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[v6,14/16] mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap

Message ID 20201124095259.58755-15-songmuchun@bytedance.com (mailing list archive)
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Series Free some vmemmap pages of hugetlb page | expand

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Muchun Song Nov. 24, 2020, 9:52 a.m. UTC
Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap to disable the feature of
freeing unused vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page on boot.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  9 +++++++++
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst    |  3 +++
 mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                            | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Song Bao Hua (Barry Song) Nov. 24, 2020, 10:53 a.m. UTC | #1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Muchun Song [mailto:songmuchun@bytedance.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 10:53 PM
> To: corbet@lwn.net; mike.kravetz@oracle.com; tglx@linutronix.de;
> mingo@redhat.com; bp@alien8.de; x86@kernel.org; hpa@zytor.com;
> dave.hansen@linux.intel.com; luto@kernel.org; peterz@infradead.org;
> viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk; akpm@linux-foundation.org; paulmck@kernel.org;
> mchehab+huawei@kernel.org; pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com;
> rdunlap@infradead.org; oneukum@suse.com; anshuman.khandual@arm.com;
> jroedel@suse.de; almasrymina@google.com; rientjes@google.com;
> willy@infradead.org; osalvador@suse.de; mhocko@suse.com; Song Bao Hua
> (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
> Cc: duanxiongchun@bytedance.com; linux-doc@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-mm@kvack.org;
> linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v6 14/16] mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter
> hugetlb_free_vmemmap
> 
> Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap to disable the feature of
> freeing unused vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page on boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  9 +++++++++
>  Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst    |  3 +++
>  mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                            | 19
> ++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 5debfe238027..d28c3acde965 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1551,6 +1551,15 @@
>  			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
>  			Format: size[KMG]
> 
> +	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
> +			[KNL] When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set,
> +			this controls freeing unused vmemmap pages associated
> +			with each HugeTLB page.
> +			Format: { on | off (default) }
> +
> +			on:  enable the feature
> +			off: disable the feature
> +

We've a parameter here. but wouldn't it be applied to "x86/mm/64/:disable
Pmd page mapping of vmemmap" as well?
If (hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled)
	Do Basepage mapping?

>  	hung_task_panic=
>  			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
>  			Format: 0 | 1
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> index f7b1c7462991..6a8b57f6d3b7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> @@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ default_hugepagesz
> 
>  	will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated.  Valid default
>  	huge page size is architecture dependent.
> +hugetlb_free_vmemmap
> +	When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables
> freeing
> +	unused vmemmap pages associated each HugeTLB page.
> 
>  When multiple huge page sizes are supported, ``/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages``
>  indicates the current number of pre-allocated huge pages of the default size.
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index 509ca451e232..b2222f8d1245 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -131,6 +131,22 @@ typedef void (*vmemmap_pte_remap_func_t)(struct
> page *reuse, pte_t *ptep,
>  					 unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  					 void *priv);
> 
> +static bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled __initdata;
> +
> +static int __init early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param(char *buf)
> +{
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
> +		hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled = true;
> +	else if (strcmp(buf, "off"))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("hugetlb_free_vmemmap",
> early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param);
> +
>  static inline unsigned int vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
>  {
>  	return free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(h) + RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
> @@ -322,7 +338,8 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
>  	unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
>  	unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
> 
> -	if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page))) {
> +	if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ||
> +	    !hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled) {
>  		pr_info("disable freeing vmemmap pages for %s\n", h->name);
>  		return;
>  	}
> --
> 2.11.0

Thanks
Barry
Muchun Song Nov. 24, 2020, 11:07 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:54 PM Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
<song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Muchun Song [mailto:songmuchun@bytedance.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 10:53 PM
> > To: corbet@lwn.net; mike.kravetz@oracle.com; tglx@linutronix.de;
> > mingo@redhat.com; bp@alien8.de; x86@kernel.org; hpa@zytor.com;
> > dave.hansen@linux.intel.com; luto@kernel.org; peterz@infradead.org;
> > viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk; akpm@linux-foundation.org; paulmck@kernel.org;
> > mchehab+huawei@kernel.org; pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com;
> > rdunlap@infradead.org; oneukum@suse.com; anshuman.khandual@arm.com;
> > jroedel@suse.de; almasrymina@google.com; rientjes@google.com;
> > willy@infradead.org; osalvador@suse.de; mhocko@suse.com; Song Bao Hua
> > (Barry Song) <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>
> > Cc: duanxiongchun@bytedance.com; linux-doc@vger.kernel.org;
> > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-mm@kvack.org;
> > linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH v6 14/16] mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter
> > hugetlb_free_vmemmap
> >
> > Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap to disable the feature of
> > freeing unused vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page on boot.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  9 +++++++++
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst    |  3 +++
> >  mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                            | 19
> > ++++++++++++++++++-
> >  3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 5debfe238027..d28c3acde965 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -1551,6 +1551,15 @@
> >                       Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
> >                       Format: size[KMG]
> >
> > +     hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
> > +                     [KNL] When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set,
> > +                     this controls freeing unused vmemmap pages associated
> > +                     with each HugeTLB page.
> > +                     Format: { on | off (default) }
> > +
> > +                     on:  enable the feature
> > +                     off: disable the feature
> > +
>
> We've a parameter here. but wouldn't it be applied to "x86/mm/64/:disable
> Pmd page mapping of vmemmap" as well?
> If (hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled)
>         Do Basepage mapping?

Oh, yeah, we can. Thanks.

>
> >       hung_task_panic=
> >                       [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
> >                       Format: 0 | 1
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> > b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> > index f7b1c7462991..6a8b57f6d3b7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
> > @@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ default_hugepagesz
> >
> >       will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated.  Valid default
> >       huge page size is architecture dependent.
> > +hugetlb_free_vmemmap
> > +     When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables
> > freeing
> > +     unused vmemmap pages associated each HugeTLB page.
> >
> >  When multiple huge page sizes are supported, ``/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages``
> >  indicates the current number of pre-allocated huge pages of the default size.
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > index 509ca451e232..b2222f8d1245 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> > @@ -131,6 +131,22 @@ typedef void (*vmemmap_pte_remap_func_t)(struct
> > page *reuse, pte_t *ptep,
> >                                        unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> >                                        void *priv);
> >
> > +static bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled __initdata;
> > +
> > +static int __init early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param(char *buf)
> > +{
> > +     if (!buf)
> > +             return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +     if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
> > +             hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled = true;
> > +     else if (strcmp(buf, "off"))
> > +             return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +early_param("hugetlb_free_vmemmap",
> > early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param);
> > +
> >  static inline unsigned int vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
> >  {
> >       return free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(h) + RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
> > @@ -322,7 +338,8 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
> >       unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
> >       unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
> >
> > -     if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page))) {
> > +     if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ||
> > +         !hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled) {
> >               pr_info("disable freeing vmemmap pages for %s\n", h->name);
> >               return;
> >       }
> > --
> > 2.11.0
>
> Thanks
> Barry
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5debfe238027..d28c3acde965 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1551,6 +1551,15 @@ 
 			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst.
 			Format: size[KMG]
 
+	hugetlb_free_vmemmap=
+			[KNL] When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set,
+			this controls freeing unused vmemmap pages associated
+			with each HugeTLB page.
+			Format: { on | off (default) }
+
+			on:  enable the feature
+			off: disable the feature
+
 	hung_task_panic=
 			[KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
 			Format: 0 | 1
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
index f7b1c7462991..6a8b57f6d3b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@  default_hugepagesz
 
 	will all result in 256 2M huge pages being allocated.  Valid default
 	huge page size is architecture dependent.
+hugetlb_free_vmemmap
+	When CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is set, this enables freeing
+	unused vmemmap pages associated each HugeTLB page.
 
 When multiple huge page sizes are supported, ``/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages``
 indicates the current number of pre-allocated huge pages of the default size.
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 509ca451e232..b2222f8d1245 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -131,6 +131,22 @@  typedef void (*vmemmap_pte_remap_func_t)(struct page *reuse, pte_t *ptep,
 					 unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 					 void *priv);
 
+static bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled __initdata;
+
+static int __init early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param(char *buf)
+{
+	if (!buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
+		hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled = true;
+	else if (strcmp(buf, "off"))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("hugetlb_free_vmemmap", early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param);
+
 static inline unsigned int vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
 {
 	return free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(h) + RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
@@ -322,7 +338,8 @@  void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
 	unsigned int order = huge_page_order(h);
 	unsigned int vmemmap_pages;
 
-	if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page))) {
+	if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)) ||
+	    !hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled) {
 		pr_info("disable freeing vmemmap pages for %s\n", h->name);
 		return;
 	}