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[2/2] drm/ttm: Use GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT for allocating huge pages

Message ID 20180426150618.13470-2-michel@daenzer.net (mailing list archive)
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Michel Dänzer April 26, 2018, 3:06 p.m. UTC 
From: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>

GFP_TRANSHUGE tries very hard to allocate huge pages, which can result
in long delays with high memory pressure. I have observed firefox
freezing for up to around a minute due to this while restic was taking
a full system backup.

Since we don't really need huge pages, use GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT |
__GFP_NORETRY instead, in order to fail quickly when there are no huge
pages available.

Set __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM as well, in order for huge pages to be freed
up in the background if necessary.

With these changes, I'm no longer seeing freezes during a restic backup.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c     | 11 ++++++++---
 drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Christian König April 29, 2018, 7:04 a.m. UTC | #1 
Am 26.04.2018 um 17:06 schrieb Michel Dänzer:
> From: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>
>
> GFP_TRANSHUGE tries very hard to allocate huge pages, which can result
> in long delays with high memory pressure. I have observed firefox
> freezing for up to around a minute due to this while restic was taking
> a full system backup.
>
> Since we don't really need huge pages, use GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT |
> __GFP_NORETRY instead, in order to fail quickly when there are no huge
> pages available.

Yeah, that goes into the direction Felix already suggested as well.

> Set __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM as well, in order for huge pages to be freed
> up in the background if necessary.

And that is even better, thanks.

>
> With these changes, I'm no longer seeing freezes during a restic backup.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>

Regards,
Christian.

> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c     | 11 ++++++++---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c |  3 ++-
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
> index 2ce91272b111..6794f15461d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
> @@ -914,7 +914,8 @@ static int ttm_get_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned npages, int flags,
>   			while (npages >= HPAGE_PMD_NR) {
>   				gfp_t huge_flags = gfp_flags;
>   
> -				huge_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE;
> +				huge_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
> +					__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
>   				huge_flags &= ~__GFP_MOVABLE;
>   				huge_flags &= ~__GFP_COMP;
>   				p = alloc_pages(huge_flags, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
> @@ -1033,11 +1034,15 @@ int ttm_page_alloc_init(struct ttm_mem_global *glob, unsigned max_pages)
>   				  GFP_USER | GFP_DMA32, "uc dma", 0);
>   
>   	ttm_page_pool_init_locked(&_manager->wc_pool_huge,
> -				  GFP_TRANSHUGE	& ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP),
> +				  (GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
> +				   __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) &
> +				  ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP),
>   				  "wc huge", order);
>   
>   	ttm_page_pool_init_locked(&_manager->uc_pool_huge,
> -				  GFP_TRANSHUGE	& ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP)
> +				  (GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
> +				   __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) &
> +				  ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP)
>   				  , "uc huge", order);
>   
>   	_manager->options.max_size = max_pages;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
> index 291b04213ec5..5a551158c289 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
> @@ -910,7 +910,8 @@ static gfp_t ttm_dma_pool_gfp_flags(struct ttm_dma_tt *ttm_dma, bool huge)
>   		gfp_flags |= __GFP_ZERO;
>   
>   	if (huge) {
> -		gfp_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE;
> +		gfp_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
> +			__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
>   		gfp_flags &= ~__GFP_MOVABLE;
>   		gfp_flags &= ~__GFP_COMP;
>   	}
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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
index 2ce91272b111..6794f15461d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc.c
@@ -914,7 +914,8 @@  static int ttm_get_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned npages, int flags,
 			while (npages >= HPAGE_PMD_NR) {
 				gfp_t huge_flags = gfp_flags;
 
-				huge_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE;
+				huge_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
+					__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
 				huge_flags &= ~__GFP_MOVABLE;
 				huge_flags &= ~__GFP_COMP;
 				p = alloc_pages(huge_flags, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
@@ -1033,11 +1034,15 @@  int ttm_page_alloc_init(struct ttm_mem_global *glob, unsigned max_pages)
 				  GFP_USER | GFP_DMA32, "uc dma", 0);
 
 	ttm_page_pool_init_locked(&_manager->wc_pool_huge,
-				  GFP_TRANSHUGE	& ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP),
+				  (GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
+				   __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) &
+				  ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP),
 				  "wc huge", order);
 
 	ttm_page_pool_init_locked(&_manager->uc_pool_huge,
-				  GFP_TRANSHUGE	& ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP)
+				  (GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
+				   __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM) &
+				  ~(__GFP_MOVABLE | __GFP_COMP)
 				  , "uc huge", order);
 
 	_manager->options.max_size = max_pages;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
index 291b04213ec5..5a551158c289 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_page_alloc_dma.c
@@ -910,7 +910,8 @@  static gfp_t ttm_dma_pool_gfp_flags(struct ttm_dma_tt *ttm_dma, bool huge)
 		gfp_flags |= __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	if (huge) {
-		gfp_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE;
+		gfp_flags |= GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_NORETRY |
+			__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
 		gfp_flags &= ~__GFP_MOVABLE;
 		gfp_flags &= ~__GFP_COMP;
 	}