| Message ID | 20190104125011.16071-21-mgorman@techsingularity.net (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Increase success rates and reduce latency of compaction v2 | expand |
On 1/4/19 1:50 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > The fast isolation of pages can move the scanner faster than is necessary > depending on the contents of the free list. This patch will only allow > the fast isolation to initialise the scanner and advance it slowly. The > primary means of moving the scanner forward is via the linear scanner > to reduce the likelihood the migration source/target scanners meet > prematurely triggering a rescan. Maybe I've seen enough code today and need to stop, but AFAICS the description here doesn't match the actual code changes? What I see are some cleanups, and a change in free scanner that will set pageblock skip bit after a pageblock has been scanned, even if there were pages isolated, while previously it would set the skip bit only if nothing was isolated. > 4.20.0 4.20.0 > noresched-v2r15 slowfree-v2r15 > Amean fault-both-1 0.00 ( 0.00%) 0.00 * 0.00%* > Amean fault-both-3 2736.50 ( 0.00%) 2512.53 ( 8.18%) > Amean fault-both-5 4133.70 ( 0.00%) 4159.43 ( -0.62%) > Amean fault-both-7 5738.61 ( 0.00%) 5950.15 ( -3.69%) > Amean fault-both-12 9392.82 ( 0.00%) 8674.38 ( 7.65%) > Amean fault-both-18 13257.15 ( 0.00%) 12850.79 ( 3.07%) > Amean fault-both-24 16859.44 ( 0.00%) 17242.86 ( -2.27%) > Amean fault-both-30 16249.30 ( 0.00%) 19404.18 * -19.42%* > Amean fault-both-32 14904.71 ( 0.00%) 16200.79 ( -8.70%) > > The impact to latency, success rates and scan rates is marginal but > avoiding unnecessary restarts is important. It helps later patches that > are more careful about how pageblocks are treated as earlier iterations > of those patches hit corner cases where the restarts were punishing and > very visible. > > Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> > --- > mm/compaction.c | 27 ++++++++++----------------- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c > index 75eb0d40d4d7..6c5552c6d8f9 100644 > --- a/mm/compaction.c > +++ b/mm/compaction.c > @@ -324,10 +324,9 @@ static void update_cached_migrate(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn) > * future. The information is later cleared by __reset_isolation_suitable(). > */ > static void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, > - struct page *page, unsigned long nr_isolated) > + struct page *page, unsigned long pfn) > { > struct zone *zone = cc->zone; > - unsigned long pfn; > > if (cc->no_set_skip_hint) > return; > @@ -335,13 +334,8 @@ static void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, > if (!page) > return; > > - if (nr_isolated) > - return; > - > set_pageblock_skip(page); > > - pfn = page_to_pfn(page); > - > /* Update where async and sync compaction should restart */ > if (pfn < zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) > zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = pfn; > @@ -359,7 +353,7 @@ static inline bool pageblock_skip_persistent(struct page *page) > } > > static inline void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, > - struct page *page, unsigned long nr_isolated) > + struct page *page, unsigned long pfn) > { > } > > @@ -450,7 +444,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, > bool strict) > { > int nr_scanned = 0, total_isolated = 0; > - struct page *cursor, *valid_page = NULL; > + struct page *cursor; > unsigned long flags = 0; > bool locked = false; > unsigned long blockpfn = *start_pfn; > @@ -477,9 +471,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, > if (!pfn_valid_within(blockpfn)) > goto isolate_fail; > > - if (!valid_page) > - valid_page = page; > - > /* > * For compound pages such as THP and hugetlbfs, we can save > * potentially a lot of iterations if we skip them at once. > @@ -576,10 +567,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, > if (strict && blockpfn < end_pfn) > total_isolated = 0; > > - /* Update the pageblock-skip if the whole pageblock was scanned */ > - if (blockpfn == end_pfn) > - update_pageblock_skip(cc, valid_page, total_isolated); > - > cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned; > if (total_isolated) > count_compact_events(COMPACTISOLATED, total_isolated); > @@ -1295,8 +1282,10 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) > } > } > > - if (highest && highest > cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) > + if (highest && highest >= cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) { > + highest -= pageblock_nr_pages; > cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = highest; > + } > > cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned; > if (!page) > @@ -1376,6 +1365,10 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) > isolate_freepages_block(cc, &isolate_start_pfn, block_end_pfn, > freelist, false); > > + /* Update the skip hint if the full pageblock was scanned */ > + if (isolate_start_pfn == block_end_pfn) > + update_pageblock_skip(cc, page, block_start_pfn); > + > /* Are enough freepages isolated? */ > if (cc->nr_freepages >= cc->nr_migratepages) { > if (isolate_start_pfn >= block_end_pfn) { >
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 06:58:30PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 1/4/19 1:50 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > > The fast isolation of pages can move the scanner faster than is necessary > > depending on the contents of the free list. This patch will only allow > > the fast isolation to initialise the scanner and advance it slowly. The > > primary means of moving the scanner forward is via the linear scanner > > to reduce the likelihood the migration source/target scanners meet > > prematurely triggering a rescan. > > Maybe I've seen enough code today and need to stop, but AFAICS the description > here doesn't match the actual code changes? What I see are some cleanups, and a > change in free scanner that will set pageblock skip bit after a pageblock has > been scanned, even if there were pages isolated, while previously it would set > the skip bit only if nothing was isolated. > The first three hunks could have been split out but it wouldn't help overall. Maybe a changelog rewrite will help; mm, compaction: Reduce premature advancement of the migration target scanner The fast isolation of free pages allows the cached PFN of the free scanner to advance faster than necessary depending on the contents of the free list. The key is that fast_isolate_freepages() can update zone->compact_cached_free_pfn via isolate_freepages_block(). When the fast search fails, the linear scan can start from a point that has skipped valid migration targets, particularly pageblocks with just low-order free pages. This can cause the migration source/target scanners to meet prematurely causing a reset. This patch starts by avoiding an update of the pageblock skip information and cached PFN from isolate_freepages_block() and puts the responsibility of updating that information in the callers. The fast scanner will update the cached PFN if and only if it finds a block that is higher than the existing cached PFN and sets the skip if the pageblock is full or nearly full. The linear scanner will update skipped information and the cached PFN only when a block is completely scanned. The total impact is that the free scanner advances more slowly as it is primarily driven by the linear scanner instead of the fast search. Does that help?
On 1/17/19 8:39 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 06:58:30PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: >> On 1/4/19 1:50 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: >> > The fast isolation of pages can move the scanner faster than is necessary >> > depending on the contents of the free list. This patch will only allow >> > the fast isolation to initialise the scanner and advance it slowly. The >> > primary means of moving the scanner forward is via the linear scanner >> > to reduce the likelihood the migration source/target scanners meet >> > prematurely triggering a rescan. >> >> Maybe I've seen enough code today and need to stop, but AFAICS the description >> here doesn't match the actual code changes? What I see are some cleanups, and a >> change in free scanner that will set pageblock skip bit after a pageblock has >> been scanned, even if there were pages isolated, while previously it would set >> the skip bit only if nothing was isolated. >> > > The first three hunks could have been split out but it wouldn't help > overall. Maybe a changelog rewrite will help; > > mm, compaction: Reduce premature advancement of the migration target scanner > > The fast isolation of free pages allows the cached PFN of the free > scanner to advance faster than necessary depending on the contents > of the free list. The key is that fast_isolate_freepages() can update > zone->compact_cached_free_pfn via isolate_freepages_block(). When the > fast search fails, the linear scan can start from a point that has skipped > valid migration targets, particularly pageblocks with just low-order > free pages. This can cause the migration source/target scanners to meet > prematurely causing a reset. > > This patch starts by avoiding an update of the pageblock skip information > and cached PFN from isolate_freepages_block() and puts the responsibility > of updating that information in the callers. The fast scanner will update > the cached PFN if and only if it finds a block that is higher than the > existing cached PFN and sets the skip if the pageblock is full or nearly > full. The linear scanner will update skipped information and the cached > PFN only when a block is completely scanned. The total impact is that > the free scanner advances more slowly as it is primarily driven by the > linear scanner instead of the fast search. > > Does that help? Yeah, now I get it, thanks! Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index 75eb0d40d4d7..6c5552c6d8f9 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -324,10 +324,9 @@ static void update_cached_migrate(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn) * future. The information is later cleared by __reset_isolation_suitable(). */ static void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, - struct page *page, unsigned long nr_isolated) + struct page *page, unsigned long pfn) { struct zone *zone = cc->zone; - unsigned long pfn; if (cc->no_set_skip_hint) return; @@ -335,13 +334,8 @@ static void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, if (!page) return; - if (nr_isolated) - return; - set_pageblock_skip(page); - pfn = page_to_pfn(page); - /* Update where async and sync compaction should restart */ if (pfn < zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = pfn; @@ -359,7 +353,7 @@ static inline bool pageblock_skip_persistent(struct page *page) } static inline void update_pageblock_skip(struct compact_control *cc, - struct page *page, unsigned long nr_isolated) + struct page *page, unsigned long pfn) { } @@ -450,7 +444,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, bool strict) { int nr_scanned = 0, total_isolated = 0; - struct page *cursor, *valid_page = NULL; + struct page *cursor; unsigned long flags = 0; bool locked = false; unsigned long blockpfn = *start_pfn; @@ -477,9 +471,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, if (!pfn_valid_within(blockpfn)) goto isolate_fail; - if (!valid_page) - valid_page = page; - /* * For compound pages such as THP and hugetlbfs, we can save * potentially a lot of iterations if we skip them at once. @@ -576,10 +567,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, if (strict && blockpfn < end_pfn) total_isolated = 0; - /* Update the pageblock-skip if the whole pageblock was scanned */ - if (blockpfn == end_pfn) - update_pageblock_skip(cc, valid_page, total_isolated); - cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned; if (total_isolated) count_compact_events(COMPACTISOLATED, total_isolated); @@ -1295,8 +1282,10 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) } } - if (highest && highest > cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) + if (highest && highest >= cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn) { + highest -= pageblock_nr_pages; cc->zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = highest; + } cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned; if (!page) @@ -1376,6 +1365,10 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) isolate_freepages_block(cc, &isolate_start_pfn, block_end_pfn, freelist, false); + /* Update the skip hint if the full pageblock was scanned */ + if (isolate_start_pfn == block_end_pfn) + update_pageblock_skip(cc, page, block_start_pfn); + /* Are enough freepages isolated? */ if (cc->nr_freepages >= cc->nr_migratepages) { if (isolate_start_pfn >= block_end_pfn) {
The fast isolation of pages can move the scanner faster than is necessary depending on the contents of the free list. This patch will only allow the fast isolation to initialise the scanner and advance it slowly. The primary means of moving the scanner forward is via the linear scanner to reduce the likelihood the migration source/target scanners meet prematurely triggering a rescan. 4.20.0 4.20.0 noresched-v2r15 slowfree-v2r15 Amean fault-both-1 0.00 ( 0.00%) 0.00 * 0.00%* Amean fault-both-3 2736.50 ( 0.00%) 2512.53 ( 8.18%) Amean fault-both-5 4133.70 ( 0.00%) 4159.43 ( -0.62%) Amean fault-both-7 5738.61 ( 0.00%) 5950.15 ( -3.69%) Amean fault-both-12 9392.82 ( 0.00%) 8674.38 ( 7.65%) Amean fault-both-18 13257.15 ( 0.00%) 12850.79 ( 3.07%) Amean fault-both-24 16859.44 ( 0.00%) 17242.86 ( -2.27%) Amean fault-both-30 16249.30 ( 0.00%) 19404.18 * -19.42%* Amean fault-both-32 14904.71 ( 0.00%) 16200.79 ( -8.70%) The impact to latency, success rates and scan rates is marginal but avoiding unnecessary restarts is important. It helps later patches that are more careful about how pageblocks are treated as earlier iterations of those patches hit corner cases where the restarts were punishing and very visible. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> --- mm/compaction.c | 27 ++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)