From: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
To: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>,
Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org>,
Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@konsulko.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Barry Song <song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com>,
Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC mm/zswap 1/2] mm/zswap: add the flag can_sleep_mapped
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:43:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALvZod5E_00AL2+FDvty-JOg7+pAT3CBh_qizS6-9dpQoMtrRQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YACNaG8R8zDCEkPx@google.com>
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:29 AM Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 07:02:50PM +0800, Tian Tao wrote:
> > add a flag to zpool, named is "can_sleep_mapped", and have it set true
> > for zbud/z3fold, set false for zsmalloc. Then zswap could go the current
> > path if the flag is true; and if it's false, copy data from src to a
> > temporary buffer, then unmap the handle, take the mutex, process the
> > buffer instead of src to avoid sleeping function called from atomic
> > context.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>
> > ---
> > include/linux/zpool.h | 3 +++
> > mm/zpool.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> > mm/zswap.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/zpool.h b/include/linux/zpool.h
> > index 51bf430..e899701 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/zpool.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/zpool.h
> > @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ u64 zpool_get_total_size(struct zpool *pool);
> > * @malloc: allocate mem from a pool.
> > * @free: free mem from a pool.
> > * @shrink: shrink the pool.
> > + * @sleep_mapped: whether zpool driver can sleep during map.
>
> I don't think it's a good idea. It just breaks zpool abstraction
> in that it exposes internal implementation to user to avoid issue
> zswap recently introduced. It also conflicts zpool_map_handle's
> semantic.
>
> Rather than introducing another break in zpool due to the new
> zswap feature recenlty introduced, zswap could introduce
> CONFIG_ZSWAP_HW_COMPRESSOR. Once it's configured, zsmalloc could
> be disabled. And with disabling CONFIG_ZSWAP_HW_COMPRESSOR, zswap
> doesn't need to make any bounce buffer copy so that no existing
> zsmalloc user will see performance regression.
>
I agree with Minchan. There is no reason to add extra overhead for
configurations where there is no hardware available.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-14 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-25 11:02 [RFC mm/zswap 0/2] Fix the compatibility of zsmalloc and zswap Tian Tao
2020-12-25 11:02 ` [RFC mm/zswap 1/2] mm/zswap: add the flag can_sleep_mapped Tian Tao
2021-01-14 18:28 ` Minchan Kim
2021-01-14 18:40 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-14 18:56 ` Minchan Kim
2021-01-14 19:05 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-14 19:21 ` Shakeel Butt
2021-01-14 19:23 ` Minchan Kim
2021-01-14 19:53 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-14 21:09 ` Shakeel Butt
2021-01-14 22:41 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-19 1:28 ` tiantao (H)
2021-01-14 18:43 ` Shakeel Butt [this message]
2021-01-14 18:53 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-21 9:17 ` Vitaly Wool
2021-01-21 23:15 ` Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)
2020-12-25 11:02 ` [RFC mm/zswap 2/2] mm: set the sleep_mapped to true for zbud and z3fold Tian Tao
2021-01-14 18:46 ` [RFC mm/zswap 0/2] Fix the compatibility of zsmalloc and zswap Vitaly Wool
2021-01-15 1:17 ` tiantao (H)
2021-01-19 1:31 ` tiantao (H)
2021-01-19 2:39 ` Mike Galbraith
2021-01-18 13:44 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
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