On 11/07/2024 08:29, Chris Li wrote: > This is the short term solutions "swap cluster order" listed > in my "Swap Abstraction" discussion slice 8 in the recent > LSF/MM conference. > > When commit 845982eb264bc "mm: swap: allow storage of all mTHP > orders" is introduced, it only allocates the mTHP swap entries > from the new empty cluster list. It has a fragmentation issue > reported by Barry. > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGsJ_4zAcJkuW016Cfi6wicRr8N9X+GJJhgMQdSMp+Ah+NSgNQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > The reason is that all the empty clusters have been exhausted while > there are plenty of free swap entries in the cluster that are > not 100% free. > > Remember the swap allocation order in the cluster. > Keep track of the per order non full cluster list for later allocation. > > The patch 3 of this series gives the swap SSD allocation > a new separate code path from the HDD allocation. The new allocator > use cluster list only and do not global scan swap_map[] without lock > any more. > > This streamline the swap allocation for SSD. The code matches the execution > flow much better. > > User impact: For users that allocate and free mix order mTHP swapping, > It greatly improves the success rate of the mTHP swap allocation after the > initial phase. > > It also performs faster when the swapfile is close to full, because the > allocator can get the non full cluster from a list rather than scanning > a lot of swap_map entries. > > This series still lacks the swap cache reclaim feature. The reclaim series > of patches are under development and testing right now. Will post the > mail list soon. For this reason, the patch 3 is consider RFC and not > ready to merge. > > With Barry's mthp test program V2: > > Without: > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test -a > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 32, swpout fallback inc: 192, Fallback percentage: 85.71% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 231, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 227, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > ... > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 224, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 215, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 222, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test -a -s > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 224, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 218, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 222, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > .. > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 228, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 230, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 229, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test -s > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 224, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 218, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 222, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > .. > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 228, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 230, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 229, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 224, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 218, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 222, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > .. > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 228, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 230, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 0, swpout fallback inc: 229, Fallback percentage: 100.00% > > With: > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test -a > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 224, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 231, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 227, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > ... > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 224, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 215, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 222, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test -a -s > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 224, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 218, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 222, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 4: swpout inc: 226, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 5: swpout inc: 222, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 6: swpout inc: 233, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 7: swpout inc: 224, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 8: swpout inc: 228, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 9: swpout inc: 217, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 10: swpout inc: 227, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 11: swpout inc: 223, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 12: swpout inc: 232, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 13: swpout inc: 218, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 14: swpout inc: 223, swpout fallback inc: 3, Fallback percentage: 1.33% > Iteration 15: swpout inc: 225, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 16: swpout inc: 218, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 17: swpout inc: 212, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 18: swpout inc: 234, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 19: swpout inc: 220, swpout fallback inc: 6, Fallback percentage: 2.65% > Iteration 20: swpout inc: 231, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 21: swpout inc: 228, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 22: swpout inc: 226, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 23: swpout inc: 223, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 24: swpout inc: 232, swpout fallback inc: 1, Fallback percentage: 0.43% > Iteration 25: swpout inc: 215, swpout fallback inc: 0, 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Iteration 97: swpout inc: 223, swpout fallback inc: 7, Fallback percentage: 3.04% > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 227, swpout fallback inc: 1, Fallback percentage: 0.44% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 229, swpout fallback inc: 1, Fallback percentage: 0.43% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 229, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% Great results! > > $ ./thp_swap_allocator_test > Iteration 1: swpout inc: 233, swpout fallback inc: 0, Fallback percentage: 0.00% > Iteration 2: swpout inc: 134, swpout fallback inc: 98, Fallback percentage: 42.24% > Iteration 3: swpout inc: 72, swpout fallback inc: 154, Fallback percentage: 68.14% > Iteration 4: swpout inc: 40, swpout fallback inc: 183, Fallback percentage: 82.06% > Iteration 5: swpout inc: 27, swpout fallback inc: 199, Fallback percentage: 88.05% > Iteration 6: swpout inc: 22, swpout fallback inc: 202, Fallback percentage: 90.18% > Iteration 7: swpout inc: 12, swpout fallback inc: 216, Fallback percentage: 94.74% > Iteration 8: swpout 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fallback inc: 214, Fallback percentage: 95.11% > Iteration 6: swpout inc: 10, swpout fallback inc: 218, Fallback percentage: 95.61% > ... > Iteration 96: swpout inc: 5, swpout fallback inc: 225, Fallback percentage: 97.83% > Iteration 97: swpout inc: 2, swpout fallback inc: 215, Fallback percentage: 99.08% > Iteration 98: swpout inc: 2, swpout fallback inc: 220, Fallback percentage: 99.10% > Iteration 99: swpout inc: 4, swpout fallback inc: 222, Fallback percentage: 98.23% > Iteration 100: swpout inc: 3, swpout fallback inc: 221, Fallback percentage: 98.66% > > Kernel compile under tmpfs with cgroup memory.max = 2G. > 12 core 24 hyperthreading, 32 jobs. > > HDD swap 3 runs average, 20G swap file: > > Without: > user 4186.290 > system 421.743 > real 597.317 > > With: > user 4113.897 > system 413.123 > real 659.543 If I've understood this correctly, this test is taking~10% longer in wall time? But your changes shouldn't affect HDD swap path? So what's the reason for this? I'm hoping to review this properly next week. It would be great to get this in sooner rather than later IMHO. Thanks, Ryan > > SSD swap 10 runs average, 20G swap partition: > > Without: > user 4736.810 > system 500.921 > real 250.243 > > With: > user 4729.478 > system 500.265 > real 249.633 > > Two zram swap: > zram0 1.4G zram1 20G. > The idea is forcing the zram0 almost > full then overflow to zram1: > > Two zram 10 runs average: > > Without: > user 4600.693 > system 384.105 > real 238.735 > > With: > user 4604.502 > system 382.087 > real 239.063 > > Reported-by: Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v4: > - Remove a warning in patch 2. > - Allocating from the free cluster list before the nonfull list. Revert the v3 behavior. > - Add cluster_index and cluster_offset function. > - Patch 3 has a new allocating path for SSD. > - HDD swap allocation does not need to consider clusters any more. > > Changes in v3: > - Using V1 as base. > - Rename "next" to "list" for the list field, suggested by Ying. > - Update comment for the locking rules for cluster fields and list, > suggested by Ying. > - Allocate from the nonfull list before attempting free list, suggested > by Kairui. > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240614-swap-allocator-v2-0-2a513b4a7f2f@xxxxxxxxxx > > Changes in v2: > - Abandoned. > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240524-swap-allocator-v1-0-47861b423b26@xxxxxxxxxx > > --- > Chris Li (3): > mm: swap: swap cluster switch to double link list > mm: swap: mTHP allocate swap entries from nonfull list > RFC: mm: swap: seperate SSD allocation from scan_swap_map_slots() > > include/linux/swap.h | 30 ++-- > mm/swapfile.c | 490 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- > 2 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 282 deletions(-) > --- > base-commit: ff3a648ecb9409aff1448cf4f6aa41d78c69a3bc > change-id: 20240523-swap-allocator-1534c480ece4 > > Best regards,
