From: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, kasong@tencent.com, baohua@kernel.org,
qi.zheng@linux.dev, shakeel.butt@linux.dev,
axelrasmussen@google.com, yuanchu@google.com, weixugc@google.com,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] mm/mglru: add MM_WALK_EMPTY stats and tracepoint for cross-node measurement
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 17:23:38 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807092343.4123734-1-baoquan.he@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <anRqew3VikVzxJJb@MiWiFi-R3L-srv>
Add infrastructure to quantify cross-node empty page table walks in the
MGLRU aging path. These are walks that traverse an mm's page tables but
find no folio belonging to the current lruvec (node+memcg) - pure waste
caused by lru_gen_use_mm() setting mm->lru_gen.bitmap to -1 (all nodes)
at context switch.
New per-walk counters (accumulated in mm_state->stats[]):
MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE - folios belonging to this lruvec
MM_WALK_TOTAL - page-table walks completed
MM_WALK_EMPTY - walks that found no eligible folio
MM_LEAF_TOTAL_EMPTY - leaf entries scanned by empty walks
A new tracepoint, mm_vmscan_lru_gen_walk(nid, seq, leaf_total,
leaf_eligible, empty), fires after each walk for live monitoring. The
debugfs lru_gen output format is updated ("TYFA" -> "TYFALWEE") to
display the new fields.
This series uses these counters to quantify the cross-node empty walk
cost and to validate the suppression implemented by the follow-up
patches.
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 4 ++++
include/trace/events/vmscan.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/vmscan.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index a26c8b855222..34938d4f8e23 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ enum {
MM_LEAF_YOUNG, /* young leaf entries */
MM_NONLEAF_FOUND, /* non-leaf entries found in Bloom filters */
MM_NONLEAF_ADDED, /* non-leaf entries added to Bloom filters */
+ MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE, /* folios belonging to this lruvec (node+memcg) */
+ MM_WALK_TOTAL, /* page-table walks completed */
+ MM_WALK_EMPTY, /* walks that found no eligible folio */
+ MM_LEAF_TOTAL_EMPTY, /* leaf entries scanned by empty walks */
NR_MM_STATS
};
diff --git a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
index b4bf7b8def1f..c7c2034715b6 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/vmscan.h
@@ -659,6 +659,34 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_kswapd_clear_hopeless,
__entry->nid,
__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, kswapd_clear_hopeless_reason_ops))
);
+TRACE_EVENT(mm_vmscan_lru_gen_walk,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int nid, unsigned long seq, int leaf_total,
+ int leaf_eligible, bool empty),
+
+ TP_ARGS(nid, seq, leaf_total, leaf_eligible, empty),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(int, nid)
+ __field(unsigned long, seq)
+ __field(int, leaf_total)
+ __field(int, leaf_eligible)
+ __field(bool, empty)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->nid = nid;
+ __entry->seq = seq;
+ __entry->leaf_total = leaf_total;
+ __entry->leaf_eligible = leaf_eligible;
+ __entry->empty = empty;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("nid=%d seq=%lu leaf_total=%d leaf_eligible=%d empty=%d",
+ __entry->nid, __entry->seq, __entry->leaf_total,
+ __entry->leaf_eligible, __entry->empty)
+);
+
#endif /* _TRACE_VMSCAN_H */
/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 17d2b793cbfc..83de2b147919 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3587,6 +3587,8 @@ static bool walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
if (!folio)
continue;
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE]++;
+
if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
const unsigned int max_nr = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -3687,6 +3689,8 @@ static void walk_pmd_range_locked(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, struct vm_area
if (!folio)
goto next;
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE]++;
+
if (!pmdp_test_and_clear_young_notify(vma, addr, pmd + i))
goto next;
@@ -4108,8 +4112,26 @@ static bool try_to_inc_max_seq(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long seq,
do {
success = iterate_mm_list(walk, &mm);
- if (mm)
+ if (mm) {
+ bool empty = false;
+
walk_mm(mm, walk);
+ /* A walk that traversed page tables but found no folio
+ * belonging to this lruvec (node+memcg) is pure waste. */
+ if (walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_TOTAL]) {
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_WALK_TOTAL]++;
+ if (walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE] == 0) {
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_WALK_EMPTY]++;
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_TOTAL_EMPTY] +=
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_TOTAL];
+ empty = true;
+ }
+ }
+ trace_mm_vmscan_lru_gen_walk(
+ lruvec_pgdat(lruvec)->node_id, walk->seq,
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_TOTAL],
+ walk->mm_stats[MM_LEAF_ELIGIBLE], empty);
+ }
} while (mm);
done:
if (success) {
@@ -5588,14 +5610,14 @@ static void lru_gen_seq_show_full(struct seq_file *m, struct lruvec *lruvec,
seq_puts(m, " ");
for (i = 0; i < NR_MM_STATS; i++) {
- const char *s = "xxxx";
+ const char *s = "xxxxxxxx";
unsigned long n = 0;
if (seq == max_seq && NR_HIST_GENS == 1) {
- s = "TYFA";
+ s = "TYFALWEE";
n = READ_ONCE(mm_state->stats[hist][i]);
} else if (seq != max_seq && NR_HIST_GENS > 1) {
- s = "tyfa";
+ s = "tyfalwee";
n = READ_ONCE(mm_state->stats[hist][i]);
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 10:29 [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/mglru: skip empty PUD subtrees during aging with PUD-level Bloom filter Baoquan He
2026-08-06 10:29 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] mm/mglru: add PUD-level Bloom filter state Baoquan He
2026-08-06 10:29 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] mm/mglru: refactor Bloom filter helpers for two filter levels Baoquan He
2026-08-06 10:29 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] mm/mglru: skip empty PUD subtrees during aging Baoquan He
2026-08-06 10:29 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] mm/mglru: report hot PUDs from the rmap feedback path Baoquan He
2026-08-06 10:29 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] mm/mglru: add MM_WALK_EMPTY stats and tracepoint for cross-node measurement Baoquan He
2026-08-06 11:05 ` [RFC PATCH 0/6] mm/mglru: skip empty PUD subtrees during aging with PUD-level Bloom filter Baoquan He
2026-08-07 9:23 ` Baoquan He [this message]
2026-08-07 9:23 ` [PATCH 2/4] mm/mglru: suppress cross-node empty page table walks Baoquan He
2026-08-07 9:23 ` [PATCH 3/4] mm/mglru: add debugfs knob to control cross-node empty walk skip threshold Baoquan He
2026-08-07 9:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] mm/mglru: invalidate empty-walk skip on page fault and migration Baoquan He
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