Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Override mTHP "enabled" defaults at kernel cmdline

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On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 10:17 PM Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add thp_anon= cmdline parameter to allow specifying the default
> enablement of each supported anon THP size. The parameter accepts the
> following format and can be provided multiple times to configure each
> size:
>
> thp_anon=<size>[KMG]:<value>
>
> See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more details.
>
> Configuring the defaults at boot time is useful to allow early user
> space to take advantage of mTHP before its been configured through
> sysfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've split this off from my RFC at [1] because Barry highlighted that he would
> benefit from it immediately [2]. There are no changes vs the version in that
> series.
>
> It applies against today's mm-unstable (275d686abcb59). (although I had to fix a
> minor build bug in stackdepot.c due to MIN() not being defined in this tree).
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  8 +++
>  Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst    | 26 +++++++--
>  mm/huge_memory.c                              | 55 ++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index bcdee8984e1f0..5c79b58c108ec 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -6631,6 +6631,14 @@
>                         <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency
>                         0: no polling (default)
>
> +       thp_anon=       [KNL]
> +                       Format: <size>[KMG]:always|madvise|never|inherit
> +                       Can be used to control the default behavior of the
> +                       system with respect to anonymous transparent hugepages.
> +                       Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes.
> +                       See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more
> +                       details.
> +
>         threadirqs      [KNL,EARLY]
>                         Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those
>                         marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD.
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
> index 24eec1c03ad88..f63b0717366c6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
> @@ -284,13 +284,27 @@ that THP is shared. Exceeding the number would block the collapse::
>
>  A higher value may increase memory footprint for some workloads.
>
> -Boot parameter
> -==============
> +Boot parameters
> +===============
>
> -You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage
> -Support by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or
> -``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never``
> -to the kernel command line.
> +You can change the sysfs boot time default for the top-level "enabled"
> +control by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or
> +``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never`` to the
> +kernel command line.
> +
> +Alternatively, each supported anonymous THP size can be controlled by
> +passing ``thp_anon=<size>[KMG]:<state>``, where ``<size>`` is the THP size
> +and ``<state>`` is one of ``always``, ``madvise``, ``never`` or
> +``inherit``.
> +
> +For example, the following will set 64K THP to ``always``::
> +
> +       thp_anon=64K:always
> +
> +``thp_anon=`` may be specified multiple times to configure all THP sizes as
> +required. If ``thp_anon=`` is specified at least once, any anon THP sizes
> +not explicitly configured on the command line are implicitly set to
> +``never``.
>
>  Hugepages in tmpfs/shmem
>  ========================
> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> index 0c3075ee00012..c2c0da1eb94e6 100644
> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ unsigned long huge_zero_pfn __read_mostly = ~0UL;
>  unsigned long huge_anon_orders_always __read_mostly;
>  unsigned long huge_anon_orders_madvise __read_mostly;
>  unsigned long huge_anon_orders_inherit __read_mostly;
> +static bool anon_orders_configured;
>
>  unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>                                          unsigned long vm_flags,
> @@ -672,7 +673,10 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj)
>          * disable all other sizes. powerpc's PMD_ORDER isn't a compile-time
>          * constant so we have to do this here.
>          */
> -       huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER);
> +       if (!anon_orders_configured) {
> +               huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER);
> +               anon_orders_configured = true;
> +       }

If a user configures 64KB and doesn't adjust anything for PMD_ORDER,
then PMD_ORDER will  be set to "never", correct? This seems to change
the default behavior of PMD_ORDER. Could we instead achieve this by
checking if PMD_ORDER has been explicitly configured?

>
>         *hugepage_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("transparent_hugepage", mm_kobj);
>         if (unlikely(!*hugepage_kobj)) {
> @@ -857,6 +861,55 @@ static int __init setup_transparent_hugepage(char *str)
>  }
>  __setup("transparent_hugepage=", setup_transparent_hugepage);
>
> +static int __init setup_thp_anon(char *str)
> +{
> +       unsigned long size;
> +       char *state;
> +       int order;
> +       int ret = 0;
> +
> +       if (!str)
> +               goto out;
> +
> +       size = (unsigned long)memparse(str, &state);
> +       order = ilog2(size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +       if (*state != ':' || !is_power_of_2(size) || size <= PAGE_SIZE ||
> +           !(BIT(order) & THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON))
> +               goto out;
> +
> +       state++;
> +
> +       if (!strcmp(state, "always")) {
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit);
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise);
> +               set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always);
> +               ret = 1;
> +       } else if (!strcmp(state, "inherit")) {
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always);
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise);
> +               set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit);
> +               ret = 1;
> +       } else if (!strcmp(state, "madvise")) {
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always);
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit);
> +               set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise);
> +               ret = 1;
> +       } else if (!strcmp(state, "never")) {
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always);
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit);
> +               clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise);
> +               ret = 1;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (ret)
> +               anon_orders_configured = true;

I mean:

if (ret && order == PMD_ORDER)
            anon_pmd_order_configured = true;

> +out:
> +       if (!ret)
> +               pr_warn("thp_anon=%s: cannot parse, ignored\n", str);
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +__setup("thp_anon=", setup_thp_anon);
> +
>  pmd_t maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>         if (likely(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
> --
> 2.43.0
>

Thanks
Barry





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