[v2,0/6] page allocation tag compression

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Suren Baghdasaryan Sept. 2, 2024, 4:41 a.m. UTC

This patchset implements several improvements:
1. Gracefully handles module unloading while there are used allocations
allocated from that module;
2. Provides an option to reduce memory overhead from storing page
allocation references by indexing allocation tags;
3. Provides an option to store page allocation tag references in the
page flags, removing dependency on page extensions and eliminating the
memory overhead from storing page allocation references (~0.2% of total
system memory).
4. Improves page allocation performance when CONFIG_MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING
is enabled by eliminating page extension lookup. Page allocation
performance overhead is reduced from 14% to 5.5%.

Patch #1 introduces mas_for_each_rev() helper function.

Patch #2 copies module tags into virtually contiguous memory which
serves two purposes:
- Lets us deal with the situation when module is unloaded while there
are still live allocations from that module. Since we are using a copy
version of the tags we can safely unload the module. Space and gaps in
this contiguous memory are managed using a maple tree.
- Enables simple indexing of the tags in the later patches.

Preallocated virtually contiguous memory size can be configured using
max_module_alloc_tags kernel parameter.

Patch #3 is a code cleanup to simplify later changes.

Patch #4 abstracts page allocation tag reference to simplify later
changes.

Patch #5 lets us control page allocation tag reference sizes and
introduces tag indexing.

Patch #6 adds a config to store page allocation tag references inside
page flags if they fit.

Patchset applies to mm-unstable.

Changes since v1 [1]:
- introduced mas_for_each_rev() and use it, per Liam Howlett
- use advanced maple_tree API to minimize lookups, per Liam Howlett
- fixed CONFIG_MODULES=n configuration build, per kernel test robot

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

Suren Baghdasaryan (6):
  maple_tree: add mas_for_each_rev() helper
  alloc_tag: load module tags into separate continuous memory
  alloc_tag: eliminate alloc_tag_ref_set
  alloc_tag: introduce pgalloc_tag_ref to abstract page tag references
  alloc_tag: make page allocation tag reference size configurable
  alloc_tag: config to store page allocation tag refs in page flags

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |   4 +
 include/asm-generic/codetag.lds.h             |  19 ++
 include/linux/alloc_tag.h                     |  46 ++-
 include/linux/codetag.h                       |  40 ++-
 include/linux/maple_tree.h                    |  14 +
 include/linux/mmzone.h                        |   3 +
 include/linux/page-flags-layout.h             |  10 +-
 include/linux/pgalloc_tag.h                   | 287 +++++++++++++---
 kernel/module/main.c                          |  67 ++--
 lib/Kconfig.debug                             |  36 +-
 lib/alloc_tag.c                               | 321 ++++++++++++++++--
 lib/codetag.c                                 | 104 +++++-
 mm/mm_init.c                                  |   1 +
 mm/page_ext.c                                 |   2 +-
 scripts/module.lds.S                          |   5 +-
 15 files changed, 826 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)


base-commit: 18d35b7e30d5a217ff1cc976bb819e1aa2873301