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McKenney" Cc: Mike Kravetz , Muchun Song , corbet@lwn.net, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mchehab+huawei@kernel.org, pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, oneukum@suse.com, anshuman.khandual@arm.com, jroedel@suse.de, almasrymina@google.com, rientjes@google.com, willy@infradead.org, osalvador@suse.de, song.bao.hua@hisilicon.com, david@redhat.com, naoya.horiguchi@nec.com, joao.m.martins@oracle.com, duanxiongchun@bytedance.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Chen Huang , Bodeddula Balasubramaniam Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 4/9] mm: hugetlb: alloc the vmemmap pages associated with each HugeTLB page Message-ID: References: <20210308102807.59745-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com> <20210308102807.59745-5-songmuchun@bytedance.com> <20210310214909.GY2696@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> <68bc8cc9-a15b-2e97-9a2a-282fe6e9bd3f@oracle.com> <20210310232851.GZ2696@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam04 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 6D8AEA0009EA X-Stat-Signature: 8ijzg8czmh9hw5hjms1imrrpk11hjgt6 Received-SPF: none (suse.com>: No applicable sender policy available) receiver=imf23; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from=""; helo=mx2.suse.de; client-ip=195.135.220.15 X-HE-DKIM-Result: pass/pass X-HE-Tag: 1615465068-306679 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 Thu 11-03-21 09:40:57, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Wed 10-03-21 15:28:51, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 02:10:12PM -0800, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > > On 3/10/21 1:49 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:11:22PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > >> On Wed 10-03-21 10:56:08, Mike Kravetz wrote: > > > >>> On 3/10/21 7:19 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: > > > >>>> On Mon 08-03-21 18:28:02, Muchun Song wrote: > > > >>>> [...] > > > >>>>> @@ -1447,7 +1486,7 @@ void free_huge_page(struct page *page) > > > >>>>> /* > > > >>>>> * Defer freeing if in non-task context to avoid hugetlb_lock deadlock. > > > >>>>> */ > > > >>>>> - if (!in_task()) { > > > >>>>> + if (in_atomic()) { > > > >>>> > > > >>>> As I've said elsewhere in_atomic doesn't work for CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=n. > > > >>>> We need this change for other reasons and so it would be better to pull > > > >>>> it out into a separate patch which also makes HUGETLB depend on > > > >>>> PREEMPT_COUNT. > > > >>> > > > >>> Yes, the issue of calling put_page for hugetlb pages from any context > > > >>> still needs work. IMO, that is outside the scope of this series. We > > > >>> already have code in this path which blocks/sleeps. > > > >>> > > > >>> Making HUGETLB depend on PREEMPT_COUNT is too restrictive. IIUC, > > > >>> PREEMPT_COUNT will only be enabled if we enable: > > > >>> PREEMPT "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)" > > > >>> PREEMPT_RT "Fully Preemptible Kernel (Real-Time)" > > > >>> or, other 'debug' options. These are not enabled in 'more common' > > > >>> kernels. Of course, we do not want to disable HUGETLB in common > > > >>> configurations. > > > >> > > > >> I haven't tried that but PREEMPT_COUNT should be selectable even without > > > >> any change to the preemption model (e.g. !PREEMPT). > > > > > > > > It works reliably for me, for example as in the diff below. So, > > > > as Michal says, you should be able to add "select PREEMPT_COUNT" to > > > > whatever Kconfig option you need to. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Paul. > > > > > > I may have been misreading Michal's suggestion of "make HUGETLB depend on > > > PREEMPT_COUNT". We could "select PREEMPT_COUNT" if HUGETLB is enabled. > > > However, since HUGETLB is enabled in most configs, then this would > > > result in PREEMPT_COUNT also being enabled in most configs. I honestly > > > do not know how much this will cost us? I assume that if it was free or > > > really cheap it would already be always on? > > > > There are a -lot- of configs out there, so are you sure that HUGETLB is > > really enabled in most of them? ;-) > > It certainly is enabled for all distribution kernels and many are > !PREEMPT so I believe this is what Mike was concerned about. > > > More seriously, I was going by earlier emails in this and related threads > > plus Michal's "PREEMPT_COUNT should be selectable". But there are other > > situations that would like PREEMPT_COUNT. And to your point, some who > > would rather PREEMPT_COUNT not be universally enabled. I haven't seen > > any performance or kernel-size numbers from any of them, however. > > Yeah per cpu preempt counting shouldn't be noticeable but I have to > confess I haven't benchmarked it. But all this seems moot now http://lkml.kernel.org/r/YEoA08n60+jzsnAl@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs