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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
	virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	willy@infradead.org, mhocko@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, mgorman@techsingularity.net,
	vbabka@suse.cz, osalvador@suse.de, yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com,
	pagupta@redhat.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, nitesh@redhat.com,
	riel@surriel.com, lcapitulino@redhat.com, wei.w.wang@intel.com,
	aarcange@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com
Subject: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v11 0/6] mm / virtio: Provide support for unused page reporting
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 15:08:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191001144331-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1ea1a4e11617291062db81f65745b9c95fd0bb30.camel@linux.intel.com>

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 09:21:46AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> I thought what Michal was asking for was what was the benefit of using the
> boundary pointer. I added a bit up above and to the description for patch
> 3 as on a 32G VM it adds up to about a 18% difference without factoring in
> the page faulting and zeroing logic that occurs when we actually do the
> madvise.

Something maybe worth adding to the log:

one disadvantage of the tight integration with the mm core is
that only a single reporting device is supported.
It's not obvious that more than one is useful though.

-- 
MST

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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
	virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	willy@infradead.org, mhocko@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, mgorman@techsingularity.net,
	vbabka@suse.cz, osalvador@suse.de, yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com,
	pagupta@redhat.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, nitesh@redhat.com,
	riel@surriel.com, lcapitulino@redhat.com, wei.w.wang@intel.com,
	aarcange@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 0/6] mm / virtio: Provide support for unused page reporting
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 15:08:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191001144331-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1ea1a4e11617291062db81f65745b9c95fd0bb30.camel@linux.intel.com>

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 09:21:46AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> I thought what Michal was asking for was what was the benefit of using the
> boundary pointer. I added a bit up above and to the description for patch
> 3 as on a 32G VM it adds up to about a 18% difference without factoring in
> the page faulting and zeroing logic that occurs when we actually do the
> madvise.

Something maybe worth adding to the log:

one disadvantage of the tight integration with the mm core is
that only a single reporting device is supported.
It's not obvious that more than one is useful though.

-- 
MST

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-01 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-01 15:29 [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 0/6] mm / virtio: Provide support for unused page reporting Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 1/6] mm: Adjust shuffle code to allow for future coalescing Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 2/6] mm: Use zone and order instead of free area in free_list manipulators Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-15  0:42   ` [mm] 2eca680594: will-it-scale.per_process_ops -2.5% regression kernel test robot
2019-10-15  0:42     ` kernel test robot
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 3/6] mm: Introduce Reported pages Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 4/6] mm: Add device side and notifier for unused page reporting Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 5/6] virtio-balloon: Pull page poisoning config out of free page hinting Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 6/6] virtio-balloon: Add support for providing unused page reports to host Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:29   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 QEMU 1/3] virtio-ballon: Implement support for page poison tracking feature Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 QEMU 2/3] virtio-balloon: Add bit to notify guest of unused page reporting Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31 ` [virtio-dev] [PATCH v11 QEMU 3/3] virtio-balloon: Provide a interface for " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:31   ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 15:35 ` [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v11 0/6] mm / virtio: Provide support " David Hildenbrand
2019-10-01 15:35   ` David Hildenbrand
2019-10-01 16:21   ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 16:21     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 18:41     ` [virtio-dev] " David Hildenbrand
2019-10-01 18:41       ` David Hildenbrand
2019-10-01 19:17       ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-01 19:17         ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-01 19:08     ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2019-10-01 19:08       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2019-10-01 19:16     ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-01 19:16       ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-01 20:25       ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 20:25         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 20:49         ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 20:49           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-01 20:51           ` Dave Hansen
2019-10-02 15:04             ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 15:04               ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 14:41         ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 14:41           ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02  0:55       ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-02  0:55         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-02  7:13         ` [virtio-dev] " David Hildenbrand
2019-10-02  7:13           ` David Hildenbrand
2019-10-02 10:44           ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 10:44             ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 10:36         ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 10:36           ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 14:25           ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-02 14:25             ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-02 14:36             ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-02 14:36               ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 12:29             ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 12:29               ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 15:33               ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-07 15:33                 ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-07 16:19                 ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 16:19                   ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 16:27                   ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-07 16:27                     ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-07 17:06                     ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 17:06                       ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-07 17:20                       ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-07 17:20                         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 16:25                         ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 16:25                           ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 16:25                           ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 16:50                           ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 16:50                             ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 17:08                             ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 17:08                               ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 17:26                               ` [virtio-dev] " Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 17:26                                 ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 15:21                       ` [virtio-dev] " Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 15:21                         ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-09 16:35                         ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 16:35                           ` Alexander Duyck
2019-10-09 19:46                           ` Nitesh Narayan Lal
2019-10-10  7:36                             ` David Hildenbrand
2019-10-10 10:27                               ` Nitesh Narayan Lal

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