[v5,0/7] hugetlb: parallelize hugetlb page init on boot

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Gang Li Jan. 26, 2024, 3:24 p.m. UTC

Hi all, hugetlb init parallelization has now been updated to v5.

This version is tested on next-20240125.

Update Summary:
- Use prep_and_add_allocated_folios in 2M hugetlb parallelization
- Update huge_boot_pages in arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
- Revise struct padata_mt_job comment
- Add 'max_threads' section in cover letter
- Collect more Reviewed-by

# Introduction
Hugetlb initialization during boot takes up a considerable amount of time.
For instance, on a 2TB system, initializing 1,800 1GB huge pages takes 1-2
seconds out of 10 seconds. Initializing 11,776 1GB pages on a 12TB Intel
host takes more than 1 minute[1]. This is a noteworthy figure.

Inspired by [2] and [3], hugetlb initialization can also be accelerated
through parallelization. Kernel already has infrastructure like
padata_do_multithreaded, this patch uses it to achieve effective results
by minimal modifications.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/

# max_threads
This patch use `padata_do_multithreaded` like this:

```
job.max_threads	= num_node_state(N_MEMORY) * multiplier;
padata_do_multithreaded(&job);
```

To fully utilize the CPU, the number of parallel threads needs to be
carefully considered. `max_threads = num_node_state(N_MEMORY)` does
not fully utilize the CPU, so we need to multiply it by a multiplier.

Tests below indicate that a multiplier of 2 significantly improves
performance, and although larger values also provide improvements,
the gains are marginal.

  multiplier     1       2       3       4       5
 ------------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
  256G 2node   358ms   215ms   157ms   134ms   126ms
  2T   4node   979ms   679ms   543ms   489ms   481ms
  50G  2node   71ms    44ms    37ms    30ms    31ms

Therefore, choosing 2 as the multiplier strikes a good balance between
enhancing parallel processing capabilities and maintaining efficient
resource management.

# Test result
      test case       no patch(ms)   patched(ms)   saved
 ------------------- -------------- ------------- --------
  256c2T(4 node) 1G           4745          2024   57.34%
  128c1T(2 node) 1G           3358          1712   49.02%
     12T         1G          77000         18300   76.23%

  256c2T(4 node) 2M           3336          1051   68.52%
  128c1T(2 node) 2M           1943           716   63.15%

# Change log
Changes in v5:
- Use prep_and_add_allocated_folios in 2M hugetlb parallelization
- Update huge_boot_pages in arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
- Revise struct padata_mt_job comment
- Add 'max_threads' section in cover letter
- Collect more Reviewed-by

Changes in v4:
- https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
- Make padata_do_multithreaded dispatch all jobs with a global iterator
- Revise commit message
- Rename some functions
- Collect Tested-by and Reviewed-by

Changes in v3:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
- Select CONFIG_PADATA as we use padata_do_multithreaded
- Fix a race condition in h->next_nid_to_alloc
- Fix local variable initialization issues
- Remove RFC tag

Changes in v2:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
- Reduce complexity with `padata_do_multithreaded`
- Support 1G hugetlb

v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/
- parallelize 2M hugetlb initialization with workqueue

Gang Li (7):
  hugetlb: code clean for hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages
  hugetlb: split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages
  padata: dispatch works on different nodes
  hugetlb: pass *next_nid_to_alloc directly to
    for_each_node_mask_to_alloc
  hugetlb: have CONFIG_HUGETLBFS select CONFIG_PADATA
  hugetlb: parallelize 2M hugetlb allocation and initialization
  hugetlb: parallelize 1G hugetlb initialization

 arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c |   2 +-
 fs/Kconfig                    |   1 +
 include/linux/hugetlb.h       |   2 +-
 include/linux/padata.h        |   2 +
 kernel/padata.c               |  14 +-
 mm/hugetlb.c                  | 234 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 mm/mm_init.c                  |   1 +
 7 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)