[PATCH v2 0/4] Speed up boot with faster linear map creation

Itaru Kitayama itaru.kitayama at linux.dev
Tue Apr 9 23:47:33 PDT 2024



> On Apr 10, 2024, at 8:30, Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama at linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
>> On Apr 9, 2024, at 23:45, David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 09.04.24 16:39, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>> On 09/04/2024 15:29, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> On 09.04.24 16:13, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>> On 09/04/2024 12:51, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>> On 09.04.24 13:29, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>>> On 09.04.24 13:22, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 09.04.24 12:13, Itaru Kitayama wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 9, 2024, at 19:04, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 09/04/2024 01:10, Itaru Kitayama wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ryan,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 8, 2024, at 16:30, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 06/04/2024 11:31, Itaru Kitayama wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ryan,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 09:32:34AM +0100, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Itaru,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 05/04/2024 08:39, Itaru Kitayama wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 03:33:04PM +0100, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It turns out that creating the linear map can take a significant
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proportion of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the total boot time, especially when rodata=full. And most of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> time is spent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> waiting on superfluous tlb invalidation and memory barriers. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> series reworks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the kernel pgtable generation code to significantly reduce the number
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of those
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TLBIs, ISBs and DSBs. See each patch for details.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The below shows the execution time of map_mem() across a couple of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> systems with different RAM configurations. We measure after applying
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> each patch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and show the improvement relative to base (v6.9-rc2):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>                   | Apple M2 VM | Ampere Altra| Ampere Altra| Ampere
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Altra
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>                   | VM, 16G     | VM, 64G     | VM, 256G    | Metal,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 512G
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>                   |   ms    (%) |   ms    (%) |   ms    (%) |
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ms    (%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> base           |  153   (0%) | 2227   (0%) | 8798   (0%) | 17442
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (0%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no-cont-remap  |   77 (-49%) |  431 (-81%) | 1727 (-80%) |  3796
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (-78%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> batch-barriers |   13 (-92%) |  162 (-93%) |  655 (-93%) |  1656
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (-91%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no-alloc-remap |   11 (-93%) |  109 (-95%) |  449 (-95%) |  1257
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (-93%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lazy-unmap     |    6 (-96%) |   61 (-97%) |  257 (-97%) |   838
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (-95%)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This series applies on top of v6.9-rc2. All mm selftests pass. I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> compile and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boot tested various PAGE_SIZE and VA size configs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Changes since v1 [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ====================
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - Added Tested-by tags (thanks to Eric and Itaru)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - Renamed ___set_pte() -> __set_pte_nosync() (per Ard)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - Reordered patches (biggest impact & least controversial first)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - Reordered alloc/map/unmap functions in mmu.c to aid reader
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - pte_clear() -> __pte_clear() in clear_fixmap_nosync()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      - Reverted generic p4d_index() which caused x86 build error.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Replaced with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>        unconditional p4d_index() define under arm64.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240326101448.3453626-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/<https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240326101448.3453626-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ryan
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ryan Roberts (4):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      arm64: mm: Don't remap pgtables per-cont(pte|pmd) block
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      arm64: mm: Batch dsb and isb when populating pgtables
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      arm64: mm: Don't remap pgtables for allocate vs populate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      arm64: mm: Lazily clear pte table mappings from fixmap
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h  |   5 +-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu.h     |   8 +
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h |  13 +-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c   |  10 +-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/mm/fixmap.c           |  11 +
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c              | 377 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 6 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2.25.1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've build and boot tested the v2 on FVP, base is taken from your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> linux-rr repo. Running run_vmtests.sh on v2 left some gup longterm not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> oks, would you take a look at it? The mm ksefltests used is from your
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> linux-rr repo too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for taking a look at this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't reproduce your issue unfortunately; steps as follows on Apple
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M2 VM:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Config: arm64 defconfig + the following:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Squashfs for snaps, xfs for large file folios.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZ4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_XFS_FS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # For general mm debug.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_MAPLE_TREE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_RB
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # For mm selftests.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_TEST_VMALLOC
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ./scripts/config --enable CONFIG_GUP_TEST
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Running on VM with 12G memory, split across 2 (emulated) NUMA nodes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (needed by
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some mm selftests), with kernel command line to reserve hugetlbs and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> features required by some mm selftests:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> transparent_hugepage=madvise earlycon root=/dev/vda2 secretmem.enable
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hugepagesz=1G hugepages=0:2,1:2 hugepagesz=32M hugepages=0:2,1:2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> default_hugepagesz=2M hugepages=0:64,1:64 hugepagesz=64K
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hugepages=0:2,1:2
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu userspace running off XFS rootfs. Build and run mm selftests
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from same
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> git tree.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Although I don't think any of this config should make a difference to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gup_longterm.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looks like your errors are all "ftruncate() failed". I've seen this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> problem on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> our CI system. There it is due to running the tests from NFS file
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> system. What
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> filesystem are you using? Perhaps you are sharing into the FVP using
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9p? That
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> might also be problematic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That was it. This time I booted up the kernel including your series on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> QEMU on my M1 and executed the gup_longterm program without the ftruncate
>>>>>>>>>>>>> failures. When testing your kernel on FVP, I was executing the script
>>>>>>>>>>>>> from the FVP's host filesystem using 9p.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure exactly what the root cause is. Perhaps there isn't enough
>>>>>>>>>>>> space on
>>>>>>>>>>>> the disk? It might be worth enhancing the error log to provide the
>>>>>>>>>>>> errno in
>>>>>>>>>>>> tools/testing/selftests/mm/gup_longterm.c.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Attached is the strace’d gup_longterm executiong log on your
>>>>>>>>>>> pgtable-boot-speedup-v2 kernel.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry are you saying that it only fails with the pgtable-boot-speedup-v2
>>>>>>>>>> patch
>>>>>>>>>> set applied? I thought we previously concluded that it was independent of
>>>>>>>>>> that?
>>>>>>>>>> I was under the impression that it was filesystem related and not something
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> I was planning to investigate.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> No, irrespective of the kernel, if using 9p on FVP the test program fails.
>>>>>>>>> It is indeed 9p filesystem related, as I switched to using NFS all the
>>>>>>>>> issues are gone.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Did it never work on 9p? If so, we might have to SKIP that test.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> openat(AT_FDCWD, "gup_longterm.c_tmpfile_BLboOt", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL,
>>>>>>>> 0600) = 3
>>>>>>>> unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "gup_longterm.c_tmpfile_BLboOt", 0) = 0
>>>>>>>> fstatfs(3, 0xffffe505a840)              = -1 EOPNOTSUPP (Operation not
>>>>>>>> supported)
>>>>>>>> ftruncate(3, 4096)                      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
>>>>>>>> directory)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Note: I'm wondering if the unlinkat here is the problem that makes
>>>>>>> ftruncate() with 9p result in weird errors (e.g., the hypervisor
>>>>>>> unlinked the file and cannot reopen it for the fstatfs/ftruncate. ...
>>>>>>> which gives us weird errors here).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Then, we should lookup the fs type in run_with_local_tmpfile() before
>>>>>>> the unlink() and simply skip the test if it is 9p.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The unlink with 9p most certainly was a known issue in the past:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/103
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Maybe it's still an issue with older hypervisors (QEMU?)? Or it was never
>>>>>> completely resolved?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I believe Itaru is running on FVP (Fixed Virtual Platform - "fast model" -
>>>>> Arm's architecture emulator). So QEMU won't be involved here. The FVP emulates
>>>>> a 9p device, so perhaps the bug is in there.
>>>> 
>>>> Very likely.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note that I see lots of "fallocate() failed" failures in gup_longterm when
>>>>> running on our CI system. This is a completely different setup; Real HW with
>>>>> Linux running bare metal using an NFS rootfs. I'm not sure if this is related.
>>>>> Logs show it failing consistently for the "tmpfile" and "local tmpfile" test
>>>>> configs. I also see a couple of these fails in the cow tests.
>>>> 
>>>> What is the fallocate() errno you are getting? strace log would help (to see if
>>>> statfs also fails already)! Likely a similar NFS issue.
>>> Unfortunately this is a system I don't have access to. I've requested some of
>>> this triage to be done, but its fairly low priority unfortunately.
>> 
>> To work around these BUGs (?) elsewhere, we could simply skip the test if get_fs_type() is not able to detect the FS type. Likely that's an early indicator that the unlink() messed something up.
>> 
>> ... doesn't feel right, though.
> 
> I think it’s a good idea so that the mm kselftests results look reasonable. Since you’re an expert on GUP-fast (or fast-GUP?), when you update the code, could you print out errno as well like the split_huge_page_test.c does?
> 
> Thanks,
> Itaru.

David, attached is the straced execution log of the gup_longterm kselftest over the NFS case.
I’m running the program on FVP, let me know if you need other logs or test results.  

Thanks,
Itaru.

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