[PATCH 6.1.y] mm/page_alloc: Separate THP PCP into movable and non-movable categories

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From: yangge <yangge1116@xxxxxxx>

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>
(cherry picked from commit bf14ed81f571f8dba31cd72ab2e50fbcc877cc31)
Signed-off-by: yangge <yangge1116@xxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/mmzone.h | 9 ++++-----
 mm/page_alloc.c        | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 3b9f4d7..93d2003 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -552,13 +552,12 @@ 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
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a7537da..1241226 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -705,12 +705,16 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
 
 static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(int migratetype, int order)
 {
+	bool __maybe_unused movable;
 	int base = order;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
 		VM_BUG_ON(order != pageblock_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);
@@ -724,7 +728,7 @@ static inline int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)
 	int order = pindex / MIGRATE_PCPTYPES;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-	if (pindex == NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
+	if (pindex >= NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
 		order = pageblock_order;
 #else
 	VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
-- 
2.7.4





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