From: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
To: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v9 02/11] mm/hugetlb: Introduce a new config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:24:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMZfGtVdFNdxqvx7HL1CSQ55M7ry3QsyDRHzPStuuX-ibkmdjQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7cfe44aa-3753-82d9-6630-194f1532e186@oracle.com>
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:04 AM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/13/20 7:45 AM, Muchun Song wrote:
> > The purpose of introducing HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is to configure
> > whether to enable the feature of freeing unused vmemmap associated with
> > HugeTLB pages. And this is just for dependency check. Now only support
> > x86-64.
> >
> > Because this config depends on HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE. And the function
> > of the register_page_bootmem_info() is aimed to register bootmem info.
> > So we should register bootmem info when this config is enabled.
>
> Suggested commit message rewording?
>
> The HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP option is used to enable the freeing of
> unnecessary vmemmap associated with HugeTLB pages. The config option is
> introduced early so that supporting code can be written to depend on the
> option. The initial version of the code only provides support for x86-64.
>
> Like other code which frees vmemmap, this config option depends on
> HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE. The routine register_page_bootmem_info() is used
> to register bootmem info. Therefore, make sure register_page_bootmem_info
> is enabled if HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP is defined.
Thank Mike. Will update.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 2 +-
> > fs/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > index 0a45f062826e..0435bee2e172 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > @@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static struct kcore_list kcore_vsyscall;
> >
> > static void __init register_page_bootmem_info(void)
> > {
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) || defined(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP)
> > int i;
> >
> > for_each_online_node(i)
> > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> > index 976e8b9033c4..4c3a9c614983 100644
> > --- a/fs/Kconfig
> > +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> > @@ -245,6 +245,21 @@ config HUGETLBFS
> > config HUGETLB_PAGE
> > def_bool HUGETLBFS
> >
> > +config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP
> > + def_bool HUGETLB_PAGE
> > + depends on X86_64
> > + depends on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
> > + depends on HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE
> > + help
> > + When using HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP, the system can save up some
> > + memory from pre-allocated HugeTLB pages when they are not used.
> > + 6 pages per HugeTLB page of the pmd level mapping and (PAGE_SIZE - 2)
> > + pages per HugeTLB page of the pud level mapping.
> > +
> > + When the pages are going to be used or freed up, the vmemmap array
> > + representing that range needs to be remapped again and the pages
> > + we discarded earlier need to be rellocated again.
>
> I see the previous discussion with David about wording here. How about
> leaving the functionality description general, and provide a specific
> example for x86_64? As mentioned we can always update when new arch support
> is added. Suggested text?
Good suggestion. Thanks.
>
> The option HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP allows for the freeing of
> some vmemmap pages associated with pre-allocated HugeTLB pages.
> For example, on X86_64 6 vmemmap pages of size 4KB each can be
> saved for each 2MB HugeTLB page. 4094 vmemmap pages of size 4KB
> each can be saved for each 1GB HugeTLB page.
>
> When a HugeTLB page is allocated or freed, the vmemmap array
> representing the range associated with the page will need to be
> remapped. When a page is allocated, vmemmap pages are freed
> after remapping. When a page is freed, previously discarded
> vmemmap pages must be allocated before before remapping.
>
> --
> Mike Kravetz
>
> > +
> > config MEMFD_CREATE
> > def_bool TMPFS || HUGETLBFS
> >
> >
--
Yours,
Muchun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-16 3:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-13 15:45 [PATCH v9 00/11] Free some vmemmap pages of HugeTLB page Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 01/11] mm/memory_hotplug: Factor out bootmem core functions to bootmem_info.c Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 02/11] mm/hugetlb: Introduce a new config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP Muchun Song
2020-12-16 1:03 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-16 3:24 ` Muchun Song [this message]
2020-12-16 3:45 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-16 3:52 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 03/11] mm/hugetlb: Free the vmemmap pages associated with each HugeTLB page Muchun Song
2020-12-16 13:06 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 13:15 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-16 22:08 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-16 22:25 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 22:49 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-17 6:54 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-17 9:05 ` Muchun Song
2020-12-17 4:06 ` Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 04/11] mm/hugetlb: Defer freeing of HugeTLB pages Muchun Song
2020-12-16 23:48 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-17 3:19 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 05/11] mm/hugetlb: Allocate the vmemmap pages associated with each HugeTLB page Muchun Song
2020-12-17 1:17 ` Mike Kravetz
2020-12-17 3:22 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 06/11] mm/hugetlb: Set the PageHWPoison to the raw error page Muchun Song
2020-12-16 13:28 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 13:51 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-16 13:30 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 07/11] mm/hugetlb: Flush work when dissolving hugetlb page Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 08/11] mm/hugetlb: Add a kernel parameter hugetlb_free_vmemmap Muchun Song
2020-12-16 14:40 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 16:04 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-16 22:10 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-17 2:45 ` Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 09/11] mm/hugetlb: Introduce nr_free_vmemmap_pages in the struct hstate Muchun Song
2020-12-16 13:43 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 13:56 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-16 22:12 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-17 8:34 ` Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 10/11] mm/hugetlb: Gather discrete indexes of tail page Muchun Song
2020-12-16 14:03 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-16 14:26 ` [External] " Muchun Song
2020-12-13 15:45 ` [PATCH v9 11/11] mm/hugetlb: Optimize the code with the help of the compiler Muchun Song
2020-12-17 10:31 ` Oscar Salvador
2020-12-17 10:42 ` [External] " Muchun Song
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