Re: [PATCH v8 04/10] mm: thp: Support allocation of anonymous multi-size THP

Barry Song
2023-12-05T20:17:10Z

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 11:48 PM Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/12/2023 01:24, Barry Song wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:15 AM Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 6:21 PM Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Introduce the logic to allow THP to be configured (through the new sysfs
> >>> interface we just added) to allocate large folios to back anonymous
> >>> memory, which are larger than the base page size but smaller than
> >>> PMD-size. We call this new THP extension "multi-size THP" (mTHP).
> >>>
> >>> mTHP continues to be PTE-mapped, but in many cases can still provide
> >>> similar benefits to traditional PMD-sized THP: Page faults are
> >>> significantly reduced (by a factor of e.g. 4, 8, 16, etc. depending on
> >>> the configured order), but latency spikes are much less prominent
> >>> because the size of each page isn't as huge as the PMD-sized variant and
> >>> there is less memory to clear in each page fault. The number of per-page
> >>> operations (e.g. ref counting, rmap management, lru list management) are
> >>> also significantly reduced since those ops now become per-folio.
> >>>
> >>> Some architectures also employ TLB compression mechanisms to squeeze
> >>> more entries in when a set of PTEs are virtually and physically
> >>> contiguous and approporiately aligned. In this case, TLB misses will
> >>> occur less often.
> >>>
> >>> The new behaviour is disabled by default, but can be enabled at runtime
> >>> by writing to /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hugepage-XXkb/enabled
> >>> (see documentation in previous commit). The long term aim is to change
> >>> the default to include suitable lower orders, but there are some risks
> >>> around internal fragmentation that need to be better understood first.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> include/linux/huge_mm.h | 6 ++-
> >>> mm/memory.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >>> 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> >>> index bd0eadd3befb..91a53b9835a4 100644
> >>> --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> >>> +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
> >>> @@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ extern struct kobj_attribute shmem_enabled_attr;
> >>> #define HPAGE_PMD_NR (1<<HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
> >>>
> >>> /*
> >>> - * Mask of all large folio orders supported for anonymous THP.
> >>> + * Mask of all large folio orders supported for anonymous THP; all orders up to
> >>> + * and including PMD_ORDER, except order-0 (which is not "huge") and order-1
> >>> + * (which is a limitation of the THP implementation).
> >>> */
> >>> -#define THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON BIT(PMD_ORDER)
> >>> +#define THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON ((BIT(PMD_ORDER + 1) - 1) & ~(BIT(0) | BIT(1)))
> >>>
> >>> /*
> >>> * Mask of all large folio orders supported for file THP.
> >>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> >>> index 3ceeb0f45bf5..bf7e93813018 100644
> >>> --- a/mm/memory.c
> >>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> >>> @@ -4125,6 +4125,84 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> >>> return ret;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +static bool pte_range_none(pte_t *pte, int nr_pages)
> >>> +{
> >>> + int i;
> >>> +
> >>> + for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> >>> + if (!pte_none(ptep_get_lockless(pte + i)))
> >>> + return false;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + return true;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> >>> +static struct folio *alloc_anon_folio(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> >>> +{
> >>> + gfp_t gfp;
> >>> + pte_t *pte;
> >>> + unsigned long addr;
> >>> + struct folio *folio;
> >>> + struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> >>> + unsigned long orders;
> >>> + int order;
> >>> +
> >>> + /*
> >>> + * If uffd is active for the vma we need per-page fault fidelity to
> >>> + * maintain the uffd semantics.
> >>> + */
> >>> + if (userfaultfd_armed(vma))
> >>> + goto fallback;
> >>> +
> >>> + /*
> >>> + * Get a list of all the (large) orders below PMD_ORDER that are enabled
> >>> + * for this vma. Then filter out the orders that can't be allocated over
> >>> + * the faulting address and still be fully contained in the vma.
> >>> + */
> >>> + orders = thp_vma_allowable_orders(vma, vma->vm_flags, false, true, true,
> >>> + BIT(PMD_ORDER) - 1);
> >>> + orders = thp_vma_suitable_orders(vma, vmf->address, orders);
> >>> +
> >>> + if (!orders)
> >>> + goto fallback;
> >>> +
> >>> + pte = pte_offset_map(vmf->pmd, vmf->address & PMD_MASK);
> >>> + if (!pte)
> >>> + return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
> >>> +
> >>> + order = first_order(orders);
> >>> + while (orders) {
> >>> + addr = ALIGN_DOWN(vmf->address, PAGE_SIZE << order);
> >>> + vmf->pte = pte + pte_index(addr);
> >>> + if (pte_range_none(vmf->pte, 1 << order))
> >>> + break;
> >>> + order = next_order(&orders, order);
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + vmf->pte = NULL;
> >>> + pte_unmap(pte);
> >>> +
> >>> + gfp = vma_thp_gfp_mask(vma);
> >>> +
> >>> + while (orders) {
> >>> + addr = ALIGN_DOWN(vmf->address, PAGE_SIZE << order);
> >>> + folio = vma_alloc_folio(gfp, order, vma, addr, true);
> >>> + if (folio) {
> >>> + clear_huge_page(&folio->page, addr, 1 << order);
> >>
> >> Minor.
> >>
> >> Do we have to constantly clear a huge page? Is it possible to let
> >> post_alloc_hook()
> >> finish this job by using __GFP_ZERO/__GFP_ZEROTAGS as
> >> vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio() is doing?
>
> I'm currently following the same allocation pattern as is done for PMD-sized
> THP. In earlier versions of this patch I was trying to be smarter and use the
> __GFP_ZERO/__GFP_ZEROTAGS as you suggest, but I was advised to keep it simple
> and follow the existing pattern.
>
> I have a vague recollection __GFP_ZERO is not preferred for large folios because
> of some issue with virtually indexed caches? (Matthew: did I see you mention
> that in some other context?)
>
> That said, I wasn't aware that Android ships with
> CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON (I thought it was only used as a debug option),
> so I can see the potential for some overhead reduction here.
>
> Options:
>
> 1) leave it as is and accept the duplicated clearing
> 2) Pass __GFP_ZERO and remove clear_huge_page()
> 3) define __GFP_SKIP_ZERO even when kasan is not enabled and pass it down so
> clear_huge_page() is the only clear
> 4) make clear_huge_page() conditional on !want_init_on_alloc()
>
> I prefer option 4. What do you think?

either 1 and 4 is ok to me if we will finally remove this duplicated
clear_huge_page on top.
4 is even better as it can at least temporarily resolve the problem.

in Android gki_defconfig,
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/refs/heads/android14-6.1-lts/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig

Android always has the below,
CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y

here is some explanation for the reason,
https://source.android.com/docs/security/test/memory-safety/zero-initialized-memory

>
> As an aside, I've also noticed that clear_huge_page() should take vmf->address
> so that it clears the faulting page last to keep the cache hot. If we decide on
> an option that keeps clear_huge_page(), I'll also make that change.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
> >>

Thanks
Barry