The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/page_alloc: Separate THP PCP into movable and non-movable categories
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-page_alloc-separate-thp-pcp-into-movable-and-non-movable-categories.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-hotfixes-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: yangge <yangge1116@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: Separate THP PCP into movable and non-movable categories
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:59:50 +0800
Since commit 5d0a661d808f ("mm/page_alloc: use only one PCP list for
THP-sized allocations") no longer differentiates the migration type of
pages in THP-sized PCP list, it's possible that non-movable allocation
requests may get a CMA page from the list, in some cases, it's not
acceptable.
If a large number of CMA memory are configured in system (for example, the
CMA memory accounts for 50% of the system memory), starting a virtual
machine with device passthrough will get stuck. During starting the
virtual machine, it will call pin_user_pages_remote(..., FOLL_LONGTERM,
...) to pin memory. Normally if a page is present and in CMA area,
pin_user_pages_remote() will migrate the page from CMA area to non-CMA
area because of FOLL_LONGTERM flag. But if non-movable allocation
requests return CMA memory, migrate_longterm_unpinnable_pages() will
migrate a CMA page to another CMA page, which will fail to pass the check
in check_and_migrate_movable_pages() and cause migration endless.
Call trace:
pin_user_pages_remote
--__gup_longterm_locked // endless loops in this function
----_get_user_pages_locked
----check_and_migrate_movable_pages
------migrate_longterm_unpinnable_pages
--------alloc_migration_target
This problem will also have a negative impact on CMA itself. For example,
when CMA is borrowed by THP, and we need to reclaim it through cma_alloc()
or dma_alloc_coherent(), we must move those pages out to ensure CMA's
users can retrieve that contigous memory. Currently, CMA's memory is
occupied by non-movable pages, meaning we can't relocate them. As a
result, cma_alloc() is more likely to fail.
To fix the problem above, we add one PCP list for THP, which will not
introduce a new cacheline for struct per_cpu_pages. THP will have 2 PCP
lists, one PCP list is used by MOVABLE allocation, and the other PCP list
is used by UNMOVABLE allocation. MOVABLE allocation contains GPF_MOVABLE,
and UNMOVABLE allocation contains GFP_UNMOVABLE and GFP_RECLAIMABLE.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1718845190-4456-1-git-send-email-yangge1116@xxxxxxx
Fixes: 5d0a661d808f ("mm/page_alloc: use only one PCP list for THP-sized allocations")
Signed-off-by: yangge <yangge1116@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Barry Song <21cnbao@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 9 ++++-----
mm/page_alloc.c | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h~mm-page_alloc-separate-thp-pcp-into-movable-and-non-movable-categories
+++ a/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -654,13 +654,12 @@ enum zone_watermarks {
};
/*
- * One per migratetype for each PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER. One additional list
- * for THP which will usually be GFP_MOVABLE. Even if it is another type,
- * it should not contribute to serious fragmentation causing THP allocation
- * failures.
+ * One per migratetype for each PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER. Two additional lists
+ * are added for THP. One PCP list is used by GPF_MOVABLE, and the other PCP list
+ * is used by GFP_UNMOVABLE and GFP_RECLAIMABLE.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-#define NR_PCP_THP 1
+#define NR_PCP_THP 2
#else
#define NR_PCP_THP 0
#endif
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-separate-thp-pcp-into-movable-and-non-movable-categories
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -504,10 +504,15 @@ out:
static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(int migratetype, int order)
{
+ bool __maybe_unused movable;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
VM_BUG_ON(order != HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
- return NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS;
+
+ movable = migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
+
+ return NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS + movable;
}
#else
VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
@@ -521,7 +526,7 @@ static inline int pindex_to_order(unsign
int order = pindex / MIGRATE_PCPTYPES;
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
- if (pindex == NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
+ if (pindex >= NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
#else
VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from yangge1116@xxxxxxx are
mm-gup-clear-the-lru-flag-of-a-page-before-adding-to-lru-batch.patch
