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[v2] mm: page_counter: relayout structure to reduce false sharing

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Series [v2] mm: page_counter: relayout structure to reduce false sharing | expand

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Feng Tang Jan. 19, 2021, 7:20 a.m. UTC
When checking a memory cgroup related performance regression [1],
from the perf c2c profiling data, we found high false sharing for
accessing 'usage' and 'parent'.

On 64 bit system, the 'usage' and 'parent' are close to each other,
and easy to be in one cacheline (for cacheline size == 64+ B). 'usage'
is usally written, while 'parent' is usually read as the cgroup's
hierarchical counting nature.

So move the 'parent' to the end of the structure to make sure they
are in different cache lines.

Following are some performance data with the patch, against
v5.11-rc1. [ In the data, A means a platform with 2 sockets 48C/96T,
B is a platform of 4 sockests 72C/144T, and if a %stddev will be
shown bigger than 2%, P100/P50 means number of test tasks equals
to 100%/50% of nr_cpu]

will-it-scale/malloc1
---------------------
	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch

A-P100	     15782 ±  2%      -0.1%      15765 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
A-P50	     21511            +8.9%      23432        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
B-P100	      9155            +2.2%       9357        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
B-P50	     10967            +7.1%      11751 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops

will-it-scale/pagefault2
------------------------
	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch

A-P100	     79028            +3.0%      81411        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
A-P50	    183960 ±  2%      +4.4%     192078 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
B-P100	     85966            +9.9%      94467 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
B-P50	    198195            +9.8%     217526        will-it-scale.per_process_ops

fio (4k/1M is block size)
-------------------------
	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch

A-P50-r-4k     16881 ±  2%    +1.2%      17081 ±  2%  fio.read_bw_MBps
A-P50-w-4k      3931          +4.5%       4111 ±  2%  fio.write_bw_MBps
A-P50-r-1M     15178          -0.2%      15154        fio.read_bw_MBps
A-P50-w-1M      3924          +0.1%       3929        fio.write_bw_MBps

[1].https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201102091543.GM31092@shao2-debian/
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
---
Changelogs:
  
  v2:
  * Adjust the format of performance data to be more readable,
    as suggested by Michal Hocko

 include/linux/page_counter.h | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Shakeel Butt Jan. 19, 2021, 4:39 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 11:20 PM Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com> wrote:
>
> When checking a memory cgroup related performance regression [1],
> from the perf c2c profiling data, we found high false sharing for
> accessing 'usage' and 'parent'.
>
> On 64 bit system, the 'usage' and 'parent' are close to each other,
> and easy to be in one cacheline (for cacheline size == 64+ B). 'usage'
> is usally written, while 'parent' is usually read as the cgroup's
> hierarchical counting nature.
>
> So move the 'parent' to the end of the structure to make sure they
> are in different cache lines.
>
> Following are some performance data with the patch, against
> v5.11-rc1. [ In the data, A means a platform with 2 sockets 48C/96T,
> B is a platform of 4 sockests 72C/144T, and if a %stddev will be
> shown bigger than 2%, P100/P50 means number of test tasks equals
> to 100%/50% of nr_cpu]
>
> will-it-scale/malloc1
> ---------------------
>            v5.11-rc1                    v5.11-rc1+patch
>
> A-P100       15782 ±  2%      -0.1%      15765 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50        21511            +8.9%      23432        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100        9155            +2.2%       9357        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50        10967            +7.1%      11751 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
>
> will-it-scale/pagefault2
> ------------------------
>            v5.11-rc1                    v5.11-rc1+patch
>
> A-P100       79028            +3.0%      81411        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50       183960 ±  2%      +4.4%     192078 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100       85966            +9.9%      94467 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50       198195            +9.8%     217526        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
>
> fio (4k/1M is block size)
> -------------------------
>            v5.11-rc1                    v5.11-rc1+patch
>
> A-P50-r-4k     16881 ±  2%    +1.2%      17081 ±  2%  fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-4k      3931          +4.5%       4111 ±  2%  fio.write_bw_MBps
> A-P50-r-1M     15178          -0.2%      15154        fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-1M      3924          +0.1%       3929        fio.write_bw_MBps
>
> [1].https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201102091543.GM31092@shao2-debian/
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Johannes Weiner Jan. 19, 2021, 5 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 03:20:14PM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> When checking a memory cgroup related performance regression [1],
> from the perf c2c profiling data, we found high false sharing for
> accessing 'usage' and 'parent'.
> 
> On 64 bit system, the 'usage' and 'parent' are close to each other,
> and easy to be in one cacheline (for cacheline size == 64+ B). 'usage'
> is usally written, while 'parent' is usually read as the cgroup's
> hierarchical counting nature.
> 
> So move the 'parent' to the end of the structure to make sure they
> are in different cache lines.
> 
> Following are some performance data with the patch, against
> v5.11-rc1. [ In the data, A means a platform with 2 sockets 48C/96T,
> B is a platform of 4 sockests 72C/144T, and if a %stddev will be
> shown bigger than 2%, P100/P50 means number of test tasks equals
> to 100%/50% of nr_cpu]
> 
> will-it-scale/malloc1
> ---------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P100	     15782 ±  2%      -0.1%      15765 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50	     21511            +8.9%      23432        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100	      9155            +2.2%       9357        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50	     10967            +7.1%      11751 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> 
> will-it-scale/pagefault2
> ------------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P100	     79028            +3.0%      81411        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50	    183960 ±  2%      +4.4%     192078 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100	     85966            +9.9%      94467 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50	    198195            +9.8%     217526        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> 
> fio (4k/1M is block size)
> -------------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P50-r-4k     16881 ±  2%    +1.2%      17081 ±  2%  fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-4k      3931          +4.5%       4111 ±  2%  fio.write_bw_MBps
> A-P50-r-1M     15178          -0.2%      15154        fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-1M      3924          +0.1%       3929        fio.write_bw_MBps
> 
> [1].https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201102091543.GM31092@shao2-debian/
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>

Thanks!
Michal Hocko Jan. 20, 2021, 7:56 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue 19-01-21 15:20:14, Feng Tang wrote:
> When checking a memory cgroup related performance regression [1],
> from the perf c2c profiling data, we found high false sharing for
> accessing 'usage' and 'parent'.
> 
> On 64 bit system, the 'usage' and 'parent' are close to each other,
> and easy to be in one cacheline (for cacheline size == 64+ B). 'usage'
> is usally written, while 'parent' is usually read as the cgroup's
> hierarchical counting nature.
> 
> So move the 'parent' to the end of the structure to make sure they
> are in different cache lines.
> 
> Following are some performance data with the patch, against
> v5.11-rc1. [ In the data, A means a platform with 2 sockets 48C/96T,
> B is a platform of 4 sockests 72C/144T, and if a %stddev will be
> shown bigger than 2%, P100/P50 means number of test tasks equals
> to 100%/50% of nr_cpu]
> 
> will-it-scale/malloc1
> ---------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P100	     15782 ±  2%      -0.1%      15765 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50	     21511            +8.9%      23432        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100	      9155            +2.2%       9357        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50	     10967            +7.1%      11751 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> 
> will-it-scale/pagefault2
> ------------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P100	     79028            +3.0%      81411        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> A-P50	    183960 ±  2%      +4.4%     192078 ±  2%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P100	     85966            +9.9%      94467 ±  3%  will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> B-P50	    198195            +9.8%     217526        will-it-scale.per_process_ops
> 
> fio (4k/1M is block size)
> -------------------------
> 	   v5.11-rc1			v5.11-rc1+patch
> 
> A-P50-r-4k     16881 ±  2%    +1.2%      17081 ±  2%  fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-4k      3931          +4.5%       4111 ±  2%  fio.write_bw_MBps
> A-P50-r-1M     15178          -0.2%      15154        fio.read_bw_MBps
> A-P50-w-1M      3924          +0.1%       3929        fio.write_bw_MBps

Thanks for making results easier to read and understand.

> [1].https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201102091543.GM31092@shao2-debian/
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Thanks!

> ---
> Changelogs:
>   
>   v2:
>   * Adjust the format of performance data to be more readable,
>     as suggested by Michal Hocko
> 
>  include/linux/page_counter.h | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/page_counter.h b/include/linux/page_counter.h
> index 85bd413..6795913 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page_counter.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page_counter.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct page_counter {
>  	unsigned long low;
>  	unsigned long high;
>  	unsigned long max;
> -	struct page_counter *parent;
>  
>  	/* effective memory.min and memory.min usage tracking */
>  	unsigned long emin;
> @@ -27,6 +26,14 @@ struct page_counter {
>  	/* legacy */
>  	unsigned long watermark;
>  	unsigned long failcnt;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * 'parent' is placed here to be far from 'usage' to reduce
> +	 * cache false sharing, as 'usage' is written mostly while
> +	 * parent is frequently read for cgroup's hierarchical
> +	 * counting nature.
> +	 */
> +	struct page_counter *parent;
>  };
>  
>  #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>
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Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/page_counter.h b/include/linux/page_counter.h
index 85bd413..6795913 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_counter.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@  struct page_counter {
 	unsigned long low;
 	unsigned long high;
 	unsigned long max;
-	struct page_counter *parent;
 
 	/* effective memory.min and memory.min usage tracking */
 	unsigned long emin;
@@ -27,6 +26,14 @@  struct page_counter {
 	/* legacy */
 	unsigned long watermark;
 	unsigned long failcnt;
+
+	/*
+	 * 'parent' is placed here to be far from 'usage' to reduce
+	 * cache false sharing, as 'usage' is written mostly while
+	 * parent is frequently read for cgroup's hierarchical
+	 * counting nature.
+	 */
+	struct page_counter *parent;
 };
 
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32