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* [PATCH 0/13] Parallel struct page initialisation v4
@ 2015-04-28 14:36 ` Mel Gorman
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From: Mel Gorman @ 2015-04-28 14:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton
  Cc: Nathan Zimmer, Dave Hansen, Waiman Long, Scott Norton,
	Daniel J Blueman, Linux-MM, LKML, Mel Gorman

The bulk of the changes here are related to Andrew's feedback. Functionally
there is almost no difference.

Changelog since v3
o Fix section-related warning
o Comments, clarifications, checkpatch
o Report the number of pages initialised

Changelog since v2
o Reduce overhead of topology_init
o Remove boot-time kernel parameter to enable/disable
o Enable on UMA

Changelog since v1
o Always initialise low zones
o Typo corrections
o Rename parallel mem init to parallel struct page init
o Rebase to 4.0

Struct page initialisation had been identified as one of the reasons why
large machines take a long time to boot. Patches were posted a long time ago
to defer initialisation until they were first used.  This was rejected on
the grounds it should not be necessary to hurt the fast paths. This series
reuses much of the work from that time but defers the initialisation of
memory to kswapd so that one thread per node initialises memory local to
that node.

After applying the series and setting the appropriate Kconfig variable I
see this in the boot log on a 64G machine

[    7.383764] kswapd 0 initialised deferred memory in 188ms
[    7.404253] kswapd 1 initialised deferred memory in 208ms
[    7.411044] kswapd 3 initialised deferred memory in 216ms
[    7.411551] kswapd 2 initialised deferred memory in 216ms

On a 1TB machine, I see

[    8.406511] kswapd 3 initialised deferred memory in 1116ms
[    8.428518] kswapd 1 initialised deferred memory in 1140ms
[    8.435977] kswapd 0 initialised deferred memory in 1148ms
[    8.437416] kswapd 2 initialised deferred memory in 1148ms

Once booted the machine appears to work as normal. Boot times were measured
from the time shutdown was called until ssh was available again.  In the
64G case, the boot time savings are negligible. On the 1TB machine, the
savings were 16 seconds.

It would be nice if the people that have access to really large machines
would test this series and report how much boot time is reduced.

 arch/ia64/mm/numa.c      |  19 +--
 arch/x86/Kconfig         |   1 +
 drivers/base/node.c      |   6 +-
 include/linux/memblock.h |  18 +++
 include/linux/mm.h       |   8 +-
 include/linux/mmzone.h   |  23 ++-
 mm/Kconfig               |  18 +++
 mm/bootmem.c             |   8 +-
 mm/internal.h            |  29 +++-
 mm/memblock.c            |  34 +++-
 mm/mm_init.c             |   9 +-
 mm/nobootmem.c           |   7 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c          | 401 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 mm/vmscan.c              |   6 +-
 14 files changed, 487 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)

-- 
2.3.5


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2015-04-28 14:36 [PATCH 0/13] Parallel struct page initialisation v4 Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:36 ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:36 ` [PATCH 01/13] memblock: Introduce a for_each_reserved_mem_region iterator Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:36   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:36 ` [PATCH 02/13] mm: meminit: Move page initialization into a separate function Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:36   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 03/13] mm: meminit: Only set page reserved in the memblock region Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-22 20:31   ` Tony Luck
2015-05-22 20:31     ` Tony Luck
2015-05-26 10:22     ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-26 10:22       ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 04/13] mm: page_alloc: Pass PFN to __free_pages_bootmem Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:20   ` [PATCH] mm: page_alloc: pass PFN to __free_pages_bootmem -fix Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:20     ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 05/13] mm: meminit: Make __early_pfn_to_nid SMP-safe and introduce meminit_pfn_in_nid Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 06/13] mm: meminit: Inline some helper functions Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-30 21:53   ` Andrew Morton
2015-04-30 21:53     ` Andrew Morton
2015-04-30 21:55     ` Andrew Morton
2015-04-30 21:55       ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-04  8:33   ` Michal Hocko
2015-05-04  8:33     ` Michal Hocko
2015-05-04  8:38     ` Michal Hocko
2015-05-04  8:38       ` Michal Hocko
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 07/13] mm: meminit: Initialise a subset of struct pages if CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is set Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-29 21:19   ` Andrew Morton
2015-04-29 21:19     ` Andrew Morton
2015-04-30  8:45     ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-30  8:45       ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:21   ` [PATCH] mm: meminit: Initialise a subset of struct pages if CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT is set -fix Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:21     ` Mel Gorman
2015-07-14 15:54   ` 4.2-rc2: hitting "file-max limit 8192 reached" Dave Hansen
2015-07-14 15:54     ` Dave Hansen
2015-07-14 16:15     ` Andrew Morton
2015-07-14 16:15       ` Andrew Morton
2015-07-15 10:45     ` Mel Gorman
2015-07-15 10:45       ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 08/13] mm: meminit: Initialise remaining struct pages in parallel with kswapd Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 09/13] mm: meminit: Minimise number of pfn->page lookups during initialisation Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 10/13] x86: mm: Enable deferred struct page initialisation on x86-64 Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 11/13] mm: meminit: Free pages in large chunks where possible Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 12/13] mm: meminit: Reduce number of times pageblocks are set during struct page init Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:23   ` [PATCH] mm: meminit: Reduce number of times pageblocks are set during struct page init -fix Mel Gorman
2015-05-01  9:23     ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37 ` [PATCH 13/13] mm: meminit: Remove mminit_verify_page_links Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 14:37   ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-28 16:06 ` [PATCH 0/13] Parallel struct page initialisation v4 Pekka Enberg
2015-04-28 16:06   ` Pekka Enberg
2015-04-28 18:38   ` nzimmer
2015-04-28 18:38     ` nzimmer
2015-04-30 16:10     ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-04-30 16:10       ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-04-30 17:12       ` nzimmer
2015-04-30 17:12         ` nzimmer
2015-04-30 17:28         ` Mel Gorman
2015-04-30 17:28           ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-02 11:52       ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-05-02 11:52         ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-05-02 11:52         ` Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)
2015-04-29  1:16 ` Waiman Long
2015-04-29  1:16   ` Waiman Long
2015-05-01 22:02   ` Waiman Long
2015-05-01 22:02     ` Waiman Long
2015-05-02  0:09     ` Waiman Long
2015-05-02  0:09       ` Waiman Long
2015-05-02  8:52       ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-02  8:52         ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-02 16:05         ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-02 16:05           ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-04 21:30       ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-04 21:30         ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-05  3:32         ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05  3:32           ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05 10:45         ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 10:45           ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 13:55           ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05 13:55             ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05 14:31             ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 14:31               ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 15:01               ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05 15:01                 ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  3:39                 ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  3:39                   ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  0:55               ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  0:55                 ` Waiman Long
2015-05-05 20:02           ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-05 20:02             ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-05 22:13             ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 22:13               ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-05 22:25               ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-05 22:25                 ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-06  7:12                 ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06  7:12                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06 10:22                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06 10:22                     ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06 12:05                     ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06 12:05                       ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06 17:58                     ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06 17:58                       ` Waiman Long
2015-05-07  2:37                       ` Waiman Long
2015-05-07  2:37                         ` Waiman Long
2015-05-07  7:21                         ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-07  7:21                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-06  1:21             ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  1:21               ` Waiman Long
2015-05-06  2:01               ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-06  2:01                 ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-07  7:25             ` [PATCH] mm: meminit: Finish initialisation of struct pages before basic setup Mel Gorman
2015-05-07  7:25               ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-07 22:09               ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-07 22:09                 ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-07 22:52                 ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-07 22:52                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-07 23:02                   ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-07 23:02                     ` Andrew Morton
2015-05-13 15:53                 ` nzimmer
2015-05-13 15:53                   ` nzimmer
2015-05-13 16:31                   ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-13 16:31                     ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-14 10:03                     ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-14 10:03                       ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-14 15:47                       ` nzimmer
2015-05-14 15:47                         ` nzimmer
2015-05-19 18:31                       ` nzimmer
2015-05-19 18:31                         ` nzimmer
2015-05-19 19:06                         ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-19 19:06                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-22  6:30                       ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-22  6:30                         ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-22  9:33                         ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-22  9:33                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-05-22 17:14                           ` Waiman Long
2015-05-22 17:14                             ` Waiman Long
2015-05-22 21:43                             ` Davidlohr Bueso
2015-05-22 21:43                               ` Davidlohr Bueso
2015-05-23  3:49                             ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-05-23  3:49                               ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-06-24 22:50                       ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-24 22:50                         ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-25 20:48                         ` Mel Gorman
2015-06-25 20:48                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-06-25 20:57                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-06-25 20:57                             ` Mel Gorman
2015-06-25 21:37                             ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-25 21:37                               ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-25 21:34                           ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-25 21:34                             ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-25 21:44                           ` [RFC] kthread_create_on_node is failing to honor the node choice Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-26  1:08                             ` Lai Jiangshan
2015-07-09 22:12                             ` Andrew Morton
2015-07-10 14:26                               ` Mel Gorman
2015-07-10 17:34                               ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-06-26 10:16                         ` [PATCH] mm: meminit: Finish initialisation of struct pages before basic setup Mel Gorman
2015-06-26 10:16                           ` Mel Gorman
2015-07-06 17:45                         ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-07-06 17:45                           ` Daniel J Blueman
2015-07-09 17:49                           ` Nathan Zimmer
2015-07-09 17:49                             ` Nathan Zimmer

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