page refcount.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @offset: offset of the page fragment
+ * @size: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the alloc preparing by passing offset and the actual used size, but
+ * not taking page refcount. Mostly used for fragmemt coaleasing case when the
+ * current fragmemt can share the same refcount with previous fragmemt.
+ */
static inline void page_frag_alloc_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
unsigned int offset,
unsigned int size)
@@ -206,6 +330,10 @@ static inline void page_frag_alloc_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
nc->offset = offset + size;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_free_va - Free a page fragment by va.
+ * @addr: va of page fragment to be freed
+ */
void page_frag_free_va(void *addr);
#endif
diff --git a/mm/page_frag_cache.c b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
index cbd0ed82a596..0c76ec006c22 100644
--- a/mm/page_frag_cache.c
+++ b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
@@ -1,15 +1,44 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/* Page fragment allocator
+
+/**
+ * DOC: page_frag allocator
+ *
+ * A page fragment is an arbitrary-length arbitrary-offset area of memory which
+ * resides within a 0 or higher order compound page. Multiple fragments within
+ * that page are individually refcounted, in the page's reference counter.
+ *
+ * The page_frag functions, page_frag_alloc* and page_frag_free*, provide a
+ * simple allocation framework for page fragments. This is used by the network
+ * stack and network device drivers to provide a backing region of memory for
+ * use as either an sk_buff->head, or to be used in the "frags" portion of
+ * skb_shared_info.
*
- * Page Fragment:
- * An arbitrary-length arbitrary-offset area of memory which resides within a
- * 0 or higher order page. Multiple fragments within that page are
- * individually refcounted, in the page's reference counter.
+ * In order to make use of the page fragment APIs a backing page fragment cache
+ * is needed. This provides a central point for the fragment allocation and
+ * tracks allows multiple calls to make use of a cached page. The advantage to
+ * doing this is that multiple calls to get_page can be avoided which can be
+ * expensive at allocation time. However due to the nature of this caching it
+ * is required that any calls to the cache be protected by either a per-cpu
+ * limitation, or a per-cpu limitation and forcing interrupts to be disabled
+ * when executing the fragment allocation.
*
- * The page_frag functions provide a simple allocation framework for page
- * fragments. This is used by the network stack and network device drivers to
- * provide a backing region of memory for use as either an sk_buff->head, or to
- * be used in the "frags" portion of skb_shared_info.
+ * The network stack uses two separate caches per CPU to handle fragment
+ * allocation. The netdev_alloc_cache is used by callers making use of the
+ * netdev_alloc_frag and __netdev_alloc_skb calls. The napi_alloc_cache is
+ * used by callers of the __napi_alloc_frag and napi_alloc_skb calls. The
+ * main difference between these two calls is the context in which they may be
+ * called. The "netdev" prefixed functions are usable in any context as these
+ * functions will disable interrupts, while the "napi" prefixed functions are
+ * only usable within the softirq context.
+ *
+ * Many network device drivers use a similar methodology for allocating page
+ * fragments, but the page fragments are cached at the ring or descriptor
+ * level. In order to enable these cases it is necessary to provide a generic
+ * way of tearing down a page cache. For this reason __page_frag_cache_drain
+ * was implemented. It allows for freeing multiple references from a single
+ * page via a single call. The advantage to doing this is that it allows for
+ * cleaning up the multiple references that were added to a page in order to
+ * avoid calling get_page per allocation.
*/
#include <linux/export.h>
@@ -57,6 +86,10 @@ static bool __page_frag_cache_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
return true;
}
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_drain - Drain the current page from page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to drain
+ */
void page_frag_cache_drain(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
{
if (!nc->va)
--
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