Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] mm: swap: swap cluster switch to double link list

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Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Previously, the swap cluster used a cluster index as a pointer
> to construct a custom single link list type "swap_cluster_list".
> The next cluster pointer is shared with the cluster->count.
> It prevents puting the non free cluster into a list.
>
> Change the cluster to use the standard double link list instead.
> This allows tracing the nonfull cluster in the follow up patch.
> That way, it is faster to get to the nonfull cluster of that order.
>
> Remove the cluster getter/setter for accessing the cluster
> struct member.
>
> The list operation is protected by the swap_info_struct->lock.
>
> Change cluster code to use "struct swap_cluster_info *" to
> reference the cluster rather than by using index. That is more
> consistent with the list manipulation. It avoids the repeat
> adding index to the cluser_info. The code is easier to understand.
>
> Remove the cluster next pointer is NULL flag, the double link
> list can handle the empty list pretty well.
>
> The "swap_cluster_info" struct is two pointer bigger, because
> 512 swap entries share one swap struct, it has very little impact
                             ~~~~
                             swap_cluster_info ?

> on the average memory usage per swap entry. For 1TB swapfile, the
> swap cluster data structure increases from 8MB to 24MB.
>
> Other than the list conversion, there is no real function change
> in this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Li <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/swap.h |  26 +++---
>  mm/swapfile.c        | 225 ++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
>  2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index e473fe6cfb7a..e9be95468fc7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -243,22 +243,21 @@ enum {
>   * free clusters are organized into a list. We fetch an entry from the list to
>   * get a free cluster.
>   *
> - * The data field stores next cluster if the cluster is free or cluster usage
> - * counter otherwise. The flags field determines if a cluster is free. This is
> - * protected by swap_info_struct.lock.
> + * The flags field determines if a cluster is free. This is
> + * protected by cluster lock.
>   */
>  struct swap_cluster_info {
>  	spinlock_t lock;	/*
>  				 * Protect swap_cluster_info fields
> -				 * and swap_info_struct->swap_map
> -				 * elements correspond to the swap
> -				 * cluster
> +				 * other than list, and swap_info_struct->swap_map
> +				 * elements correspond to the swap cluster.
>  				 */
> -	unsigned int data:24;
> -	unsigned int flags:8;
> +	u16 count;
> +	u8 flags;
> +	struct list_head list;
>  };
>  #define CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE 1 /* This cluster is free */
> -#define CLUSTER_FLAG_NEXT_NULL 2 /* This cluster has no next cluster */
> +
>  
>  /*
>   * The first page in the swap file is the swap header, which is always marked
> @@ -283,11 +282,6 @@ struct percpu_cluster {
>  	unsigned int next[SWAP_NR_ORDERS]; /* Likely next allocation offset */
>  };
>  
> -struct swap_cluster_list {
> -	struct swap_cluster_info head;
> -	struct swap_cluster_info tail;
> -};
> -
>  /*
>   * The in-memory structure used to track swap areas.
>   */
> @@ -301,7 +295,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
>  	unsigned char *swap_map;	/* vmalloc'ed array of usage counts */
>  	unsigned long *zeromap;		/* vmalloc'ed bitmap to track zero pages */
>  	struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info; /* cluster info. Only for SSD */
> -	struct swap_cluster_list free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
> +	struct list_head free_clusters; /* free clusters list */
>  	unsigned int lowest_bit;	/* index of first free in swap_map */
>  	unsigned int highest_bit;	/* index of last free in swap_map */
>  	unsigned int pages;		/* total of usable pages of swap */
> @@ -332,7 +326,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
>  					 * list.
>  					 */
>  	struct work_struct discard_work; /* discard worker */
> -	struct swap_cluster_list discard_clusters; /* discard clusters list */
> +	struct list_head discard_clusters; /* discard clusters list */
>  	struct plist_node avail_lists[]; /*
>  					   * entries in swap_avail_heads, one
>  					   * entry per node.
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index f7224bc1320c..f70d25005d2c 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -290,62 +290,15 @@ static void discard_swap_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>  #endif
>  #define LATENCY_LIMIT		256
>  
> -static inline void cluster_set_flag(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
> -	unsigned int flag)
> -{
> -	info->flags = flag;
> -}
> -
> -static inline unsigned int cluster_count(struct swap_cluster_info *info)
> -{
> -	return info->data;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cluster_set_count(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
> -				     unsigned int c)
> -{
> -	info->data = c;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cluster_set_count_flag(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
> -					 unsigned int c, unsigned int f)
> -{
> -	info->flags = f;
> -	info->data = c;
> -}
> -
> -static inline unsigned int cluster_next(struct swap_cluster_info *info)
> -{
> -	return info->data;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cluster_set_next(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
> -				    unsigned int n)
> -{
> -	info->data = n;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cluster_set_next_flag(struct swap_cluster_info *info,
> -					 unsigned int n, unsigned int f)
> -{
> -	info->flags = f;
> -	info->data = n;
> -}
> -
>  static inline bool cluster_is_free(struct swap_cluster_info *info)
>  {
>  	return info->flags & CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE;
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool cluster_is_null(struct swap_cluster_info *info)
> -{
> -	return info->flags & CLUSTER_FLAG_NEXT_NULL;
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cluster_set_null(struct swap_cluster_info *info)
> +static inline unsigned int cluster_index(struct swap_info_struct *si,
> +					 struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
>  {
> -	info->flags = CLUSTER_FLAG_NEXT_NULL;
> -	info->data = 0;
> +	return ci - si->cluster_info;
>  }
>  
>  static inline struct swap_cluster_info *lock_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
> @@ -394,65 +347,11 @@ static inline void unlock_cluster_or_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>  		spin_unlock(&si->lock);
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool cluster_list_empty(struct swap_cluster_list *list)
> -{
> -	return cluster_is_null(&list->head);
> -}
> -
> -static inline unsigned int cluster_list_first(struct swap_cluster_list *list)
> -{
> -	return cluster_next(&list->head);
> -}
> -
> -static void cluster_list_init(struct swap_cluster_list *list)
> -{
> -	cluster_set_null(&list->head);
> -	cluster_set_null(&list->tail);
> -}
> -
> -static void cluster_list_add_tail(struct swap_cluster_list *list,
> -				  struct swap_cluster_info *ci,
> -				  unsigned int idx)
> -{
> -	if (cluster_list_empty(list)) {
> -		cluster_set_next_flag(&list->head, idx, 0);
> -		cluster_set_next_flag(&list->tail, idx, 0);
> -	} else {
> -		struct swap_cluster_info *ci_tail;
> -		unsigned int tail = cluster_next(&list->tail);
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * Nested cluster lock, but both cluster locks are
> -		 * only acquired when we held swap_info_struct->lock
> -		 */
> -		ci_tail = ci + tail;
> -		spin_lock_nested(&ci_tail->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
> -		cluster_set_next(ci_tail, idx);
> -		spin_unlock(&ci_tail->lock);
> -		cluster_set_next_flag(&list->tail, idx, 0);
> -	}
> -}
> -
> -static unsigned int cluster_list_del_first(struct swap_cluster_list *list,
> -					   struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
> -{
> -	unsigned int idx;
> -
> -	idx = cluster_next(&list->head);
> -	if (cluster_next(&list->tail) == idx) {
> -		cluster_set_null(&list->head);
> -		cluster_set_null(&list->tail);
> -	} else
> -		cluster_set_next_flag(&list->head,
> -				      cluster_next(&ci[idx]), 0);
> -
> -	return idx;
> -}
> -
>  /* Add a cluster to discard list and schedule it to do discard */
>  static void swap_cluster_schedule_discard(struct swap_info_struct *si,
> -		unsigned int idx)
> +		struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
>  {
> +	unsigned int idx = cluster_index(si, ci);
>  	/*
>  	 * If scan_swap_map_slots() can't find a free cluster, it will check
>  	 * si->swap_map directly. To make sure the discarding cluster isn't
> @@ -462,17 +361,14 @@ static void swap_cluster_schedule_discard(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>  	memset(si->swap_map + idx * SWAPFILE_CLUSTER,
>  			SWAP_MAP_BAD, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
>  
> -	cluster_list_add_tail(&si->discard_clusters, si->cluster_info, idx);
> -
> +	list_add_tail(&ci->list, &si->discard_clusters);
>  	schedule_work(&si->discard_work);
>  }
>  
> -static void __free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
> +static void __free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
>  {
> -	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = si->cluster_info;
> -
> -	cluster_set_flag(ci + idx, CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE);
> -	cluster_list_add_tail(&si->free_clusters, ci, idx);
> +	ci->flags = CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE;
> +	list_add_tail(&ci->list, &si->free_clusters);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -481,24 +377,25 @@ static void __free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
>  */
>  static void swap_do_scheduled_discard(struct swap_info_struct *si)
>  {
> -	struct swap_cluster_info *info, *ci;
> +	struct swap_cluster_info *ci;
>  	unsigned int idx;
>  
> -	info = si->cluster_info;
> -
> -	while (!cluster_list_empty(&si->discard_clusters)) {
> -		idx = cluster_list_del_first(&si->discard_clusters, info);
> +	while (!list_empty(&si->discard_clusters)) {
> +		ci = list_first_entry(&si->discard_clusters, struct swap_cluster_info, list);
> +		list_del(&ci->list);
> +		idx = cluster_index(si, ci);
>  		spin_unlock(&si->lock);
>  
>  		discard_swap_cluster(si, idx * SWAPFILE_CLUSTER,
>  				SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
>  
>  		spin_lock(&si->lock);
> -		ci = lock_cluster(si, idx * SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
> -		__free_cluster(si, idx);
> +
> +		spin_lock(&ci->lock);
> +		__free_cluster(si, ci);
>  		memset(si->swap_map + idx * SWAPFILE_CLUSTER,
>  				0, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
> -		unlock_cluster(ci);
> +		spin_unlock(&ci->lock);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> @@ -521,20 +418,20 @@ static void swap_users_ref_free(struct percpu_ref *ref)
>  	complete(&si->comp);
>  }
>  
> -static void alloc_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
> +static struct swap_cluster_info *alloc_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
>  {
> -	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = si->cluster_info;
> +	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = list_first_entry(&si->free_clusters, struct swap_cluster_info, list);
>  
> -	VM_BUG_ON(cluster_list_first(&si->free_clusters) != idx);
> -	cluster_list_del_first(&si->free_clusters, ci);
> -	cluster_set_count_flag(ci + idx, 0, 0);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(cluster_index(si, ci) != idx);
> +	list_del(&ci->list);
> +	ci->count = 0;
> +	ci->flags = 0;
> +	return ci;
>  }
>  
> -static void free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
> +static void free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
>  {
> -	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = si->cluster_info + idx;
> -
> -	VM_BUG_ON(cluster_count(ci) != 0);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(ci->count != 0);
>  	/*
>  	 * If the swap is discardable, prepare discard the cluster
>  	 * instead of free it immediately. The cluster will be freed
> @@ -542,11 +439,11 @@ static void free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
>  	 */
>  	if ((si->flags & (SWP_WRITEOK | SWP_PAGE_DISCARD)) ==
>  	    (SWP_WRITEOK | SWP_PAGE_DISCARD)) {
> -		swap_cluster_schedule_discard(si, idx);
> +		swap_cluster_schedule_discard(si, ci);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	__free_cluster(si, idx);
> +	__free_cluster(si, ci);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -559,15 +456,15 @@ static void add_cluster_info_page(struct swap_info_struct *p,
>  	unsigned long count)
>  {
>  	unsigned long idx = page_nr / SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
> +	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = cluster_info + idx;
>  
>  	if (!cluster_info)
>  		return;
> -	if (cluster_is_free(&cluster_info[idx]))
> +	if (cluster_is_free(ci))
>  		alloc_cluster(p, idx);
>  
> -	VM_BUG_ON(cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]) + count > SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
> -	cluster_set_count(&cluster_info[idx],
> -		cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]) + count);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(ci->count + count > SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
> +	ci->count += count;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -581,24 +478,20 @@ static void inc_cluster_info_page(struct swap_info_struct *p,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * The cluster corresponding to page_nr decreases one usage. If the usage
> - * counter becomes 0, which means no page in the cluster is in using, we can
> - * optionally discard the cluster and add it to free cluster list.
> + * The cluster ci decreases one usage. If the usage counter becomes 0,
> + * which means no page in the cluster is in using, we can optionally discard
> + * the cluster and add it to free cluster list.
>   */
> -static void dec_cluster_info_page(struct swap_info_struct *p,
> -	struct swap_cluster_info *cluster_info, unsigned long page_nr)
> +static void dec_cluster_info_page(struct swap_info_struct *p, struct swap_cluster_info *ci)
>  {
> -	unsigned long idx = page_nr / SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
> -
> -	if (!cluster_info)
> +	if (!p->cluster_info)
>  		return;
>  
> -	VM_BUG_ON(cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]) == 0);
> -	cluster_set_count(&cluster_info[idx],
> -		cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]) - 1);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(ci->count == 0);
> +	ci->count--;
>  
> -	if (cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]) == 0)
> -		free_cluster(p, idx);
> +	if (!ci->count)
> +		free_cluster(p, ci);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -611,10 +504,10 @@ scan_swap_map_ssd_cluster_conflict(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>  {
>  	struct percpu_cluster *percpu_cluster;
>  	bool conflict;
> -
> +	struct swap_cluster_info *first = list_first_entry(&si->free_clusters, struct swap_cluster_info, list);
>  	offset /= SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
> -	conflict = !cluster_list_empty(&si->free_clusters) &&
> -		offset != cluster_list_first(&si->free_clusters) &&
> +	conflict = !list_empty(&si->free_clusters) &&
> +		offset !=  first - si->cluster_info &&

offset != cluster_index(si, first) ?

>  		cluster_is_free(&si->cluster_info[offset]);
>  
>  	if (!conflict)
> @@ -655,10 +548,10 @@ static bool scan_swap_map_try_ssd_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si,
>  	cluster = this_cpu_ptr(si->percpu_cluster);
>  	tmp = cluster->next[order];
>  	if (tmp == SWAP_NEXT_INVALID) {
> -		if (!cluster_list_empty(&si->free_clusters)) {
> -			tmp = cluster_next(&si->free_clusters.head) *
> -					SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
> -		} else if (!cluster_list_empty(&si->discard_clusters)) {
> +		if (!list_empty(&si->free_clusters)) {
> +			ci = list_first_entry(&si->free_clusters, struct swap_cluster_info, list);
> +			tmp = cluster_index(si, ci) * SWAPFILE_CLUSTER;
> +		} else if (!list_empty(&si->discard_clusters)) {
>  			/*
>  			 * we don't have free cluster but have some clusters in
>  			 * discarding, do discard now and reclaim them, then
> @@ -1070,8 +963,9 @@ static void swap_free_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
>  
>  	ci = lock_cluster(si, offset);
>  	memset(si->swap_map + offset, 0, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
> -	cluster_set_count_flag(ci, 0, 0);
> -	free_cluster(si, idx);
> +	ci->count = 0;
> +	ci->flags = 0;
> +	free_cluster(si, ci);
>  	unlock_cluster(ci);
>  	swap_range_free(si, offset, SWAPFILE_CLUSTER);
>  }
> @@ -1344,7 +1238,7 @@ static void swap_entry_free(struct swap_info_struct *p, swp_entry_t entry)
>  	count = p->swap_map[offset];
>  	VM_BUG_ON(count != SWAP_HAS_CACHE);
>  	p->swap_map[offset] = 0;
> -	dec_cluster_info_page(p, p->cluster_info, offset);
> +	dec_cluster_info_page(p, ci);
>  	unlock_cluster(ci);
>  
>  	mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(entry, 1);
> @@ -3022,8 +2916,8 @@ static int setup_swap_map_and_extents(struct swap_info_struct *p,
>  
>  	nr_good_pages = maxpages - 1;	/* omit header page */
>  
> -	cluster_list_init(&p->free_clusters);
> -	cluster_list_init(&p->discard_clusters);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->free_clusters);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->discard_clusters);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < swap_header->info.nr_badpages; i++) {
>  		unsigned int page_nr = swap_header->info.badpages[i];
> @@ -3074,14 +2968,15 @@ static int setup_swap_map_and_extents(struct swap_info_struct *p,
>  	for (k = 0; k < SWAP_CLUSTER_COLS; k++) {
>  		j = (k + col) % SWAP_CLUSTER_COLS;
>  		for (i = 0; i < DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_clusters, SWAP_CLUSTER_COLS); i++) {
> +			struct swap_cluster_info *ci;
>  			idx = i * SWAP_CLUSTER_COLS + j;
> +			ci = cluster_info + idx;
>  			if (idx >= nr_clusters)
>  				continue;
> -			if (cluster_count(&cluster_info[idx]))
> +			if (ci->count)
>  				continue;
> -			cluster_set_flag(&cluster_info[idx], CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE);
> -			cluster_list_add_tail(&p->free_clusters, cluster_info,
> -					      idx);
> +			ci->flags = CLUSTER_FLAG_FREE;
> +			list_add_tail(&ci->list, &p->free_clusters);
>  		}
>  	}
>  	return nr_extents;

--
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying




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