Thread (23 messages) 23 messages, 4 authors, 2022-09-28

Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v15 08/14] mm: multi-gen LRU: support page table walks

From: Yu Zhao <hidden>
Date: 2022-09-18 08:18:02
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 2:01 AM Yu Zhao [off-list ref] wrote:

...
This patch uses the following optimizations when walking page tables:
1. It tracks the usage of mm_struct's between context switches so that
   page table walkers can skip processes that have been sleeping since
   the last iteration.
...
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@@ -672,6 +672,22 @@ struct mm_struct {
                 */
                unsigned long ksm_merging_pages;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LRU_GEN
+               struct {
+                       /* this mm_struct is on lru_gen_mm_list */
+                       struct list_head list;
+                       /*
+                        * Set when switching to this mm_struct, as a hint of
+                        * whether it has been used since the last time per-node
+                        * page table walkers cleared the corresponding bits.
+                        */
+                       unsigned long bitmap;
...
+static inline void lru_gen_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+       /*
+        * When the bitmap is set, page reclaim knows this mm_struct has been
+        * used since the last time it cleared the bitmap. So it might be worth
+        * walking the page tables of this mm_struct to clear the accessed bit.
+        */
+       WRITE_ONCE(mm->lru_gen.bitmap, -1);
+}
...
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@@ -5180,6 +5180,7 @@ context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev,
                 * finish_task_switch()'s mmdrop().
                 */
                switch_mm_irqs_off(prev->active_mm, next->mm, next);
+               lru_gen_use_mm(next->mm);

                if (!prev->mm) {                        // from kernel
                        /* will mmdrop() in finish_task_switch(). */
Adding Ingo, Peter, Juri and Vincent for the bit above, per previous
discussion here:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOUHufY91Eju-g1+xbUsGkGZ-cwBm78v+S_Air7Cp8mAnYJVYA@mail.gmail.com/ (local)

I trimmed 99% of this patch to save your time. In case you want to
hear the whole story:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220918080010.2920238-9-yuzhao@google.com/ (local)

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