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Subject[PATCH 2/2 V2] ksm: take dirty bit as reference to avoid volatile pages scanning
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Introduced ksm_page_changed() to reference the dirty bit of a pte. We clear 
the dirty bit for each pte scanned but don't flush the tlb. For a huge page,
if one of the subpage has changed, we try to skip the whole huge page
assuming(this is true by now) that ksmd linearly scans the address space.

A NEW_FLAG is also introduced as a status of rmap_item to make ksmd scan
more aggressively for new VMAs - only skip the pages considered to be volatile
by the dirty bits. This can be enabled/disabled through KSM's sysfs interface.

Signed-off-by: Nai Xia <nai.xia@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Izik Eidus <izik.eidus@ravellosystems.com>
---
mm/ksm.c | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 9a68b0c..021ae6f 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct ksm_scan {
unsigned long address;
struct rmap_item **rmap_list;
unsigned long seqnr;
+ unsigned long huge_skip; /* if a huge pte is dirty, skip subpages */
};

/**
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ struct rmap_item {
#define SEQNR_MASK 0x0ff /* low bits of unstable tree seqnr */
#define UNSTABLE_FLAG 0x100 /* is a node of the unstable tree */
#define STABLE_FLAG 0x200 /* is listed from the stable tree */
+#define NEW_FLAG 0x400 /* this rmap_item is new */

/* The stable and unstable tree heads */
static struct rb_root root_stable_tree = RB_ROOT;
@@ -189,6 +191,13 @@ static unsigned int ksm_thread_pages_to_scan = 100;
/* Milliseconds ksmd should sleep between batches */
static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = 20;

+/*
+ * Skip page changed test and merge pages the first time we scan a page, this
+ * is useful for speeding up the merging of very large VMAs, since the
+ * scanning also allocs memory.
+ */
+static unsigned int ksm_merge_at_once = 0;
+
#define KSM_RUN_STOP 0
#define KSM_RUN_MERGE 1
#define KSM_RUN_UNMERGE 2
@@ -374,10 +383,15 @@ static int break_ksm(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
return (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM) ? -ENOMEM : 0;
}

+static inline unsigned long get_address(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
+{
+ return rmap_item->address & PAGE_MASK;
+}
+
static void break_cow(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
- unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address;
+ unsigned long addr = get_address(rmap_item);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;

/*
@@ -416,7 +430,7 @@ static struct page *page_trans_compound_anon(struct page *page)
static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
- unsigned long addr = rmap_item->address;
+ unsigned long addr = get_address(rmap_item);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
struct page *page;

@@ -454,7 +468,7 @@ static void remove_node_from_stable_tree(struct stable_node *stable_node)
else
ksm_pages_shared--;
put_anon_vma(rmap_item->anon_vma);
- rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
+ rmap_item->address &= ~STABLE_FLAG;
cond_resched();
}

@@ -542,7 +556,7 @@ static void remove_rmap_item_from_tree(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
ksm_pages_shared--;

put_anon_vma(rmap_item->anon_vma);
- rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
+ rmap_item->address &= ~STABLE_FLAG;

} else if (rmap_item->address & UNSTABLE_FLAG) {
unsigned char age;
@@ -554,12 +568,14 @@ static void remove_rmap_item_from_tree(struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
* than left over from before.
*/
age = (unsigned char)(ksm_scan.seqnr - rmap_item->address);
- BUG_ON(age > 1);
+ BUG_ON (age > 1);
+
if (!age)
rb_erase(&rmap_item->node, &root_unstable_tree);

ksm_pages_unshared--;
- rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
+ rmap_item->address &= ~UNSTABLE_FLAG;
+ rmap_item->address &= ~SEQNR_MASK;
}
out:
cond_resched(); /* we're called from many long loops */
@@ -705,13 +721,14 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
spinlock_t *ptl;
int swapped;
int err = -EFAULT;
+ int need_pte_unmap;

addr = page_address_in_vma(page, vma);
if (addr == -EFAULT)
goto out;

BUG_ON(PageTransCompound(page));
- ptep = page_check_address(page, mm, addr, &ptl, 0);
+ ptep = page_check_address(page, mm, addr, &ptl, 0, &need_pte_unmap);
if (!ptep)
goto out;

@@ -747,7 +764,7 @@ static int write_protect_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
err = 0;

out_unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ page_check_address_unmap_unlock(ptl, ptep, need_pte_unmap);
out:
return err;
}
@@ -923,12 +940,13 @@ static int try_to_merge_with_ksm_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item,
struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
int err = -EFAULT;
+ unsigned long address = get_address(rmap_item);

down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
if (ksm_test_exit(mm))
goto out;
- vma = find_vma(mm, rmap_item->address);
- if (!vma || vma->vm_start > rmap_item->address)
+ vma = find_vma(mm, address);
+ if (!vma || vma->vm_start > address)
goto out;

err = try_to_merge_one_page(vma, page, kpage);
@@ -1159,6 +1177,94 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct rmap_item *rmap_item,
ksm_pages_shared++;
}

+static inline unsigned long get_huge_end_addr(unsigned long address)
+{
+ return (address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK) + HPAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
+static inline int ksm_ptep_test_and_clear_dirty(pte_t *ptep)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (pte_dirty(*ptep))
+ ret = test_and_clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_DIRTY,
+ (unsigned long *) &ptep->pte);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#define ksm_ptep_test_and_clear_dirty_notify(__mm, __address, __ptep) \
+({ \
+ int __dirty; \
+ struct mm_struct *___mm = __mm; \
+ unsigned long ___address = __address; \
+ __dirty = ksm_ptep_test_and_clear_dirty(__ptep); \
+ __dirty |= mmu_notifier_test_and_clear_dirty(___mm, \
+ ___address); \
+ __dirty; \
+})
+
+/*
+ * ksm_page_changed - take the dirty bit of the pte as a hint for volatile
+ * pages. We clear the dirty bit for each pte scanned but don't flush the
+ * tlb. For huge pages, if one of the subpage has changed, we try to skip
+ * the whole huge page.
+ */
+static int ksm_page_changed(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
+{
+ int ret = 1;
+ unsigned long address = get_address(rmap_item);
+ struct mm_struct *mm = rmap_item->mm;
+ pte_t *ptep;
+ spinlock_t *ptl;
+ int need_pte_unmap;
+ unsigned int checksum;
+
+ /* If the the ptes are not updated by guest OS, we rely on checksum. */
+ if (!mmu_notifier_dirty_update(mm)) {
+ checksum = calc_checksum(page);
+ if (rmap_item->oldchecksum != checksum)
+ rmap_item->oldchecksum = checksum;
+ else
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (ksm_scan.huge_skip) {
+ /* in process of skipping a huge page */
+ if (ksm_scan.mm_slot->mm == rmap_item->mm &&
+ PageTail(page) && address < ksm_scan.huge_skip) {
+ ret = 1;
+ goto out;
+ } else {
+ ksm_scan.huge_skip = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ptep = page_check_address(page, mm, address, &ptl, 0, &need_pte_unmap);
+ if (!ptep)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (ksm_ptep_test_and_clear_dirty_notify(mm, address, ptep)) {
+ set_page_dirty(page);
+ if (PageTransCompound(page))
+ ksm_scan.huge_skip = get_huge_end_addr(address);
+ } else {
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ page_check_address_unmap_unlock(ptl, ptep, need_pte_unmap);
+
+out:
+ /* This is simply to speed up merging in the first scan. */
+ if (ksm_merge_at_once && rmap_item->address & NEW_FLAG) {
+ rmap_item->address &= ~NEW_FLAG;
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* cmp_and_merge_page - first see if page can be merged into the stable tree;
* if not, compare checksum to previous and if it's the same, see if page can
@@ -1174,7 +1280,6 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
struct page *tree_page = NULL;
struct stable_node *stable_node;
struct page *kpage;
- unsigned int checksum;
int err;

remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
@@ -1196,17 +1301,8 @@ static void cmp_and_merge_page(struct page *page, struct rmap_item *rmap_item)
return;
}

- /*
- * If the hash value of the page has changed from the last time
- * we calculated it, this page is changing frequently: therefore we
- * don't want to insert it in the unstable tree, and we don't want
- * to waste our time searching for something identical to it there.
- */
- checksum = calc_checksum(page);
- if (rmap_item->oldchecksum != checksum) {
- rmap_item->oldchecksum = checksum;
+ if (ksm_page_changed(page, rmap_item))
return;
- }

tree_rmap_item =
unstable_tree_search_insert(rmap_item, page, &tree_page);
@@ -1252,9 +1348,9 @@ static struct rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct mm_slot *mm_slot,

while (*rmap_list) {
rmap_item = *rmap_list;
- if ((rmap_item->address & PAGE_MASK) == addr)
+ if (get_address(rmap_item) == addr)
return rmap_item;
- if (rmap_item->address > addr)
+ if (get_address(rmap_item) > addr)
break;
*rmap_list = rmap_item->rmap_list;
remove_rmap_item_from_tree(rmap_item);
@@ -1266,6 +1362,7 @@ static struct rmap_item *get_next_rmap_item(struct mm_slot *mm_slot,
/* It has already been zeroed */
rmap_item->mm = mm_slot->mm;
rmap_item->address = addr;
+ rmap_item->address |= NEW_FLAG;
rmap_item->rmap_list = *rmap_list;
*rmap_list = rmap_item;
}
@@ -1608,12 +1705,12 @@ again:
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ unsigned long address = get_address(rmap_item);

anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
list_for_each_entry(vmac, &anon_vma->head, same_anon_vma) {
vma = vmac->vma;
- if (rmap_item->address < vma->vm_start ||
- rmap_item->address >= vma->vm_end)
+ if (address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)
continue;
/*
* Initially we examine only the vma which covers this
@@ -1627,8 +1724,8 @@ again:
if (memcg && !mm_match_cgroup(vma->vm_mm, memcg))
continue;

- referenced += page_referenced_one(page, vma,
- rmap_item->address, &mapcount, vm_flags);
+ referenced += page_referenced_one(page, vma, address,
+ &mapcount, vm_flags);
if (!search_new_forks || !mapcount)
break;
}
@@ -1661,12 +1758,12 @@ again:
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ unsigned long address = get_address(rmap_item);

anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
list_for_each_entry(vmac, &anon_vma->head, same_anon_vma) {
vma = vmac->vma;
- if (rmap_item->address < vma->vm_start ||
- rmap_item->address >= vma->vm_end)
+ if (address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)
continue;
/*
* Initially we examine only the vma which covers this
@@ -1677,8 +1774,7 @@ again:
if ((rmap_item->mm == vma->vm_mm) == search_new_forks)
continue;

- ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, vma,
- rmap_item->address, flags);
+ ret = try_to_unmap_one(page, vma, address, flags);
if (ret != SWAP_AGAIN || !page_mapped(page)) {
anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
goto out;
@@ -1713,12 +1809,12 @@ again:
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = rmap_item->anon_vma;
struct anon_vma_chain *vmac;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ unsigned long address = get_address(rmap_item);

anon_vma_lock(anon_vma);
list_for_each_entry(vmac, &anon_vma->head, same_anon_vma) {
vma = vmac->vma;
- if (rmap_item->address < vma->vm_start ||
- rmap_item->address >= vma->vm_end)
+ if (address < vma->vm_start || address >= vma->vm_end)
continue;
/*
* Initially we examine only the vma which covers this
@@ -1729,7 +1825,7 @@ again:
if ((rmap_item->mm == vma->vm_mm) == search_new_forks)
continue;

- ret = rmap_one(page, vma, rmap_item->address, arg);
+ ret = rmap_one(page, vma, address, arg);
if (ret != SWAP_AGAIN) {
anon_vma_unlock(anon_vma);
goto out;
@@ -1872,6 +1968,30 @@ static ssize_t pages_to_scan_store(struct kobject *kobj,
}
KSM_ATTR(pages_to_scan);

+static ssize_t merge_at_once_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", ksm_merge_at_once);
+}
+
+static ssize_t merge_at_once_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ int err;
+ unsigned long merge_at_once;
+
+ err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &merge_at_once);
+ if (err || merge_at_once > UINT_MAX)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ksm_merge_at_once = merge_at_once;
+
+ return count;
+}
+KSM_ATTR(merge_at_once);
+
+
static ssize_t run_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
{
@@ -1975,6 +2095,7 @@ static struct attribute *ksm_attrs[] = {
&pages_unshared_attr.attr,
&pages_volatile_attr.attr,
&full_scans_attr.attr,
+ &merge_at_once_attr.attr,
NULL,
};


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