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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/12] introduce percpu block scan_hint
On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 09:18:27PM -0500, Dennis Zhou wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> It was reported a while [1] that an increase in allocation alignment
> requirement [2] caused the percpu memory allocator to do significantly
> more work.
>
> After spending quite a bit of time diving into it, it seems the crux was
> the following:
> 1) chunk management by free_bytes caused allocations to scan over
> chunks that could not fit due to fragmentation
> 2) per block fragmentation required scanning from an early first_free
> bit causing allocations to repeat work
>
> This series introduces a scan_hint for pcpu_block_md and merges the
> paths used to manage the hints. The scan_hint represents the largest
> known free area prior to the contig_hint. There are some caveats to
> this. First, it may not necessarily be the largest area as we do partial
> updates based on freeing of regions and failed scanning in
> pcpu_alloc_area(). Second, if contig_hint == scan_hint, then
> scan_hint_start > contig_hint_start is possible. This is necessary
> for scan_hint discovery when refreshing the hint of a block.
>
> A necessary change is to enforce a block to be the size of a page. This
> let's the management of nr_empty_pop_pages to be done by breaking and
> making full contig_hints in the hint update paths. Prior, this was done
> by piggy backing off of refreshing the chunk contig_hint as it performed
> a full scan and counting empty full pages.
>
> The following are the results found using the workload provided in [3].
>
> branch | time
> ------------------------
> 5.0-rc7 | 69s
> [2] reverted | 44s
> scan_hint | 39s
>
> The times above represent the approximate average across multiple runs.
> I tested based on a basic 1M 16-byte allocation pattern with no
> alignment requirement and times did not differ between 5.0-rc7 and
> scan_hint.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iKb_vW+LA-91RV=zuAqbNycPFUYW54w_S=KZ3HdcWPw6Q@mail.gmail.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20181116154329.247947-1-edumazet@google.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/vbfzhrj9smb.fsf@mellanox.com/
>
> This patchset contains the following 12 patches:
> 0001-percpu-update-free-path-with-correct-new-free-region.patch
> 0002-percpu-do-not-search-past-bitmap-when-allocating-an-.patch
> 0003-percpu-introduce-helper-to-determine-if-two-regions-.patch
> 0004-percpu-manage-chunks-based-on-contig_bits-instead-of.patch
> 0005-percpu-relegate-chunks-unusable-when-failing-small-a.patch
> 0006-percpu-set-PCPU_BITMAP_BLOCK_SIZE-to-PAGE_SIZE.patch
> 0007-percpu-add-block-level-scan_hint.patch
> 0008-percpu-remember-largest-area-skipped-during-allocati.patch
> 0009-percpu-use-block-scan_hint-to-only-scan-forward.patch
> 0010-percpu-make-pcpu_block_md-generic.patch
> 0011-percpu-convert-chunk-hints-to-be-based-on-pcpu_block.patch
> 0012-percpu-use-chunk-scan_hint-to-skip-some-scanning.patch
>
> 0001 fixes an issue where the chunk contig_hint was being updated
> improperly with the new region's starting offset and possibly differing
> contig_hint. 0002 fixes possibly scanning pass the end of the bitmap.
> 0003 introduces a helper to do region overlap comparison. 0004 switches
> to chunk management by contig_hint rather than free_bytes. 0005 moves
> chunks that fail to allocate to the empty block list to prevent excess
> scanning with of chunks with small contig_hints and poor alignment.
> 0006 introduces the constraint PCPU_BITMAP_BLOCK_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE and
> modifies nr_empty_pop_pages management to be a part of the hint updates.
> 0007-0009 introduces percpu block scan_hint. 0010 makes pcpu_block_md
> generic so chunk hints can be managed as a pcpu_block_md responsible
> for more bits. 0011-0012 add chunk scan_hints.
>
> This patchset is on top of percpu#master a3b22b9f11d9.
>
> diffstats below:
>
> Dennis Zhou (12):
> percpu: update free path with correct new free region
> percpu: do not search past bitmap when allocating an area
> percpu: introduce helper to determine if two regions overlap
> percpu: manage chunks based on contig_bits instead of free_bytes
> percpu: relegate chunks unusable when failing small allocations
> percpu: set PCPU_BITMAP_BLOCK_SIZE to PAGE_SIZE
> percpu: add block level scan_hint
> percpu: remember largest area skipped during allocation
> percpu: use block scan_hint to only scan forward
> percpu: make pcpu_block_md generic
> percpu: convert chunk hints to be based on pcpu_block_md
> percpu: use chunk scan_hint to skip some scanning
>
> include/linux/percpu.h | 12 +-
> mm/percpu-internal.h | 15 +-
> mm/percpu-km.c | 2 +-
> mm/percpu-stats.c | 5 +-
> mm/percpu.c | 547 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 5 files changed, 404 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis

Applied to percpu/for-5.2.

Thanks,
Dennis

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