[PATCH v10 07/14] mm: multi-gen LRU: exploit locality in rmap

Yu Zhao yuzhao at google.com
Wed Apr 6 20:15:19 PDT 2022


Searching the rmap for PTEs mapping each page on an LRU list (to test
and clear the accessed bit) can be expensive because pages from
different VMAs (PA space) are not cache friendly to the rmap (VA
space). For workloads mostly using mapped pages, the rmap has a high
CPU cost in the reclaim path.

This patch exploits spatial locality to reduce the trips into the
rmap. When shrink_page_list() walks the rmap and finds a young PTE, a
new function lru_gen_look_around() scans at most BITS_PER_LONG-1
adjacent PTEs. On finding another young PTE, it clears the accessed
bit and updates the gen counter of the page mapped by this PTE to
(max_seq%MAX_NR_GENS)+1.

Server benchmark results:
  Single workload:
    fio (buffered I/O): no change

  Single workload:
    memcached (anon): +[5.5, 7.5]%
                Ops/sec      KB/sec
      patch1-6: 1120643.70   43588.06
      patch1-7: 1193918.93   46438.15

  Configurations:
    no change

Client benchmark results:
  kswapd profiles:
    patch1-6
      35.99%  lzo1x_1_do_compress (real work)
      19.40%  page_vma_mapped_walk
       6.31%  _raw_spin_unlock_irq
       3.95%  do_raw_spin_lock
       2.39%  anon_vma_interval_tree_iter_first
       2.25%  ptep_clear_flush
       1.92%  __anon_vma_interval_tree_subtree_search
       1.70%  folio_referenced_one
       1.68%  __zram_bvec_write
       1.43%  anon_vma_interval_tree_iter_next

    patch1-7
      45.90%  lzo1x_1_do_compress (real work)
       9.14%  page_vma_mapped_walk
       6.81%  _raw_spin_unlock_irq
       2.80%  ptep_clear_flush
       2.34%  __zram_bvec_write
       2.29%  do_raw_spin_lock
       1.84%  lru_gen_look_around
       1.78%  memmove
       1.74%  obj_malloc
       1.50%  free_unref_page_list

  Configurations:
    no change

Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao at google.com>
Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon at google.com>
Acked-by: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig at archlinux.org>
Acked-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr at natalenko.name>
Acked-by: Steven Barrett <steven at liquorix.net>
Acked-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman at google.com>
Tested-by: Daniel Byrne <djbyrne at mtu.edu>
Tested-by: Donald Carr <d at chaos-reins.com>
Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte <holger at applied-asynchrony.com>
Tested-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel at yandex.ru>
Tested-by: Shuang Zhai <szhai2 at cs.rochester.edu>
Tested-by: Sofia Trinh <sofia.trinh at edi.works>
Tested-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav at linux.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/memcontrol.h |  31 ++++++++
 include/linux/mm.h         |   5 ++
 include/linux/mmzone.h     |   6 ++
 mm/internal.h              |   1 +
 mm/memcontrol.c            |   1 +
 mm/rmap.c                  |   7 ++
 mm/swap.c                  |   4 +-
 mm/vmscan.c                | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 212 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index a68dce3873fc..463168fa1670 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ static inline struct obj_cgroup *__folio_objcg(struct folio *folio)
  * - LRU isolation
  * - lock_page_memcg()
  * - exclusive reference
+ * - mem_cgroup_trylock_pages()
  *
  * For a kmem folio a caller should hold an rcu read lock to protect memcg
  * associated with a kmem folio from being released.
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ static inline struct mem_cgroup *folio_memcg_rcu(struct folio *folio)
  * - LRU isolation
  * - lock_page_memcg()
  * - exclusive reference
+ * - mem_cgroup_trylock_pages()
  *
  * For a kmem page a caller should hold an rcu read lock to protect memcg
  * associated with a kmem page from being released.
@@ -948,6 +950,23 @@ void unlock_page_memcg(struct page *page);
 
 void __mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int idx, int val);
 
+/* try to stablize folio_memcg() for all the pages in a memcg */
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_trylock_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	if (mem_cgroup_disabled() || !atomic_read(&memcg->moving_account))
+		return true;
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void mem_cgroup_unlock_pages(void)
+{
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 /* idx can be of type enum memcg_stat_item or node_stat_item */
 static inline void mod_memcg_state(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				   int idx, int val)
@@ -1385,6 +1404,18 @@ static inline void folio_memcg_unlock(struct folio *folio)
 {
 }
 
+static inline bool mem_cgroup_trylock_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	/* to match folio_memcg_rcu() */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline void mem_cgroup_unlock_pages(void)
+{
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 static inline void mem_cgroup_handle_over_high(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 980f568204a3..bb907088777e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1523,6 +1523,11 @@ static inline unsigned long folio_pfn(struct folio *folio)
 	return page_to_pfn(&folio->page);
 }
 
+static inline struct folio *pfn_folio(unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	return page_folio(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+}
+
 static inline atomic_t *folio_pincount_ptr(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	return &folio_page(folio, 1)->compound_pincount;
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index c8a7ceee7a0a..c69589ad2b05 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ enum lruvec_flags {
 #ifndef __GENERATING_BOUNDS_H
 
 struct lruvec;
+struct page_vma_mapped_walk;
 
 #define LRU_GEN_MASK		((BIT(LRU_GEN_WIDTH) - 1) << LRU_GEN_PGOFF)
 #define LRU_REFS_MASK		((BIT(LRU_REFS_WIDTH) - 1) << LRU_REFS_PGOFF)
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ struct lru_gen_struct {
 };
 
 void lru_gen_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec);
+void lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 void lru_gen_init_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
@@ -436,6 +438,10 @@ static inline void lru_gen_init_lruvec(struct lruvec *lruvec)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
+{
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static inline void lru_gen_init_memcg(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 {
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index cf16280ce132..59d2422b647d 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 void folio_rotate_reclaimable(struct folio *folio);
 bool __folio_end_writeback(struct folio *folio);
 void deactivate_file_folio(struct folio *folio);
+void folio_activate(struct folio *folio);
 
 void free_pgtables(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *start_vma,
 		unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling);
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index f5de8be80c13..8069b58f2422 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2759,6 +2759,7 @@ static void commit_charge(struct folio *folio, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	 * - LRU isolation
 	 * - lock_page_memcg()
 	 * - exclusive reference
+	 * - mem_cgroup_trylock_pages()
 	 */
 	folio->memcg_data = (unsigned long)memcg;
 }
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index fedb82371efe..7cb7ef29088a 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #include <linux/page_idle.h>
 #include <linux/memremap.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
+#include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
@@ -821,6 +822,12 @@ static bool folio_referenced_one(struct folio *folio,
 		}
 
 		if (pvmw.pte) {
+			if (lru_gen_enabled() && pte_young(*pvmw.pte) &&
+			    !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_SEQ_READ | VM_RAND_READ))) {
+				lru_gen_look_around(&pvmw);
+				referenced++;
+			}
+
 			if (ptep_clear_flush_young_notify(vma, address,
 						pvmw.pte)) {
 				/*
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 6a5203f18b0a..c0e4060bbbe0 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static bool need_activate_page_drain(int cpu)
 	return pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_pvecs.activate_page, cpu)) != 0;
 }
 
-static void folio_activate(struct folio *folio)
+void folio_activate(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	if (folio_test_lru(folio) && !folio_test_active(folio) &&
 	    !folio_test_unevictable(folio)) {
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static inline void activate_page_drain(int cpu)
 {
 }
 
-static void folio_activate(struct folio *folio)
+void folio_activate(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	struct lruvec *lruvec;
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bb3d705c5282..f4dd3c3c589b 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1554,6 +1554,11 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		if (!sc->may_unmap && page_mapped(page))
 			goto keep_locked;
 
+		/* folio_update_gen() tried to promote this page? */
+		if (lru_gen_enabled() && !ignore_references &&
+		    page_mapped(page) && PageReferenced(page))
+			goto keep_locked;
+
 		may_enter_fs = (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) ||
 			(PageSwapCache(page) && (sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO));
 
@@ -3153,6 +3158,31 @@ static bool positive_ctrl_err(struct ctrl_pos *sp, struct ctrl_pos *pv)
  *                          the aging
  ******************************************************************************/
 
+static int folio_update_gen(struct folio *folio, int gen)
+{
+	unsigned long old_flags, new_flags;
+
+	VM_BUG_ON(gen >= MAX_NR_GENS);
+	VM_BUG_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held());
+
+	do {
+		new_flags = old_flags = READ_ONCE(folio->flags);
+
+		/* for shrink_page_list() */
+		if (!(new_flags & LRU_GEN_MASK)) {
+			new_flags |= BIT(PG_referenced);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		new_flags &= ~LRU_GEN_MASK;
+		new_flags |= (gen + 1UL) << LRU_GEN_PGOFF;
+		new_flags &= ~(LRU_REFS_MASK | LRU_REFS_FLAGS);
+	} while (new_flags != old_flags &&
+		 cmpxchg(&folio->flags, old_flags, new_flags) != old_flags);
+
+	return ((old_flags & LRU_GEN_MASK) >> LRU_GEN_PGOFF) - 1;
+}
+
 static int folio_inc_gen(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, bool reclaiming)
 {
 	unsigned long old_flags, new_flags;
@@ -3164,6 +3194,11 @@ static int folio_inc_gen(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, bool reclai
 		new_flags = old_flags = READ_ONCE(folio->flags);
 		VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!(new_flags & LRU_GEN_MASK), folio);
 
+		new_gen = ((new_flags & LRU_GEN_MASK) >> LRU_GEN_PGOFF) - 1;
+		/* folio_update_gen() has promoted this page? */
+		if (new_gen >= 0 && new_gen != old_gen)
+			return new_gen;
+
 		new_gen = (old_gen + 1) % MAX_NR_GENS;
 
 		new_flags &= ~LRU_GEN_MASK;
@@ -3385,6 +3420,125 @@ static void lru_gen_age_node(struct pglist_data *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)));
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function exploits spatial locality when shrink_page_list() walks the
+ * rmap. It scans the adjacent PTEs of a young PTE and promotes hot pages.
+ */
+void lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw)
+{
+	int i;
+	pte_t *pte;
+	unsigned long start;
+	unsigned long end;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	unsigned long bitmap[BITS_TO_LONGS(MIN_LRU_BATCH)] = {};
+	struct folio *folio = pfn_folio(pvmw->pfn);
+	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = folio_memcg(folio);
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = folio_pgdat(folio);
+	struct lruvec *lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(memcg, pgdat);
+	DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(lruvec);
+	int old_gen, new_gen = lru_gen_from_seq(max_seq);
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(pvmw->ptl);
+	VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_lru(folio), folio);
+
+	if (spin_is_contended(pvmw->ptl))
+		return;
+
+	start = max(pvmw->address & PMD_MASK, pvmw->vma->vm_start);
+	end = pmd_addr_end(pvmw->address, pvmw->vma->vm_end);
+
+	if (end - start > MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE) {
+		if (pvmw->address - start < MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE / 2)
+			end = start + MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE;
+		else if (end - pvmw->address < MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE / 2)
+			start = end - MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE;
+		else {
+			start = pvmw->address - MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE / 2;
+			end = pvmw->address + MIN_LRU_BATCH * PAGE_SIZE / 2;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pte = pvmw->pte - (pvmw->address - start) / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
+
+	for (i = 0, addr = start; addr != end; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+		unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte[i]);
+
+		VM_BUG_ON(addr < pvmw->vma->vm_start || addr >= pvmw->vma->vm_end);
+
+		if (!pte_present(pte[i]) || is_zero_pfn(pfn))
+			continue;
+
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pte_devmap(pte[i]) || pte_special(pte[i])))
+			continue;
+
+		if (!pte_young(pte[i]))
+			continue;
+
+		VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pfn));
+		if (pfn < pgdat->node_start_pfn || pfn >= pgdat_end_pfn(pgdat))
+			continue;
+
+		folio = pfn_folio(pfn);
+		if (folio_nid(folio) != pgdat->node_id)
+			continue;
+
+		if (folio_memcg_rcu(folio) != memcg)
+			continue;
+
+		if (!ptep_test_and_clear_young(pvmw->vma, addr, pte + i))
+			continue;
+
+		if (pte_dirty(pte[i]) && !folio_test_dirty(folio) &&
+		    !(folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_swapbacked(folio) &&
+		      !folio_test_swapcache(folio)))
+			folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+
+		old_gen = folio_lru_gen(folio);
+		if (old_gen < 0)
+			folio_set_referenced(folio);
+		else if (old_gen != new_gen)
+			__set_bit(i, bitmap);
+	}
+
+	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (bitmap_weight(bitmap, MIN_LRU_BATCH) < PAGEVEC_SIZE) {
+		for_each_set_bit(i, bitmap, MIN_LRU_BATCH) {
+			folio = pfn_folio(pte_pfn(pte[i]));
+			folio_activate(folio);
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* folio_update_gen() requires stable folio_memcg() */
+	if (!mem_cgroup_trylock_pages(memcg))
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+	new_gen = lru_gen_from_seq(lruvec->lrugen.max_seq);
+
+	for_each_set_bit(i, bitmap, MIN_LRU_BATCH) {
+		folio = pfn_folio(pte_pfn(pte[i]));
+		if (folio_memcg_rcu(folio) != memcg)
+			continue;
+
+		old_gen = folio_update_gen(folio, new_gen);
+		if (old_gen < 0 || old_gen == new_gen)
+			continue;
+
+		lru_gen_update_size(lruvec, folio, old_gen, new_gen);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&lruvec->lru_lock);
+
+	mem_cgroup_unlock_pages();
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************
  *                          the eviction
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -3418,6 +3572,11 @@ static bool sort_folio(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct folio *folio, int tier_idx)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (gen != lru_gen_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type])) {
+		list_move(&folio->lru, &lrugen->lists[gen][type][zone]);
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	if (tier > tier_idx) {
 		int hist = lru_hist_from_seq(lrugen->min_seq[type]);
 
-- 
2.35.1.1094.g7c7d902a7c-goog




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