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* [RFC PATCH 00/24] mm/hugetlb: Free some vmemmap pages of hugetlb page
@ 2020-09-15 12:59 Muchun Song
  2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 01/24] mm/memory_hotplug: Move bootmem info registration API to bootmem_info.c Muchun Song
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  0 siblings, 26 replies; 48+ messages in thread
From: Muchun Song @ 2020-09-15 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: corbet, mike.kravetz, tglx, mingo, bp, x86, hpa, dave.hansen,
	luto, peterz, viro, akpm, paulmck, mchehab+huawei,
	pawan.kumar.gupta, rdunlap, oneukum, anshuman.khandual, jroedel,
	almasrymina, rientjes
  Cc: linux-doc, linux-kernel, linux-mm, linux-fsdevel, Muchun Song

Hi all,

This patch series will free some vmemmap pages(struct page structures)
associated with each hugetlbpage when preallocated to save memory.

Nowadays we track the status of physical page frames using `struct page`
arranged in one or more arrays. And here exists one-to-one mapping between
the physical page frame and the corresponding `struct page`.

The hugetlbpage support is built on top of multiple page size support
that is provided by most modern architectures. For example, x86 CPUs
normally support 4K and 2M (1G if architecturally supported) page sizes.
Every hugetlbpage has more than one `struct page`. The 2M hugetlbpage
has 512 `struct page` and 1G hugetlbpage has 4096 `struct page`. But
in the core of hugetlbpage only uses the first 4 `struct page` to store
metadata associated with each hugetlbpage. The rest of the `struct page`
are usually read the compound_head field which are all the same value.
If we can free some struct page memory to buddy system so that We can
save a lot of memory.

When the system boot up, every 2M hugetlbpage has 512 `struct page` which
is 8 pages(sizeof(struct page) * 512 / PAGE_SIZE).

   hugetlbpage                   struct page(8 pages)          page frame(8 pages)
  +-----------+ ---virt_to_page---> +-----------+   mapping to   +-----------+
  |           |                     |     0     | -------------> |     0     |
  |           |                     |     1     | -------------> |     1     |
  |           |                     |     2     | -------------> |     2     |
  |           |                     |     3     | -------------> |     3     |
  |           |                     |     4     | -------------> |     4     |
  |     2M    |                     |     5     | -------------> |     5     |
  |           |                     |     6     | -------------> |     6     |
  |           |                     |     7     | -------------> |     7     |
  |           |                     +-----------+                +-----------+
  |           |
  |           |
  +-----------+


When a hugetlbpage is preallocated, we can change the mapping from above to
bellow.

   hugetlbpage                   struct page(8 pages)          page frame(8 pages)
  +-----------+ ---virt_to_page---> +-----------+   mapping to   +-----------+
  |           |                     |     0     | -------------> |     0     |
  |           |                     |     1     | -------------> |     1     |
  |           |                     |     2     | -------------> +-----------+
  |           |                     |     3     | -----------------^ ^ ^ ^ ^
  |           |                     |     4     | -------------------+ | | |
  |     2M    |                     |     5     | ---------------------+ | |
  |           |                     |     6     | -----------------------+ |
  |           |                     |     7     | -------------------------+
  |           |                     +-----------+
  |           |
  |           |
  +-----------+

The mapping of the first page(index 0) and the second page(index 1) is
unchanged. The remaining 6 pages are all mapped to the same page(index
1). So we only need 2 pages for vmemmap area and free 6 pages to the
buddy system to save memory. Why we can do this? Because the content
of the remaining 7 pages are usually same except the first page.

When a hugetlbpage is freed to the buddy system, we should allocate 6
pages for vmemmap pages and restore the previous mapping relationship.

If we uses the 1G hugetlbpage, we can save 4095 pages. This is a very
substantial gain. On our server, run some SPDK applications which will
use 300GB hugetlbpage. With this feature enabled, we can save 4797MB
memory.

Muchun Song (24):
  mm/memory_hotplug: Move bootmem info registration API to
    bootmem_info.c
  mm/memory_hotplug: Move {get,put}_page_bootmem() to bootmem_info.c
  mm/hugetlb: Introduce a new config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
  mm/hugetlb: Register bootmem info when
    CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
  mm/hugetlb: Introduce nr_free_vmemmap_pages in the struct hstate
  mm/hugetlb: Introduce pgtable allocation/freeing helpers
  mm/hugetlb: Add freeing unused vmemmap pages support for x86
  mm/bootmem_info: Introduce {free,prepare}_vmemmap_page()
  x86/mm: Introduce VMEMMAP_SIZE/VMEMMAP_END macro
  mm/hugetlb: Free the vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page
  mm/hugetlb: Add vmemmap_pmd_huge macro for x86
  mm/hugetlb: Defer freeing of hugetlb pages
  mm/hugetlb: Allocate the vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb
    page
  mm/hugetlb: Introduce remap_huge_page_pmd_vmemmap helper
  mm/hugetlb: Use PG_slab to indicate split pmd
  mm/hugetlb: Support freeing vmemmap pages of gigantic page
  mm/hugetlb: Add a BUILD_BUG_ON to check if struct page size is a power
    of two
  mm/hugetlb: Clear PageHWPoison on the non-error memory page
  mm/hugetlb: Flush work when dissolving hugetlb page
  mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap
  mm/hugetlb: Merge pte to huge pmd only for gigantic page
  mm/hugetlb: Implement vmemmap_pmd_mkhuge macro
  mm/hugetlb: Gather discrete indexes of tail page
  mm/hugetlb: Add BUILD_BUG_ON to catch invalid usage of tail struct
    page

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |   9 +
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/hugetlbpage.rst  |   3 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/hugetlb.h                |  20 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h       |   8 +
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c                         |   5 +-
 fs/Kconfig                                    |  15 +
 include/linux/bootmem_info.h                  |  65 ++
 include/linux/hugetlb.h                       |  64 ++
 include/linux/hugetlb_cgroup.h                |  15 +-
 include/linux/memory_hotplug.h                |  27 -
 mm/Makefile                                   |   1 +
 mm/bootmem_info.c                             | 125 +++
 mm/hugetlb.c                                  | 834 +++++++++++++++++-
 mm/memory_hotplug.c                           | 116 ---
 mm/sparse.c                                   |   1 +
 15 files changed, 1143 insertions(+), 165 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/bootmem_info.h
 create mode 100644 mm/bootmem_info.c

-- 
2.20.1



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2020-09-15 12:59 [RFC PATCH 00/24] mm/hugetlb: Free some vmemmap pages of hugetlb page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 01/24] mm/memory_hotplug: Move bootmem info registration API to bootmem_info.c Muchun Song
2020-09-29 22:46   ` Mike Kravetz
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 02/24] mm/memory_hotplug: Move {get,put}_page_bootmem() " Muchun Song
2020-09-29 23:30   ` Mike Kravetz
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 03/24] mm/hugetlb: Introduce a new config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP Muchun Song
2020-09-16  2:13   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-29 23:41   ` Mike Kravetz
2020-09-30  2:56     ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 04/24] mm/hugetlb: Register bootmem info when CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 05/24] mm/hugetlb: Introduce nr_free_vmemmap_pages in the struct hstate Muchun Song
2020-09-30 22:41   ` Mike Kravetz
2020-10-01  2:57     ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 06/24] mm/hugetlb: Introduce pgtable allocation/freeing helpers Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 07/24] mm/hugetlb: Add freeing unused vmemmap pages support for x86 Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 08/24] mm/bootmem_info: Introduce {free,prepare}_vmemmap_page() Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 09/24] x86/mm: Introduce VMEMMAP_SIZE/VMEMMAP_END macro Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 10/24] mm/hugetlb: Free the vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 11/24] mm/hugetlb: Add vmemmap_pmd_huge macro for x86 Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 12/24] mm/hugetlb: Defer freeing of hugetlb pages Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 13/24] mm/hugetlb: Allocate the vmemmap pages associated with each hugetlb page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 14/24] mm/hugetlb: Introduce remap_huge_page_pmd_vmemmap helper Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 15/24] mm/hugetlb: Use PG_slab to indicate split pmd Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 16/24] mm/hugetlb: Support freeing vmemmap pages of gigantic page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 17/24] mm/hugetlb: Add a BUILD_BUG_ON to check if struct page size is a power of two Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 18/24] mm/hugetlb: Clear PageHWPoison on the non-error memory page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 19/24] mm/hugetlb: Flush work when dissolving hugetlb page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 20/24] mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap Muchun Song
2020-09-16  2:10   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-16  2:50     ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 21/24] mm/hugetlb: Merge pte to huge pmd only for gigantic page Muchun Song
2020-09-20  9:59   ` Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 22/24] mm/hugetlb: Implement vmemmap_pmd_mkhuge macro Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 23/24] mm/hugetlb: Gather discrete indexes of tail page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 12:59 ` [RFC PATCH 24/24] mm/hugetlb: Add BUILD_BUG_ON to catch invalid usage of tail struct page Muchun Song
2020-09-15 14:32 ` [RFC PATCH 00/24] mm/hugetlb: Free some vmemmap pages of hugetlb page Matthew Wilcox
2020-09-15 14:53   ` Dave Hansen
2020-09-15 15:28   ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-09-15 15:42     ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-09-15 17:32       ` Muchun Song
2020-09-15 17:39         ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-09-15 18:03           ` Muchun Song
2020-09-15 18:15             ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-09-16  2:45               ` Muchun Song
2020-09-29 21:58 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-09-30  3:13   ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-10-07 21:12   ` Mike Kravetz
2020-10-09  4:13     ` [External] " Muchun Song

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