The patch titled
Subject: mm/page_alloc: fetch the correct pcp buddy during bulk free
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-page_alloc-fetch-the-correct-pcp-buddy-during-bulk-free.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-fetch-the-correct-pcp-buddy-during-bulk-free.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_alloc-fetch-the-correct-pcp-buddy-during-bulk-free.patch
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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: fetch the correct pcp buddy during bulk free
Patch series "Follow-up on high-order PCP caching".
Commit 44042b449872 ("mm/page_alloc: allow high-order pages to be stored
on the per-cpu lists") was primarily aimed at reducing the cost of SLUB
cache refills of high-order pages in two ways. Firstly, zone lock
acquisitions was reduced and secondly, there were fewer buddy list
modifications. This is a follow-up series fixing some issues that became
apparant after merging.
Patch 1 is a functional fix. It's harmless but inefficient.
Patches 2-4 reduce the overhead of bulk freeing of PCP pages. While the
overhead is small, it's cumulative and noticable when truncating large
files. The changelog for patch 4 includes results of a microbench that
deletes large sparse files with data in page cache. Sparse files were
used to eliminate filesystem overhead.
Patch 5 addresses issues with high-order PCP pages being stored on PCP
lists for too long. Pages freed on a CPU potentially may not be quickly
reused and in some cases this can increase cache miss rates. Details are
included in the changelog.
This patch (of 5):
free_pcppages_bulk() prefetches buddies about to be freed but the order
must also be passed in as PCP lists store multiple orders.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220215145111.27082-1-mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220215145111.27082-2-mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 44042b449872 ("mm/page_alloc: allow high-order pages to be stored on the per-cpu lists")
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-fetch-the-correct-pcp-buddy-during-bulk-free
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1432,10 +1432,10 @@ static bool bulkfree_pcp_prepare(struct
}
#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_VM */
-static inline void prefetch_buddy(struct page *page)
+static inline void prefetch_buddy(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
{
unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
- unsigned long buddy_pfn = __find_buddy_pfn(pfn, 0);
+ unsigned long buddy_pfn = __find_buddy_pfn(pfn, order);
struct page *buddy = page + (buddy_pfn - pfn);
prefetch(buddy);
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zo
* prefetch buddy for the first pcp->batch nr of pages.
*/
if (prefetch_nr) {
- prefetch_buddy(page);
+ prefetch_buddy(page, order);
prefetch_nr--;
}
} while (count > 0 && --batch_free && !list_empty(list));
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-page_alloc-fetch-the-correct-pcp-buddy-during-bulk-free.patch
mm-page_alloc-track-range-of-active-pcp-lists-during-bulk-free.patch
mm-page_alloc-simplify-how-many-pages-are-selected-per-pcp-list-during-bulk-free.patch
mm-page_alloc-free-pages-in-a-single-pass-during-bulk-free.patch
mm-page_alloc-limit-number-of-high-order-pages-on-pcp-during-bulk-free.patch
