Re: [PATCH 0/3] makedumpfile: hugepage filtering for vmcore dump

Vivek Goyal
2013-11-06T14:24:20Z

On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 02:21:39AM +0000, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
> (2013/11/06 5:27), Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 09:45:32PM +0800, Jingbai Ma wrote:
> >> This patch set intend to exclude unnecessary hugepages from vmcore dump file.
> >>
> >> This patch requires the kernel patch to export necessary data structures into
> >> vmcore: "kexec: export hugepage data structure into vmcoreinfo"
> >> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2013-November/009997.html
> >>
> >> This patch introduce two new dump levels 32 and 64 to exclude all unused and
> >> active hugepages. The level to exclude all unnecessary pages will be 127 now.
> >
> > Interesting. Why hugepages should be treated any differentely than normal
> > pages?
> >
> > If user asked to filter out free page, then it should be filtered and
> > it should not matter whether it is a huge page or not?
>
> I'm making a RFC patch of hugepages filtering based on such policy.
>
> I attach the prototype version.
> It's able to filter out also THPs, and suitable for cyclic processing
> because it depends on mem_map and looking up it can be divided into
> cycles. This is the same idea as page_is_buddy().
>
> So I think it's better.

Agreed. Being able to treat hugepages in same manner as other pages
sounds good.

Jingbai, looks good to you?

Thanks
Vivek

>
> --
> Thanks
> Atsushi Kumagai
>
>
> From: Atsushi Kumagai <kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp>
> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:10:43 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] [RFC] Exclude hugepages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Kumagai <kumagai-atsushi@mxc.nes.nec.co.jp>
> ---
> makedumpfile.c | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> makedumpfile.h | 8 ++++
> 2 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> index 428c53e..75b7123 100644
> --- a/makedumpfile.c
> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ do { \
>
> static void check_cyclic_buffer_overrun(void);
> static void setup_page_is_buddy(void);
> +static void setup_page_is_hugepage(void);
>
> void
> initialize_tables(void)
> @@ -270,6 +271,18 @@ update_mmap_range(off_t offset, int initial) {
> }
>
> static int
> +page_is_hugepage(unsigned long flags) {
> + if (NUMBER(PG_head) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER) {
> + return isHead(flags);
> + } else if (NUMBER(PG_tail) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER) {
> + return isTail(flags);
> + }if (NUMBER(PG_compound) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER) {
> + return isCompound(flags);
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> is_mapped_with_mmap(off_t offset) {
>
> if (info->flag_usemmap
> @@ -1107,6 +1120,8 @@ get_symbol_info(void)
> SYMBOL_ARRAY_LENGTH_INIT(node_remap_start_pfn,
> "node_remap_start_pfn");
>
> + SYMBOL_INIT(free_huge_page, "free_huge_page");
> +
> return TRUE;
> }
>
> @@ -1214,11 +1229,19 @@ get_structure_info(void)
>
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_lru, "PG_lru");
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_private, "PG_private");
> + ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_head, "PG_head");
> + ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_tail, "PG_tail");
> + ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_compound, "PG_compound");
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_swapcache, "PG_swapcache");
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_buddy, "PG_buddy");
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_slab, "PG_slab");
> ENUM_NUMBER_INIT(PG_hwpoison, "PG_hwpoison");
>
> + if (NUMBER(PG_head) == NOT_FOUND_NUMBER &&
> + NUMBER(PG_compound) == NOT_FOUND_NUMBER)
> + /* Pre-2.6.26 kernels did not have pageflags */
> + NUMBER(PG_compound) = PG_compound_ORIGINAL;
> +
> ENUM_TYPE_SIZE_INIT(pageflags, "pageflags");
>
> TYPEDEF_SIZE_INIT(nodemask_t, "nodemask_t");
> @@ -1603,6 +1626,7 @@ write_vmcoreinfo_data(void)
> WRITE_SYMBOL("node_remap_start_vaddr", node_remap_start_vaddr);
> WRITE_SYMBOL("node_remap_end_vaddr", node_remap_end_vaddr);
> WRITE_SYMBOL("node_remap_start_pfn", node_remap_start_pfn);
> + WRITE_SYMBOL("free_huge_page", free_huge_page);
>
> /*
> * write the structure size of 1st kernel
> @@ -1685,6 +1709,9 @@ write_vmcoreinfo_data(void)
>
> WRITE_NUMBER("PG_lru", PG_lru);
> WRITE_NUMBER("PG_private", PG_private);
> + WRITE_NUMBER("PG_head", PG_head);
> + WRITE_NUMBER("PG_tail", PG_tail);
> + WRITE_NUMBER("PG_compound", PG_compound);
> WRITE_NUMBER("PG_swapcache", PG_swapcache);
> WRITE_NUMBER("PG_buddy", PG_buddy);
> WRITE_NUMBER("PG_slab", PG_slab);
> @@ -1932,6 +1959,7 @@ read_vmcoreinfo(void)
> READ_SYMBOL("node_remap_start_vaddr", node_remap_start_vaddr);
> READ_SYMBOL("node_remap_end_vaddr", node_remap_end_vaddr);
> READ_SYMBOL("node_remap_start_pfn", node_remap_start_pfn);
> + READ_SYMBOL("free_huge_page", free_huge_page);
>
> READ_STRUCTURE_SIZE("page", page);
> READ_STRUCTURE_SIZE("mem_section", mem_section);
> @@ -2000,6 +2028,9 @@ read_vmcoreinfo(void)
>
> READ_NUMBER("PG_lru", PG_lru);
> READ_NUMBER("PG_private", PG_private);
> + READ_NUMBER("PG_head", PG_head);
> + READ_NUMBER("PG_tail", PG_tail);
> + READ_NUMBER("PG_compound", PG_compound);
> READ_NUMBER("PG_swapcache", PG_swapcache);
> READ_NUMBER("PG_slab", PG_slab);
> READ_NUMBER("PG_buddy", PG_buddy);
> @@ -3126,6 +3157,9 @@ out:
> if (!get_value_for_old_linux())
> return FALSE;
>
> + /* Get page flags for compound pages */
> + setup_page_is_hugepage();
> +
> /* use buddy identification of free pages whether cyclic or not */
> /* (this can reduce pages scan of 1TB memory from 60sec to 30sec) */
> if (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_FREE)
> @@ -4197,6 +4231,23 @@ out:
> "follow free lists instead of mem_map array.\n");
> }
>
> +static void
> +setup_page_is_hugepage(void)
> +{
> + if (NUMBER(PG_head) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER) {
> + if (NUMBER(PG_tail) == NOT_FOUND_NUMBER) {
> + /* If PG_tail is not explicitly saved, then assume
> + * that it immediately follows PG_head.
> + */
> + NUMBER(PG_tail) = NUMBER(PG_head) + 1;
> + }
> + } else if ((NUMBER(PG_compound) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER)
> + && (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_USER_DATA)) {
> + MSG("Compound page bit could not be determined: ");
> + MSG("huge pages will NOT be filtered.\n");
> + }
> +}
> +
> /*
> * If using a dumpfile in kdump-compressed format as a source file
> * instead of /proc/vmcore, 1st-bitmap of a new dumpfile must be
> @@ -4404,8 +4455,9 @@ __exclude_unnecessary_pages(unsigned long mem_map,
> unsigned long long pfn_read_start, pfn_read_end, index_pg;
> unsigned char page_cache[SIZE(page) * PGMM_CACHED];
> unsigned char *pcache;
> - unsigned int _count, _mapcount = 0;
> + unsigned int _count, _mapcount = 0, compound_order = 0;
> unsigned long flags, mapping, private = 0;
> + unsigned long hugetlb_dtor;
>
> /*
> * Refresh the buffer of struct page, when changing mem_map.
> @@ -4459,6 +4511,27 @@ __exclude_unnecessary_pages(unsigned long mem_map,
> flags = ULONG(pcache + OFFSET(page.flags));
> _count = UINT(pcache + OFFSET(page._count));
> mapping = ULONG(pcache + OFFSET(page.mapping));
> +
> + if (index_pg < PGMM_CACHED - 1) {
> + compound_order = ULONG(pcache + SIZE(page) + OFFSET(page.lru)
> + + OFFSET(list_head.prev));
> + hugetlb_dtor = ULONG(pcache + SIZE(page) + OFFSET(page.lru)
> + + OFFSET(list_head.next));
> + } else if (pfn + 1 < pfn_end) {
> + unsigned char page_cache_next[SIZE(page)];
> + if (!readmem(VADDR, mem_map, page_cache_next, SIZE(page))) {
> + ERRMSG("Can't read the buffer of struct page.\n");
> + return FALSE;
> + }
> + compound_order = ULONG(page_cache_next + OFFSET(page.lru)
> + + OFFSET(list_head.prev));
> + hugetlb_dtor = ULONG(page_cache_next + OFFSET(page.lru)
> + + OFFSET(list_head.next));
> + } else {
> + compound_order = 0;
> + hugetlb_dtor = 0;
> + }
> +
> if (OFFSET(page._mapcount) != NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> _mapcount = UINT(pcache + OFFSET(page._mapcount));
> if (OFFSET(page.private) != NOT_FOUND_STRUCTURE)
> @@ -4497,6 +4570,10 @@ __exclude_unnecessary_pages(unsigned long mem_map,
> && !isPrivate(flags) && !isAnon(mapping)) {
> if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn))
> pfn_cache++;
> + /*
> + * NOTE: If THP for cache is introduced, the check for
> + * compound pages is needed here.
> + */
> }
> /*
> * Exclude the cache page with the private page.
> @@ -4506,14 +4583,49 @@ __exclude_unnecessary_pages(unsigned long mem_map,
> && !isAnon(mapping)) {
> if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn))
> pfn_cache_private++;
> + /*
> + * NOTE: If THP for cache is introduced, the check for
> + * compound pages is needed here.
> + */
> }
> /*
> * Exclude the data page of the user process.
> */
> - else if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_USER_DATA)
> - && isAnon(mapping)) {
> - if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn))
> - pfn_user++;
> + else if (info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_USER_DATA) {
> + /*
> + * Exclude the anonnymous pages as user pages.
> + */
> + if (isAnon(mapping)) {
> + if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn))
> + pfn_user++;
> +
> + /*
> + * Check the compound page
> + */
> + if (page_is_hugepage(flags) && compound_order > 0) {
> + int i, nr_pages = 1 << compound_order;
> +
> + for (i = 1; i < nr_pages; ++i) {
> + if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn + i))
> + pfn_user++;
> + }
> + pfn += nr_pages - 2;
> + mem_map += (nr_pages - 1) * SIZE(page);
> + }
> + }
> + /*
> + * Exclude the hugetlbfs pages as user pages.
> + */
> + else if (hugetlb_dtor == SYMBOL(free_huge_page)) {
> + int i, nr_pages = 1 << compound_order;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i) {
> + if (clear_bit_on_2nd_bitmap_for_kernel(pfn + i))
> + pfn_user++;
> + }
> + pfn += nr_pages - 1;
> + mem_map += (nr_pages - 1) * SIZE(page);
> + }
> }
> /*
> * Exclude the hwpoison page.
> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
> index 3a7e61a..d6ee832 100644
> --- a/makedumpfile.h
> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int get_mem_type(void);
> #define PG_lru_ORIGINAL (5)
> #define PG_slab_ORIGINAL (7)
> #define PG_private_ORIGINAL (11) /* Has something at ->private */
> +#define PG_compound_ORIGINAL (14) /* Is part of a compound page */
> #define PG_swapcache_ORIGINAL (15) /* Swap page: swp_entry_t in private */
>
> #define PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE_v2_6_38 (-2)
> @@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ test_bit(int nr, unsigned long addr)
>
> #define isLRU(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_lru), flags)
> #define isPrivate(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_private), flags)
> +#define isHead(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_head), flags)
> +#define isTail(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_tail), flags)
> +#define isCompound(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_compound), flags)
> #define isSwapCache(flags) test_bit(NUMBER(PG_swapcache), flags)
> #define isHWPOISON(flags) (test_bit(NUMBER(PG_hwpoison), flags) \
> && (NUMBER(PG_hwpoison) != NOT_FOUND_NUMBER))
> @@ -1124,6 +1128,7 @@ struct symbol_table {
> unsigned long long node_remap_start_vaddr;
> unsigned long long node_remap_end_vaddr;
> unsigned long long node_remap_start_pfn;
> + unsigned long long free_huge_page;
>
> /*
> * for Xen extraction
> @@ -1383,6 +1388,9 @@ struct number_table {
> */
> long PG_lru;
> long PG_private;
> + long PG_head;
> + long PG_tail;
> + long PG_compound;
> long PG_swapcache;
> long PG_buddy;
> long PG_slab;
> --
> 1.8.0.2