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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lib: stackdepot: Add support to configure STACK_HASH_SIZE
On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 01:04:23PM +0800, Minchan Kim wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 11:34:32AM +0800, Zhenhua Huang wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 07:27:03AM +0800, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > Sorry if this mail corrupts the mail thread or had heavy mangling
> > > since I lost this mail from my mailbox so I am sending this mail by
> > > web gmail.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 10:18 AM <vjitta@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Yogesh Lal <ylal@codeaurora.org>
> > > >
> > > > Use STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT to configure STACK_HASH_SIZE.
> > > >
> > > > Aim is to have configurable value for STACK_HASH_SIZE,
> > > > so depend on use case one can configure it.
> > > >
> > > > One example is of Page Owner, default value of
> > > > STACK_HASH_SIZE lead stack depot to consume 8MB of static memory.
> > > > Making it configurable and use lower value helps to enable features
> like
> > > > CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER without any significant overhead.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yogesh Lal <ylal@codeaurora.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Vinayak Menon <vinmenon@codeaurora.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Vijayanand Jitta <vjitta@codeaurora.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > lib/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> > > > lib/stackdepot.c | 3 +--
> > > > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > index 18d76b6..b3f8259 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -651,6 +651,15 @@ config STACKDEPOT
> > > > bool
> > > > select STACKTRACE
> > > >
> > > > +config STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT
> > > > + int "stack depot hash size (12 => 4KB, 20 => 1024KB)"
> > > > + range 12 20
> > > > + default 20
> > > > + depends on STACKDEPOT
> > > > + help
> > > > + Select the hash size as a power of 2 for the stackdepot
> hash
> > > > table.
> > > > + Choose a lower value to reduce the memory impact.
> > > > +
> > > > config SBITMAP
> > > > bool
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
> > > > index 2caffc6..413c20b 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/stackdepot.c
> > > > +++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
> > > > @@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ static struct stack_record
> *depot_alloc_stack(unsigned
> > > > long *entries, int size,
> > > > return stack;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > -#define STACK_HASH_ORDER 20
> > > > -#define STACK_HASH_SIZE (1L << STACK_HASH_ORDER)
> > > > +#define STACK_HASH_SIZE (1L << CONFIG_STACK_HASH_ORDER_SHIFT)
> > > > #define STACK_HASH_MASK (STACK_HASH_SIZE - 1)
> > > > #define STACK_HASH_SEED 0x9747b28c
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > QUALCOMM INDIA, on behalf of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a
> member
> > > > of Code Aurora Forum, hosted by The Linux Foundation
> > > > 2.7.4
> > > >
> > >
> > > 1. When we don't use page_owner, we don't want to waste any memory for
> > > stackdepot hash array.
> > > 2. When we use page_owner, we want to have reasonable stackdeport hash
> array
> > >
> > > With this configuration, it couldn't meet since we always need to
> > > reserve a reasonable size for the array.
> > > Can't we make the hash size as a kernel parameter?
> > > With it, we could use it like this.
> > >
> > > 1. page_owner=off, stackdepot_stack_hash=0 -> no more wasted memory
> > > when we don't use page_owner
> > > 2. page_owner=on, stackdepot_stack_hash=8M -> reasonable hash size
> > > when we use page_owner.
> > Seems we have other users like kasan, and dma_buf_ref which we
> introduced.
> > Also we can't guarantee there will not be any other users for
> stackdepot, so
> > it's better we not depend on only page owner?
>
> I didn't mean to make it page_owner dependent. What I suggested is just
> to define kernel parameter for stackdeport hash size so admin could
> override it at right size when we really need it.
OK, Thanks Minchan for explanation. It's a good idea then, admin needs to
consider all users but, especailly when setting it to 0...

Thanks,
Zhenhua

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