From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252621A269 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:48:08 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1721375291; cv=none; b=GV2EoL6nYmB+GrLnhR5kJmaH4hT+CzfmEvCIjadryGzgMIbTbgmL5/OAYhS2HO0FHneprBCd8HZ2pWFc5ubqDahFQZr0QWJ/tutyg1iPXydYBWFUCL3SW5cu/0JDlt81tAHCf8nqxnTJobxonH7GhM00OyRtHvu15SD9+drDmMk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1721375291; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MT+vPkCqOd90vvcBn/pt2lXr7wg5QNgLki4nAIjjJ7I=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=ati+BpFhvGv6DrDijqu8GI5FH4PS71ZQP/pKMu+F9+xQkWJJFY1qhVG2a+GE4OICGOOqVt1ez1dbtR/Ci49zKCxbJdgh+FT4hMvAb5vHMTclWXxFg5Qxm9nPbrpotdnnWslcIhKrtbD2uP8lRkotIANcIij9zbnBleMHSVhS0l8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF8E21042; Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.57.76.151] (unknown [10.57.76.151]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 098B23F766; Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:47:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:47:58 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 3/4] mm: Override mTHP "enabled" defaults at kernel cmdline To: Barry Song Cc: Andrew Morton , Hugh Dickins , Jonathan Corbet , "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" , David Hildenbrand , Lance Yang , Baolin Wang , Gavin Shan , Pankaj Raghav , Daniel Gomez , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org References: <20240717071257.4141363-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com> <20240717071257.4141363-4-ryan.roberts@arm.com> Content-Language: en-GB From: Ryan Roberts In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 19/07/2024 01:46, Barry Song wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 7:13 PM Ryan Roberts wrote: >> >> Add thp_anon= cmdline parameter to allow specifying the default >> enablement of each supported anon THP size. The parameter accepts the >> following format and can be provided multiple times to configure each >> size: >> >> thp_anon=[KMG]: >> >> See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more details. >> >> Configuring the defaults at boot time is useful to allow early user >> space to take advantage of mTHP before its been configured through >> sysfs. > > This is exactly what I need and want to implement, as the current behavior > is problematic. We need to boot up the system and reach the point where > we can set up the sys interfaces to enable mTHP. Many processes miss the > opportunity to use mTHP. > > On the other hand, userspace might have been tuned to detect that mTHP > is enabled, such as a .so library. However, it turns out we have had > inconsistent settings between the two stages - before and after setting > mTHP enabled by sys interfaces. Good feedback - sounds like I should separate out this patch from the rest of the series to get it reviewed and merged faster? > >> >> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts >> --- >> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 +++ >> Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 26 +++++++-- >> mm/huge_memory.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++- >> 3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> index bc55fb55cd26..48443ad12e3f 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt >> @@ -6592,6 +6592,14 @@ >> : poll all this frequency >> 0: no polling (default) >> >> + thp_anon= [KNL] >> + Format: [KMG]:always|madvise|never|inherit >> + Can be used to control the default behavior of the >> + system with respect to anonymous transparent hugepages. >> + Can be used multiple times for multiple anon THP sizes. >> + See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst for more >> + details. >> + >> threadirqs [KNL,EARLY] >> Force threading of all interrupt handlers except those >> marked explicitly IRQF_NO_THREAD. >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst >> index 1aaf8e3a0b5a..f53d43d986e2 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst >> @@ -311,13 +311,27 @@ performance. >> Note that any changes to the allowed set of sizes only applies to future >> file-backed THP allocations. >> >> -Boot parameter >> -============== >> +Boot parameters >> +=============== >> >> -You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage >> -Support by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or >> -``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never`` >> -to the kernel command line. >> +You can change the sysfs boot time default for the top-level "enabled" >> +control by passing the parameter ``transparent_hugepage=always`` or >> +``transparent_hugepage=madvise`` or ``transparent_hugepage=never`` to the >> +kernel command line. >> + >> +Alternatively, each supported anonymous THP size can be controlled by >> +passing ``thp_anon=[KMG]:``, where ```` is the THP size >> +and ```` is one of ``always``, ``madvise``, ``never`` or >> +``inherit``. >> + >> +For example, the following will set 64K THP to ``always``:: >> + >> + thp_anon=64K:always >> + >> +``thp_anon=`` may be specified multiple times to configure all THP sizes as >> +required. If ``thp_anon=`` is specified at least once, any anon THP sizes >> +not explicitly configured on the command line are implicitly set to >> +``never``. >> >> Hugepages in tmpfs/shmem >> ======================== >> diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c >> index 4249c0bc9388..794d2790d90d 100644 >> --- a/mm/huge_memory.c >> +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c >> @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ unsigned long huge_anon_orders_madvise __read_mostly; >> unsigned long huge_anon_orders_inherit __read_mostly; >> unsigned long huge_file_orders_always __read_mostly; >> int huge_file_exec_order __read_mostly = -1; >> +static bool anon_orders_configured; >> >> unsigned long __thp_vma_allowable_orders(struct vm_area_struct *vma, >> unsigned long vm_flags, >> @@ -763,7 +764,10 @@ static int __init hugepage_init_sysfs(struct kobject **hugepage_kobj) >> * disable all other sizes. powerpc's PMD_ORDER isn't a compile-time >> * constant so we have to do this here. >> */ >> - huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER); >> + if (!anon_orders_configured) { >> + huge_anon_orders_inherit = BIT(PMD_ORDER); >> + anon_orders_configured = true; >> + } >> >> /* >> * For pagecache, default to enabling all orders. powerpc's PMD_ORDER >> @@ -955,6 +959,55 @@ static int __init setup_transparent_hugepage(char *str) >> } >> __setup("transparent_hugepage=", setup_transparent_hugepage); >> >> +static int __init setup_thp_anon(char *str) >> +{ >> + unsigned long size; >> + char *state; >> + int order; >> + int ret = 0; >> + >> + if (!str) >> + goto out; >> + >> + size = (unsigned long)memparse(str, &state); >> + order = ilog2(size >> PAGE_SHIFT); >> + if (*state != ':' || !is_power_of_2(size) || size <= PAGE_SIZE || >> + !(BIT(order) & THP_ORDERS_ALL_ANON)) >> + goto out; >> + >> + state++; >> + >> + if (!strcmp(state, "always")) { >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit); >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise); >> + set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always); >> + ret = 1; >> + } else if (!strcmp(state, "inherit")) { >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always); >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise); >> + set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit); >> + ret = 1; >> + } else if (!strcmp(state, "madvise")) { >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always); >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit); >> + set_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise); >> + ret = 1; >> + } else if (!strcmp(state, "never")) { >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_always); >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_inherit); >> + clear_bit(order, &huge_anon_orders_madvise); >> + ret = 1; >> + } >> + >> + if (ret) >> + anon_orders_configured = true; >> +out: >> + if (!ret) >> + pr_warn("thp_anon=%s: cannot parse, ignored\n", str); >> + return ret; >> +} >> +__setup("thp_anon=", setup_thp_anon); >> + >> pmd_t maybe_pmd_mkwrite(pmd_t pmd, struct vm_area_struct *vma) >> { >> if (likely(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) >> -- >> 2.43.0 >> > > Thanks > Barry