[RFC PATCH 2/2] mm: Batch page_check_references in shrink_page_list sharing the same i_mmap_mutex

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In shrink_page_list, call to page_referenced_file will causes the
acquisition/release of mapping->i_mmap_mutex for each page in the page
list.  However, it is very likely that successive pages in the list
share the same mapping and we can reduce the frequency of i_mmap_mutex
acquisition by holding the mutex in shrink_page_list. This improves the
performance when the system has a lot page reclamations for file mapped
pages if workloads are using a lot of memory for page cache.

Tim

---
Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index 4b974ae..f0174ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ static inline void page_dup_rmap(struct page *page)
 /*
  * Called from mm/vmscan.c to handle paging out
  */
-int page_referenced(struct page *, int is_locked,
-			struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long *vm_flags);
+int page_referenced(struct page *, int is_locked, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+				unsigned long *vm_flags, int mmap_mutex_locked);
 int page_referenced_one(struct page *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 	unsigned long address, unsigned int *mapcount, unsigned long *vm_flags);
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ enum ttu_flags {
 
 bool is_vma_temporary_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
-int try_to_unmap(struct page *, enum ttu_flags flags, int file_mapped);
+int try_to_unmap(struct page *, enum ttu_flags flags, int mmap_mutex_locked);
 int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *, struct vm_area_struct *,
 			unsigned long address, enum ttu_flags flags);
 
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 102a5b1..1aa37b1 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
 	if (PageAnon(hpage))
 		anon_vma = page_get_anon_vma(hpage);
 
-	try_to_unmap(hpage, TTU_MIGRATION|TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, 0);
+	try_to_unmap(hpage,
+		     TTU_MIGRATION|TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, 0);
 
 	if (!page_mapped(hpage))
 		rc = move_to_new_page(new_hpage, hpage, 1, mode);
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index cb7de48..63fc84b 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static int page_referenced_anon(struct page *page,
  */
 static int page_referenced_file(struct page *page,
 				struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				unsigned long *vm_flags)
+				unsigned long *vm_flags, int mmap_mutex_locked)
 {
 	unsigned int mapcount;
 	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
@@ -839,11 +839,14 @@ static int page_referenced_file(struct page *page,
 	/*
 	 * The page lock not only makes sure that page->mapping cannot
 	 * suddenly be NULLified by truncation, it makes sure that the
-	 * structure at mapping cannot be freed and reused yet.
-	 * We should have taken mapping->i_mmap_mutex.
+	 * structure at mapping cannot be freed and reused yet,
+	 * so we can safely take mapping->i_mmap_mutex.
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
+	if (!mmap_mutex_locked)
+		mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * i_mmap_mutex does not stabilize mapcount at all, but mapcount
 	 * is more likely to be accurate if we note it after spinning.
@@ -867,6 +870,8 @@ static int page_referenced_file(struct page *page,
 			break;
 	}
 
+	if (!mmap_mutex_locked)
+		mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 	return referenced;
 }
 
@@ -883,7 +888,7 @@ static int page_referenced_file(struct page *page,
 int page_referenced(struct page *page,
 		    int is_locked,
 		    struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-		    unsigned long *vm_flags)
+		    unsigned long *vm_flags, int mmap_mutex_locked)
 {
 	int referenced = 0;
 	int we_locked = 0;
@@ -903,14 +908,9 @@ int page_referenced(struct page *page,
 		else if (PageAnon(page))
 			referenced += page_referenced_anon(page, memcg,
 								vm_flags);
-		else if (page->mapping) {
-			if (!is_locked)
-				mutex_lock(&page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
+		else if (page->mapping)
 			referenced += page_referenced_file(page, memcg,
-								vm_flags);
-			if (!is_locked)
-				mutex_unlock(&page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
-		}
+						 vm_flags, mmap_mutex_locked);
 		if (we_locked)
 			unlock_page(page);
 
@@ -1550,7 +1550,8 @@ static int try_to_unmap_anon(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags)
  * vm_flags for that VMA.  That should be OK, because that vma shouldn't be
  * 'LOCKED.
  */
-static int try_to_unmap_file(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int filemap_locked)
+static int try_to_unmap_file(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags,
+				int mmap_mutex_locked)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
 	pgoff_t pgoff = page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -1562,7 +1563,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_file(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int filema
 	unsigned long max_nl_size = 0;
 	unsigned int mapcount;
 
-	if (!filemap_locked)
+	if (!mmap_mutex_locked)
 		mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 	vma_prio_tree_foreach(vma, &iter, &mapping->i_mmap, pgoff, pgoff) {
 		unsigned long address = vma_address(page, vma);
@@ -1643,7 +1644,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_file(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int filema
 	list_for_each_entry(vma, &mapping->i_mmap_nonlinear, shared.vm_set.list)
 		vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
 out:
-	if (!filemap_locked)
+	if (!mmap_mutex_locked)
 		mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1662,7 +1663,7 @@ out:
  * SWAP_FAIL	- the page is unswappable
  * SWAP_MLOCK	- page is mlocked.
  */
-int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int filemap_locked)
+int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int mmap_mutex_locked)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1674,7 +1675,7 @@ int try_to_unmap(struct page *page, enum ttu_flags flags, int filemap_locked)
 	else if (PageAnon(page))
 		ret = try_to_unmap_anon(page, flags);
 	else
-		ret = try_to_unmap_file(page, flags, filemap_locked);
+		ret = try_to_unmap_file(page, flags, mmap_mutex_locked);
 	if (ret != SWAP_MLOCK && !page_mapped(page))
 		ret = SWAP_SUCCESS;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 83fb7f3..1af1f1c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 					buffer_heads_over_limit */
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/ksm.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/topology.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
@@ -781,12 +782,14 @@ enum page_references {
 
 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 						  struct mem_cgroup_zone *mz,
-						  struct scan_control *sc)
+						  struct scan_control *sc,
+						  int mmap_mutex_locked)
 {
 	int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
 	unsigned long vm_flags;
 
-	referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags);
+	referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags,
+					  mmap_mutex_locked);
 	referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
 
 	/* Lumpy reclaim - ignore references */
@@ -856,7 +859,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 	unsigned long nr_congested = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_reclaimed = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_writeback = 0;
-	struct mutex *i_mmap_mutex=NULL;
+	struct mutex *i_mmap_mutex = NULL;
 
 	cond_resched();
 
@@ -866,12 +869,14 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		struct address_space *mapping;
 		struct page *page;
 		int may_enter_fs;
+		int mmap_mutex_locked;
 
 		cond_resched();
 
 		page = lru_to_page(page_list);
 		list_del(&page->lru);
 
+		mmap_mutex_locked = 0;
 		if (!trylock_page(page))
 			goto keep;
 
@@ -911,15 +916,22 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		}
 
 		if (page->mapping) {
-			if (i_mmap_mutex != &page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex) {
-				if (i_mmap_mutex)
-					mutex_unlock(i_mmap_mutex);
-				i_mmap_mutex = &page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex;
-				mutex_lock(i_mmap_mutex);
+			if (i_mmap_mutex == &page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex) {
+				mmap_mutex_locked = 1;
+			} else {
+				if (page_mapped(page) && page_rmapping(page)
+					&& !PageKsm(page) && !PageAnon(page)) {
+					if (i_mmap_mutex)
+						mutex_unlock(i_mmap_mutex);
+					i_mmap_mutex = &page->mapping->i_mmap_mutex;
+					mutex_lock(i_mmap_mutex);
+					mmap_mutex_locked = 1;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		references = page_check_references(page, mz, sc);
+		references = page_check_references(page, mz, sc,
+						   mmap_mutex_locked);
 		switch (references) {
 		case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
 			goto activate_locked;
@@ -949,7 +961,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
 		 */
 		if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
-			switch (try_to_unmap(page, TTU_UNMAP, 1)) {
+			switch (try_to_unmap(page, TTU_UNMAP,
+						mmap_mutex_locked)) {
 			case SWAP_FAIL:
 				goto activate_locked;
 			case SWAP_AGAIN:
@@ -1830,7 +1843,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (page_referenced(page, 0, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags)) {
+		if (page_referenced(page, 0, mz->mem_cgroup, &vm_flags, 0)) {
 			nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
 			/*
 			 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and


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