[PATCH -v5 8/9] mm, THP, swap: Support to split THP in swap cache

Huang, Ying
2016-11-16T03:12:50Z

This patch enhanced the split_huge_page_to_list() to work properly for
the THP (Transparent Huge Page) in the swap cache during swapping out.

This is used for delaying splitting the THP during swapping out. Where
for a THP to be swapped out, we will allocate a swap cluster, add the
THP into the swap cache, then split the THP. The page lock will be held
during this process. So in the code path other than swapping out, if
the THP need to be split, the PageSwapCache(THP) will be always false.

Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ebru Akagunduz <ebru.akagunduz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index e894154..4e0d8b7 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
* atomic_set() here would be safe on all archs (and not only on x86),
* it's safer to use atomic_inc()/atomic_add().
*/
- if (PageAnon(head)) {
+ if (PageAnon(head) && !PageSwapCache(head)) {
page_ref_inc(page_tail);
} else {
/* Additional pin to radix tree */
@@ -1846,6 +1846,7 @@ static void __split_huge_page_tail(struct page *head, int tail,
page_tail->flags |= (head->flags &
((1L << PG_referenced) |
(1L << PG_swapbacked) |
+ (1L << PG_swapcache) |
(1L << PG_mlocked) |
(1L << PG_uptodate) |
(1L << PG_active) |
@@ -1908,7 +1909,11 @@ static void __split_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list,
ClearPageCompound(head);
/* See comment in __split_huge_page_tail() */
if (PageAnon(head)) {
- page_ref_inc(head);
+ /* Additional pin to radix tree of swap cache */
+ if (PageSwapCache(head))
+ page_ref_add(head, 2);
+ else
+ page_ref_inc(head);
} else {
/* Additional pin to radix tree */
page_ref_add(head, 2);
@@ -2020,10 +2025,12 @@ int page_trans_huge_mapcount(struct page *page, int *total_mapcount)
/* Racy check whether the huge page can be split */
bool can_split_huge_page(struct page *page, int *pextra_pins)
{
- int extra_pins = 0;
+ int extra_pins;

/* Additional pins from radix tree */
- if (!PageAnon(page))
+ if (PageAnon(page))
+ extra_pins = PageSwapCache(page) ? HPAGE_PMD_NR : 0;
+ else
extra_pins = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
if (pextra_pins)
*pextra_pins = extra_pins;
@@ -2078,7 +2085,6 @@ int split_huge_page_to_list(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
ret = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
- extra_pins = 0;
mapping = NULL;
anon_vma_lock_write(anon_vma);
} else {
--
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