From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CB0AC433E0 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCEDD221FD for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:37:02 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org CCEDD221FD Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 260F66B000C; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:37:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 1EA456B000E; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:37:02 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 0B2436B0012; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:37:02 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0237.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.237]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E33DF6B000C for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:37:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpin02.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5BE37F1 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:37:01 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77729883042.02.jeans60_0e08b6527563 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin02.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3DD10097AA1 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:37:01 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: jeans60_0e08b6527563 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 4643 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by imf17.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 45A0023877; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:36:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1611236218; bh=2s+lWo7KDrJYr75WaZovApC/psdJ+hHVFHC0BqGesDQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=YCbc/X5axhrDjjnt7f7J2xL/lmC2QSuqSPKWdv8BS9xiKmGccNikKBxjewEqdcdDR Gxaww/ztz6vqEBALb00zrL0v/4Illfj868zga21Y6XltJuGm84IuvgXiPShuBzT/2w v0IadtCgzIm6IsYnRBBLhYBJ1qXVu3DxEH58/RqqhK5iRc/JUnm14Kq0S3tS5YlwSv qWS7X0pKkMgyyLl8fOCrnu/dKRO5Z7TfhQEvsbiFfqG7TuhnwR8xZlgAdgFotvtuRv coKwcVbHv09axDK2ZTfQLLh8F4pw+lWrJCnALJXbl8Bp1qxi817EMAUM2w+KyH+xDS YiqE37tGEJXYQ== Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:36:52 +0000 From: Will Deacon To: Sudarshan Rajagopalan Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Catalin Marinas , Anshuman Khandual , David Hildenbrand , Mike Rapoport , Mark Rutland , Logan Gunthorpe , Andrew Morton , Steven Price , Suren Baghdasaryan Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] arm64/sparsemem: reduce SECTION_SIZE_BITS Message-ID: <20210121133652.GA22341@willie-the-truck> References: <43843c5e092bfe3ec4c41e3c8c78a7ee35b69bb0.1611206601.git.sudaraja@codeaurora.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43843c5e092bfe3ec4c41e3c8c78a7ee35b69bb0.1611206601.git.sudaraja@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:29:13PM -0800, Sudarshan Rajagopalan wrote: > memory_block_size_bytes() determines the memory hotplug granularity i.e the > amount of memory which can be hot added or hot removed from the kernel. The > generic value here being MIN_MEMORY_BLOCK_SIZE (1UL << SECTION_SIZE_BITS) > for memory_block_size_bytes() on platforms like arm64 that does not override. > > Current SECTION_SIZE_BITS is 30 i.e 1GB which is large and a reduction here > increases memory hotplug granularity, thus improving its agility. A reduced > section size also reduces memory wastage in vmemmmap mapping for sections > with large memory holes. So we try to set the least section size as possible. > > A section size bits selection must follow: > (MAX_ORDER - 1 + PAGE_SHIFT) <= SECTION_SIZE_BITS > > CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER is always defined on arm64 and so just following it > would help achieve the smallest section size. > > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = (CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER - 1 + PAGE_SHIFT) > > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = 22 (11 - 1 + 12) i.e 4MB for 4K pages > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = 24 (11 - 1 + 14) i.e 16MB for 16K pages without THP > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = 25 (12 - 1 + 14) i.e 32MB for 16K pages with THP > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = 26 (11 - 1 + 16) i.e 64MB for 64K pages without THP > SECTION_SIZE_BITS = 29 (14 - 1 + 16) i.e 512MB for 64K pages with THP > > But there are other problems in reducing SECTION_SIZE_BIT. Reducing it by too > much would over populate /sys/devices/system/memory/ and also consume too many > page->flags bits in the !vmemmap case. Also section size needs to be multiple > of 128MB to have PMD based vmemmap mapping with CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES. > > Given these constraints, lets just reduce the section size to 128MB for 4K > and 16K base page size configs, and to 512MB for 64K base page size config. > > Signed-off-by: Sudarshan Rajagopalan > Suggested-by: Anshuman Khandual > Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand > Cc: Catalin Marinas > Cc: Will Deacon > Cc: Anshuman Khandual > Cc: David Hildenbrand > Cc: Mike Rapoport > Cc: Mark Rutland > Cc: Logan Gunthorpe > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Steven Price > Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan > --- > arch/arm64/include/asm/sparsemem.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Anshuman -- are you happy with this now? Will