Re: [PATCH 07/25] mm/csky: Use mm_fault_accounting()

From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
	linux-csky@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/25] mm/csky: Use mm_fault_accounting()
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:24:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200618212430.GO76766@xz-x1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=whFEZbTJZaNwEkyevUV2aqRwbeVmtp6hhk1sK2mW4vaGA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:15:50AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 7:38 AM Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > GUP needs the per-task accounting, but not the perf events.  We can do that by
> > slightly changing the new approach into:
> >
> >         bool major = (ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) || (flags & FAULT_FLAG_TRIED);
> >
> >         if (major)
> >                 current->maj_flt++;
> >         else
> >                 current->min_flt++;
> >
> >         if (!regs)
> >                 return ret;
> >
> >         if (major)
> >                 perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, regs, address);
> >         else
> >                 perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, regs, address);
> 
> Ack, I think this is the right thing to do.
> 
> No normal situation will ever notice the difference, with remote
> accesses being as rare and specialized as they are. But being able to
> remote the otherwise unused 'tsk' parameter sounds like the right
> thing to do too.
> 
> It might be worth adding a comment about why.
> 
> Also, honestly, how about we remove the 'major' variable entirely, and
> instead make the code be something like
> 
>         unsigned long *flt;
>         int event_type;
>         ...
> 
>         /* Major fault */
>         if ((ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) || (flags & FAULT_FLAG_TRIED)) {
>                 flt = &current->maj_flt;
>                 event_type = PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ;
>         } else {
>                 flt = &current->min_flt;
>                 event_type = PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN;
>         }
>         *flt++;
>         if (regs)
>                 perf_sw_event(event_type, 1, regs, address);
> 
> instead. Less source code duplication, and I bet it improves code
> generation too.

Will do.  Thanks!

-- 
Peter Xu