From: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/rmap.c: reuse mergeable anon_vma as parent when fork In __anon_vma_prepare(), we will try to find anon_vma if it is possible to reuse it. While on fork, the logic is different. Since commit 5beb49305251 ("mm: change anon_vma linking to fix multi-process server scalability issue"), function anon_vma_clone() tries to allocate new anon_vma for child process. But the logic here will allocate a new anon_vma for each vma, even in parent this vma is mergeable and share the same anon_vma with its sibling. This may do better for scalability issue, while it is not necessary to do so especially after interval tree is used. Commit 7a3ef208e662 ("mm: prevent endless growth of anon_vma hierarchy") tries to reuse some anon_vma by counting child anon_vma and attached vmas. While for those mergeable anon_vmas, we can just reuse it and not necessary to go through the logic. After this change, kernel build test reduces 20% anon_vma allocation. Do the same kernel build test, it shows run time in sys reduced 11.6%. Origin: real 2m50.467s user 17m52.002s sys 1m51.953s real 2m48.662s user 17m55.464s sys 1m50.553s real 2m51.143s user 17m59.687s sys 1m53.600s Patched: real 2m39.933s user 17m1.835s sys 1m38.802s real 2m39.321s user 17m1.634s sys 1m39.206s real 2m39.575s user 17m1.420s sys 1m38.845s Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011072256.16275-2-richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/rmap.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) --- a/mm/rmap.c~mm-rmapc-reuse-mergeable-anon_vma-as-parent-when-fork +++ a/mm/rmap.c @@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct { struct anon_vma_chain *avc, *pavc; struct anon_vma *root = NULL; + struct vm_area_struct *prev = dst->vm_prev, *pprev = src->vm_prev; + + /* + * If parent share anon_vma with its vm_prev, keep this sharing in in + * child. + * + * 1. Parent has vm_prev, which implies we have vm_prev. + * 2. Parent and its vm_prev have the same anon_vma. + */ + if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma && + pprev && pprev->anon_vma == src->anon_vma) + dst->anon_vma = prev->anon_vma; + list_for_each_entry_reverse(pavc, &src->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) { struct anon_vma *anon_vma; _