Re: [PATCH v16 15/22] mm/compaction: do page isolation first in compaction

Alexander Duyck
2020-07-16T21:32:39Z

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:59 PM Alex Shi <alex.shi-KPsoFbNs7GizrGE5bRqYAgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Johannes Weiner has suggested:
> "So here is a crazy idea that may be worth exploring:
>
> Right now, pgdat->lru_lock protects both PageLRU *and* the lruvec's
> linked list.
>
> Can we make PageLRU atomic and use it to stabilize the lru_lock
> instead, and then use the lru_lock only serialize list operations?
> ..."
>
> Yes, this patch is doing so on __isolate_lru_page which is the core
> page isolation func in compaction and shrinking path.
> With this patch, the compaction will only deal the PageLRU set and now
> isolated pages to skip the just alloced page which no LRU bit. And the
> isolation could exclusive the other isolations in memcg move_account,
> page migrations and thp split_huge_page.
>
> As a side effect, PageLRU may be cleared during shrink_inactive_list
> path for isolation reason. If so, we can skip that page.
>
> Hugh Dickins <hughd-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> fixed following bugs in this patch's
> early version:
>
> Fix lots of crashes under compaction load: isolate_migratepages_block()
> must clean up appropriately when rejecting a page, setting PageLRU again
> if it had been cleared; and a put_page() after get_page_unless_zero()
> cannot safely be done while holding locked_lruvec - it may turn out to
> be the final put_page(), which will take an lruvec lock when PageLRU.
> And move __isolate_lru_page_prepare back after get_page_unless_zero to
> make trylock_page() safe:
> trylock_page() is not safe to use at this time: its setting PG_locked
> can race with the page being freed or allocated ("Bad page"), and can
> also erase flags being set by one of those "sole owners" of a freshly
> allocated page who use non-atomic __SetPageFlag().
>
> Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes-druUgvl0LCNAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi-KPsoFbNs7GizrGE5bRqYAgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
> Cc: linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org
> ---
> include/linux/swap.h | 2 +-
> mm/compaction.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> mm/vmscan.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
> index 2c29399b29a0..6d23d3beeff7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/swap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/swap.h
> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ extern void lru_cache_add_active_or_unevictable(struct page *page,
> extern unsigned long zone_reclaimable_pages(struct zone *zone);
> extern unsigned long try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order,
> gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask);
> -extern int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode);
> +extern int __isolate_lru_page_prepare(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode);
> extern unsigned long try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
> unsigned long nr_pages,
> gfp_t gfp_mask,
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index f14780fc296a..2da2933fe56b 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> if (!valid_page && IS_ALIGNED(low_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages)) {
> if (!cc->ignore_skip_hint && get_pageblock_skip(page)) {
> low_pfn = end_pfn;
> + page = NULL;
> goto isolate_abort;
> }
> valid_page = page;
> @@ -950,6 +951,21 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> if (!(cc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && page_mapping(page))
> goto isolate_fail;
>
> + /*
> + * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
> + * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
> + * page release code relies on it.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(!get_page_unless_zero(page)))
> + goto isolate_fail;
> +
> + if (__isolate_lru_page_prepare(page, isolate_mode) != 0)
> + goto isolate_fail_put;
> +
> + /* Try isolate the page */
> + if (!TestClearPageLRU(page))
> + goto isolate_fail_put;
> +
> /* If we already hold the lock, we can skip some rechecking */
> if (!locked) {
> locked = compact_lock_irqsave(&pgdat->lru_lock,

Why not do the __isolate_lru_page_prepare before getting the page?
That way you can avoid performing an extra atomic operation on non-LRU
pages.

> @@ -962,10 +978,6 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> goto isolate_abort;
> }
>
> - /* Recheck PageLRU and PageCompound under lock */
> - if (!PageLRU(page))
> - goto isolate_fail;
> -
> /*
> * Page become compound since the non-locked check,
> * and it's on LRU. It can only be a THP so the order
> @@ -973,16 +985,13 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> */
> if (unlikely(PageCompound(page) && !cc->alloc_contig)) {
> low_pfn += compound_nr(page) - 1;
> - goto isolate_fail;
> + SetPageLRU(page);
> + goto isolate_fail_put;
> }
> }
>
> lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
>
> - /* Try isolate the page */
> - if (__isolate_lru_page(page, isolate_mode) != 0)
> - goto isolate_fail;
> -
> /* The whole page is taken off the LRU; skip the tail pages. */
> if (PageCompound(page))
> low_pfn += compound_nr(page) - 1;
> @@ -1011,6 +1020,15 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> }
>
> continue;
> +
> +isolate_fail_put:
> + /* Avoid potential deadlock in freeing page under lru_lock */
> + if (locked) {
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> + locked = false;
> + }
> + put_page(page);
> +
> isolate_fail:
> if (!skip_on_failure)
> continue;
> @@ -1047,9 +1065,15 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(pg_data_t *pgdat)
> if (unlikely(low_pfn > end_pfn))
> low_pfn = end_pfn;
>
> + page = NULL;
> +
> isolate_abort:
> if (locked)
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pgdat->lru_lock, flags);
> + if (page) {
> + SetPageLRU(page);
> + put_page(page);
> + }
>
> /*
> * Updated the cached scanner pfn once the pageblock has been scanned
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 18986fefd49b..f77748adc340 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
> *
> * returns 0 on success, -ve errno on failure.
> */
> -int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
> +int __isolate_lru_page_prepare(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
> {
> int ret = -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -1598,20 +1598,9 @@ int __isolate_lru_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
> if ((mode & ISOLATE_UNMAPPED) && page_mapped(page))
> return ret;
>
> - if (likely(get_page_unless_zero(page))) {
> - /*
> - * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
> - * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
> - * page release code relies on it.
> - */
> - ClearPageLRU(page);
> - ret = 0;
> - }
> -
> - return ret;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> -
> /*
> * Update LRU sizes after isolating pages. The LRU size updates must
> * be complete before mem_cgroup_update_lru_size due to a sanity check.
> @@ -1691,17 +1680,34 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
> * only when the page is being freed somewhere else.
> */
> scan += nr_pages;
> - switch (__isolate_lru_page(page, mode)) {
> + switch (__isolate_lru_page_prepare(page, mode)) {
> case 0:
> + /*
> + * Be careful not to clear PageLRU until after we're
> + * sure the page is not being freed elsewhere -- the
> + * page release code relies on it.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(!get_page_unless_zero(page)))
> + goto busy;
> +
> + if (!TestClearPageLRU(page)) {
> + /*
> + * This page may in other isolation path,
> + * but we still hold lru_lock.
> + */
> + put_page(page);
> + goto busy;
> + }
> +

I wonder if it wouldn't make sense to combine these two atomic ops
with tests and the put_page into a single inline function? Then it
could be possible to just do one check and if succeeds you do the
block of code below, otherwise you just fall-through into the -EBUSY
case.

> nr_taken += nr_pages;
> nr_zone_taken[page_zonenum(page)] += nr_pages;
> list_move(&page->lru, dst);
> break;
> -
> +busy:
> case -EBUSY:
> /* else it is being freed elsewhere */
> list_move(&page->lru, src);
> - continue;
> + break;
>
> default:
> BUG();
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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