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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6f2e6fe2-c8c0-450c-bedb-8b4fd68839ab@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 20:25:11 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] mm/mlock: migrate folios out of CMA when mlocking a range To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Cc: vbabka@kernel.org, david@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, Alexander.Krabler@kuka.com, hughd@google.com, fvdl@google.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, akpm@linux-foundation.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com, jackmanb@google.com, hannes@cmpxchg.org, ziy@nvidia.com, riel@surriel.com, liam@infradead.org, harry@kernel.org, jannh@google.com, lance.yang@linux.dev, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, matthew.brost@intel.com, joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com, rakie.kim@sk.com, byungchul@sk.com, gourry@gourry.net, ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com, apopple@nvidia.com, pfalcato@suse.de References: <20260707125925.3725177-1-chenwandun1@gmail.com> <20260707125925.3725177-5-chenwandun1@gmail.com> <20260709091316.TFgtBZlE@linutronix.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Wandun In-Reply-To: <20260709091316.TFgtBZlE@linutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 2C1A0180007 X-Stat-Signature: xqyp3m5tahqnq3jcj3ex4mxc89manwei X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam12 X-HE-Tag: 1783599931-40250 X-HE-Meta: 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 IwUCEU7i 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 7/9/26 17:13, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote: > On 2026-07-07 15:54:57 [+0100], Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 08:59:25PM +0800, Wandun Chen wrote: >>> From: Wandun Chen >>> >>> The region covered by mlock[all] may contain CMA pages. cma_alloc installs >>> migration entries in the page table, if a memory access occurs at this >>> point, it must wait for the migration to complete, which may cause >>> latency spikes on the RT kernels. >>> >>> Try to move the migration cost into the mlock[all] caller, which is >>> typically a setup path. So reduce the chance of latency spikes on RT >>> kernels by migrating the currently mapped CMA pages out of CMA region. >> >> 'reduce the chances of latency' so do you have any data to back this invasive >> change or not? > > The application gets pages assigned which belong a CMA area. If the > pages are in need by the CMA then those pages are replaced with other > pages during a migration phase. Since there is no guarantee how long > this will take and is also subject to general scheduling in the system > it will be measurable and painful once hit. > >> And for RT, but nothing in here at all checks for RT? You're using this >> compaction sysctl as an RT check somehow? That's gross. > > The man-page for mlock says that it guarantees to stay in RAM and/ or > preventing to be moved to swap area. I would however argue that > replacing physical pages in the background should fall under this since > the application can't access them and is blocked while trying. The notes > section (in the man-page) lists "real-time applications" and > "deterministic timing". Therefore I think it makes sense to do this > unconditionally for mlock areas regardless of the sysctl knob. > Security related application probably only care that their memory does > not hit the swap area and probably wouldn't mind 10ms delay. Thanks for helping to explain, that helps a lot, Sebastian. Wandun > >> This doesn't feel like the right solution. > > Sebastian