From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx> commit 763802b53a427ed3cbd419dbba255c414fdd9e7c upstream. Commit 3f8fd02b1bf1 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") introduced a call to vmalloc_sync_all() in the vunmap() code-path. While this change was necessary to maintain correctness on x86-32-pae kernels, it also adds additional cycles for architectures that don't need it. Specifically on x86-64 with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y some people reported severe performance regressions in micro-benchmarks because it now also calls the x86-64 implementation of vmalloc_sync_all() on vunmap(). But the vmalloc_sync_all() implementation on x86-64 is only needed for newly created mappings. To avoid the unnecessary work on x86-64 and to gain the performance back, split up vmalloc_sync_all() into two functions: * vmalloc_sync_mappings(), and * vmalloc_sync_unmappings() Most call-sites to vmalloc_sync_all() only care about new mappings being synchronized. The only exception is the new call-site added in the above mentioned commit. Shile Zhang directed us to a report of an 80% regression in reaim throughput. Fixes: 3f8fd02b1bf1 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Shile Zhang <shile.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> [GHES] Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191009124418.8286-1-joro@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/lkp@xxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/4D3JPPHBNOSPFK2KEPC6KGKS6J25AIDB/ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191113095530.228959-1-shile.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 2 +- include/linux/vmalloc.h | 5 +++-- kernel/notifier.c | 2 +- mm/nommu.c | 10 +++++++--- mm/vmalloc.c | 11 +++++++---- 6 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *vmalloc_sync_one(pg return pmd_k; } -void vmalloc_sync_all(void) +static void vmalloc_sync(void) { unsigned long address; @@ -299,6 +299,16 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void) } } +void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void) +{ + vmalloc_sync(); +} + +void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void) +{ + vmalloc_sync(); +} + /* * 32-bit: * @@ -401,11 +411,23 @@ out: #else /* CONFIG_X86_64: */ -void vmalloc_sync_all(void) +void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void) { + /* + * 64-bit mappings might allocate new p4d/pud pages + * that need to be propagated to all tasks' PGDs. + */ sync_global_pgds(VMALLOC_START & PGDIR_MASK, VMALLOC_END); } +void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void) +{ + /* + * Unmappings never allocate or free p4d/pud pages. + * No work is required here. + */ +} + /* * 64-bit: * --- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int ghes_estatus_pool_expand(unsi * New allocation must be visible in all pgd before it can be found by * an NMI allocating from the pool. */ - vmalloc_sync_all(); + vmalloc_sync_mappings(); return gen_pool_add(ghes_estatus_pool, addr, PAGE_ALIGN(len), -1); } --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h @@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ extern int remap_vmalloc_range_partial(s extern int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr, unsigned long pgoff); -void vmalloc_sync_all(void); - +void vmalloc_sync_mappings(void); +void vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void); + /* * Lowlevel-APIs (not for driver use!) */ --- a/kernel/notifier.c +++ b/kernel/notifier.c @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(notify_die); int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) { - vmalloc_sync_all(); + vmalloc_sync_mappings(); return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&die_chain, nb); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_die_notifier); --- a/mm/nommu.c +++ b/mm/nommu.c @@ -450,10 +450,14 @@ void vm_unmap_aliases(void) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vm_unmap_aliases); /* - * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_all() if the architecture chose not to - * have one. + * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_[un]mapping() if the architecture + * chose not to have one. */ -void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void) +void __weak vmalloc_sync_mappings(void) +{ +} + +void __weak vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void) { } --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long * First make sure the mappings are removed from all page-tables * before they are freed. */ - vmalloc_sync_all(); + vmalloc_sync_unmappings(); /* * In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED @@ -2318,16 +2318,19 @@ int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_s EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range); /* - * Implement a stub for vmalloc_sync_all() if the architecture chose not to - * have one. + * Implement stubs for vmalloc_sync_[un]mappings () if the architecture chose + * not to have one. * * The purpose of this function is to make sure the vmalloc area * mappings are identical in all page-tables in the system. */ -void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void) +void __weak vmalloc_sync_mappings(void) { } +void __weak vmalloc_sync_unmappings(void) +{ +} static int f(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t table, unsigned long addr, void *data) {