[RFC PATCH 0/4] Reducing memory usage of i40e for kdump

Coiby Xu coxu at redhat.com
Mon Feb 22 02:06:57 EST 2021


Currently, i40e consumes lots of memory and causes the failure of kdump.

After reducing the allocation of tx/rx/arg/asq ring buffers to the
minimum, the memory consumption is significantly reduced,
    - x86_64: 85.1MB to 1.2MB 
    - POWER9: 15368.5MB to 20.8MB

i40iw consumes even much more memory. For the above x86_64 machine, it
alone consumes 1513.7MB. So disable registering an i40e client driver
for a kdump kernel.

After applying this patch set, we can still achieve 100MB+/s network
speed which I think is limited by the net link (1000Mb/s) and this is 
sufficient for kdump.

memstrack report for the x86_64 machine
=======================================

After applying this patch set,

    ======== Report format module_summary: ========
    Module i40e using 20.8MB (332 pages), peak allocation 20.9MB (335 pages)
    Module i2c_core using 19.4MB (310 pages), peak allocation 22.8MB (365 pages)
    ======== Report format module_summary END ========
    
    ======== Report format module_top: ========
    Top stack usage of module i40e:
      (null) Pages: 332 (peak: 335)
        system_call_common (0xc00000000000d260) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
          system_call_exception (0xc000000000034334) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
            __sys_sendmsg (0xc000000000fd727c) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
              ___sys_sendmsg (0xc000000000fd22ec) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                sock_sendmsg (0xc000000000fd0a90) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                  netlink_sendmsg (0xc0000000010dbd4c) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                    netlink_unicast (0xc0000000010db948) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                      rtnetlink_rcv (0xc000000001033058) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                        netlink_rcv_skb (0xc0000000010dc534) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                          rtnetlink_rcv_msg (0xc0000000010340fc) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                            rtnl_newlink (0xc000000001038290) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                              __rtnl_newlink (0xc000000001037d64) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                do_setlink (0xc00000000103626c) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                  dev_change_flags (0xc00000000101e2fc) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                    __dev_change_flags (0xc00000000101e1fc) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                      __dev_open (0xc00000000101dda8) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                        i40e_open i40e (0xc00800000851a238) Pages: 267 (peak: 268)
                                          i40e_vsi_open i40e (0xc008000008519f54) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                            i40e_vsi_configure i40e (0xc0080000085093ac) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                              i40e_configure_rx_ring i40e (0xc0080000085055b0) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                                i40e_alloc_rx_buffers i40e (0xc008000008540d1c) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                                  __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xc0000000004d74e0) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                                    (null) Pages: 252 (peak: 252)
                                                      __traceiter_mm_page_alloc (0xc00000000047c754) Pages: 504 (peak: 504)
    

Before applying this patch set,

    ======== Report format module_summary: ========
    Module i40iw using 1513.7MB (387507 pages), peak allocation 1513.7MB (387507 pages)
    Module i40e using 85.8MB (21977 pages), peak allocation 87.0MB (22276 pages)
    Module xfs using 1.2MB (299 pages), peak allocation 1.2MB (300 pages)
    Module rdma_ucm using 0.8MB (210 pages), peak allocation 0.8MB (211 pages)
    Module ib_uverbs using 0.5MB (131 pages), peak allocation 3.8MB (971 pages)
    Module ib_iser using 0.4MB (109 pages), peak allocation 0.4MB (109 pages)
    Module target_core_mod using 0.4MB (109 pages), peak allocation 0.4MB (111 pages)
    Module rdma_cm using 0.2MB (46 pages), peak allocation 0.2MB (46 pages)
    Module e1000e using 0.2MB (46 pages), peak allocation 0.2MB (46 pages)
    Module ib_core using 0.2MB (45 pages), peak allocation 0.2MB (45 pages)
    Module iw_cm using 0.2MB (44 pages), peak allocation 0.2MB (44 pages)
    Module scsi_transport_iscsi using 0.1MB (20 pages), peak allocation 0.1MB (20 pages)
    Module ib_isert using 0.1MB (19 pages), peak allocation 0.1MB (19 pages)
    Module iscsi_target_mod using 0.1MB (17 pages), peak allocation 0.1MB (17 pages)
    Module libiscsi using 0.1MB (15 pages), peak allocation 0.1MB (15 pages)
    Module ib_cm using 0.1MB (14 pages), peak allocation 0.1MB (14 pages)
    Module ib_srpt using 0.0MB (9 pages), peak allocation 0.0MB (9 pages)
    Module rpcrdma using 0.0MB (0 pages), peak allocation 0.0MB (0 pages)
    ======== Report format module_summary END ========
    
    ======== Report format module_top: ========
    Top stack usage of module i40iw:
      (null) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
        ret_from_fork (0xffffffffb5000255) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
          kthread (0xffffffffb4700696) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
            worker_thread (0xffffffffb46facf0) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
              process_one_work (0xffffffffb46fa627) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
                i40e_service_task i40e (0xffffffffc1146183) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
                  i40e_client_subtask i40e (0xffffffffc1163a34) Pages: 387507 (peak: 387507)
                    i40iw_open.part.14 i40iw (0xffffffffc11b0ea9) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                      i40iw_sc_create_hmc_obj i40iw (0xffffffffc11ae4c9) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                        i40iw_add_sd_table_entry i40iw (0xffffffffc11ae079) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                          i40iw_allocate_dma_mem i40iw (0xffffffffc11b7517) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                            dma_direct_alloc_pages (0xffffffffb4762035) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                              __dma_direct_alloc_pages (0xffffffffb4761f04) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                                __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffffb48b7367) Pages: 344064 (peak: 344064)
                                  __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffffb48b7367) Pages: 688128 (peak: 688128)
                    i40iw_open.part.14 i40iw (0xffffffffc11b1278) Pages: 25883 (peak: 25883)
                      i40iw_puda_create_rsrc i40iw (0xffffffffc11b47da) Pages: 24576 (peak: 24576)
                        i40iw_allocate_dma_mem i40iw (0xffffffffc11b7517) Pages: 24576 (peak: 24576)
                          dma_direct_alloc_pages (0xffffffffb4762035) Pages: 24576 (peak: 24576)
                            __dma_direct_alloc_pages (0xffffffffb4761f04) Pages: 24576 (peak: 24576)
                              __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffffb48b7367) Pages: 24576 (peak: 24576)
                                __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffffb48b7367) Pages: 49152 (peak: 49152)
                      i40iw_puda_create_rsrc i40iw (0xffffffffc11b485a) Pages: 731 (peak: 731)
                        i40iw_allocate_virt_mem i40iw (0xffffffffc11b758d) Pages: 731 (peak: 731)
    



memstrack report for the POWER9 machine
=======================================

After applying this patch set,

    ======== Report format module_summary: ========
    Module i40e using 1.2MB (316 pages), peak allocation 1.4MB (369 pages)
    ======== Report format module_summary END ========
    
    ======== Report format module_top: ========
    Top stack usage of module i40e:
      (null) Pages: 316 (peak: 369)
        i40e_init_interrupt_scheme i40e (0xffffffffc03f85f8) Pages: 79 (peak: 79)
          __pci_enable_msix_range.part.0 (0xffffffff966b9878) Pages: 69 (peak: 69)
            __msi_domain_alloc_irqs (0xffffffff9614c31b) Pages: 69 (peak: 69)
              __irq_domain_alloc_irqs (0xffffffff96149fb5) Pages: 35 (peak: 35)
                irq_domain_alloc_descs.part.0 (0xffffffff961489e5) Pages: 35 (peak: 35)
                  __irq_alloc_descs (0xffffffff96bc0583) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                    kobject_add (0xffffffff9666292e) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                      kobject_add_internal (0xffffffff966622e2) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                        internal_create_groups.part.0 (0xffffffff963d962d) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                          internal_create_group (0xffffffff963d8f56) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                            sysfs_add_file_mode_ns (0xffffffff963d837e) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                              __kernfs_create_file (0xffffffff963d7865) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                                kernfs_new_node (0xffffffff963d5ad3) Pages: 22 (peak: 22)
                                  __kernfs_new_node (0xffffffff963d4e4e) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                    kmem_cache_alloc (0xffffffff962e8b04) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                      __slab_alloc (0xffffffff962e891c) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                        ___slab_alloc (0xffffffff962e875c) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                          allocate_slab (0xffffffff962e6223) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                            __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffff962c07f5) Pages: 18 (peak: 18)
                                              __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xffffffff962c07f5) Pages: 36 (peak: 36)
    ======== Report format module_top END ========


Before applying this patch set,


    ======== Report format module_summary: ========
    Module i40e using 15368.5MB (245896 pages), peak allocation 15368.6MB (245897 pages)
    Module bpf using 5.8MB (92 pages), peak allocation 7.4MB (118 pages)
    Module xfs using 0.8MB (12 pages), peak allocation 0.8MB (12 pages)
    ======== Report format module_summary END ========
    
    ======== Report format module_top: ========
    Top stack usage of module i40e:
      (null) Pages: 245896 (peak: 245897)
        system_call_common (0xc00000000000d260) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
          system_call_exception (0xc000000000034254) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
            __sys_sendmsg (0xc000000000fd221c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
              ___sys_sendmsg (0xc000000000fcd28c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                sock_sendmsg (0xc000000000fcba30) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                  netlink_sendmsg (0xc0000000010d69ac) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                    netlink_unicast (0xc0000000010d65a8) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                      rtnetlink_rcv (0xc00000000102de78) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                        netlink_rcv_skb (0xc0000000010d7194) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                          rtnetlink_rcv_msg (0xc00000000102ef1c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                            rtnl_newlink (0xc0000000010330b0) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                              __rtnl_newlink (0xc000000001032b84) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                do_setlink (0xc00000000103108c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                  dev_change_flags (0xc00000000101917c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                    __dev_change_flags (0xc00000000101907c) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                      __dev_open (0xc000000001018c28) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                        i40e_open i40e (0xc0080000083be3c8) Pages: 243801 (peak: 243801)
                                          i40e_vsi_open i40e (0xc0080000083be074) Pages: 242655 (peak: 242655)
                                            i40e_vsi_configure i40e (0xc0080000083a8efc) Pages: 242647 (peak: 242647)
                                              i40e_configure_rx_ring i40e (0xc0080000083a6a60) Pages: 242583 (peak: 242583)
                                                i40e_alloc_rx_buffers i40e (0xc0080000083e9280) Pages: 242583 (peak: 242583)
                                                  __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xc0000000004d66c0) Pages: 242583 (peak: 242583)
                                                    (null) Pages: 242583 (peak: 242583)
                                                      __traceiter_mm_page_alloc (0xc00000000047bab4) Pages: 485166 (peak: 485166)
                                              i40e_configure_rx_ring i40e (0xc0080000083a6850) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                i40e_alloc_rx_bi i40e (0xc0080000083e8cec) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                  __kmalloc (0xc00000000051cc54) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                    ___slab_alloc (0xc00000000051c4a0) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                      allocate_slab (0xc000000000517f94) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                        alloc_pages_current (0xc0000000005054f0) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                          __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xc0000000004d66c0) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                            (null) Pages: 64 (peak: 64)
                                                              __traceiter_mm_page_alloc (0xc00000000047bab4) Pages: 128 (peak: 128)
                                            i40e_vsi_configure i40e (0xc0080000083a8e4c) Pages: 8 (peak: 8)
                                              i40e_configure_tx_ring i40e (0xc0080000083a8b10) Pages: 8 (peak: 8)
                                                netif_set_xps_queue (0xc00000000100d5b4) Pages: 8 (peak: 8)
                                                  __netif_set_xps_queue (0xc00000000100c77c) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                    __kmalloc (0xc00000000051cc54) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                      ___slab_alloc (0xc00000000051c4a0) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                        allocate_slab (0xc000000000517f94) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                          alloc_pages_current (0xc0000000005054f0) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                            __alloc_pages_nodemask (0xc0000000004d66c0) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                              (null) Pages: 6 (peak: 6)
                                                                __traceiter_mm_page_alloc (0xc00000000047bab4) Pages: 12 (peak: 12)
    ...
    ======== Report format module_top END ========

Coiby Xu (4):
  i40e: use minimal tx and rx pairs for kdump
  i40e: use minimal rx and tx ring buffers for kdump
  i40e: use minimal admin queue for kdump
  i40e: don't start i40iw client for kdump

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h        |  2 ++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c |  7 ++++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c   | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
2.30.0




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