From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com>
Cc: virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, mhocko@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, pbonzini@redhat.com,
liliang.opensource@gmail.com, yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com,
quan.xu0@gmail.com, nilal@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com,
peterx@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v34 2/4] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:41:37 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180627053952-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5B32E742.8080902@intel.com>
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 09:24:18AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> On 06/26/2018 09:34 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 08:27:44PM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > On 06/26/2018 11:56 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 11:46:35AM +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > + if (!arrays)
> > > > > > > + return NULL;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + for (i = 0; i < max_array_num; i++) {
> > > > > > So we are getting a ton of memory here just to free it up a bit later.
> > > > > > Why doesn't get_from_free_page_list get the pages from free list for us?
> > > > > > We could also avoid the 1st allocation then - just build a list
> > > > > > of these.
> > > > > That wouldn't be a good choice for us. If we check how the regular
> > > > > allocation works, there are many many things we need to consider when pages
> > > > > are allocated to users.
> > > > > For example, we need to take care of the nr_free
> > > > > counter, we need to check the watermark and perform the related actions.
> > > > > Also the folks working on arch_alloc_page to monitor page allocation
> > > > > activities would get a surprise..if page allocation is allowed to work in
> > > > > this way.
> > > > >
> > > > mm/ code is well positioned to handle all this correctly.
> > > I'm afraid that would be a re-implementation of the alloc functions,
> > A re-factoring - you can share code. The main difference is locking.
> >
> > > and
> > > that would be much more complex than what we have. I think your idea of
> > > passing a list of pages is better.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Wei
> > How much memory is this allocating anyway?
> >
>
> For every 2TB memory that the guest has, we allocate 4MB.
Hmm I guess I'm missing something, I don't see it:
+ max_entries = max_free_page_blocks(ARRAY_ALLOC_ORDER);
+ entries_per_page = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(__le64);
+ entries_per_array = entries_per_page * (1 << ARRAY_ALLOC_ORDER);
+ max_array_num = max_entries / entries_per_array +
+ !!(max_entries % entries_per_array);
Looks like you always allocate the max number?
> This is the same
> for both cases.
> For today's guests, usually there will be only one 4MB allocated and passed
> to get_from_free_page_list.
>
> Best,
> Wei
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-27 2:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-25 12:05 [PATCH v34 0/4] Virtio-balloon: support free page reporting Wei Wang
2018-06-25 12:05 ` [PATCH v34 1/4] mm: support to get hints of free page blocks Wei Wang
2018-06-25 12:05 ` [PATCH v34 2/4] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_FREE_PAGE_HINT Wei Wang
2018-06-26 1:37 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-26 3:46 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-26 3:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-26 12:27 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-26 13:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-27 1:24 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-27 2:41 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2018-06-27 3:00 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-27 3:58 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-27 5:27 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-27 16:53 ` [virtio-dev] " Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-25 12:05 ` [PATCH v34 3/4] mm/page_poison: expose page_poisoning_enabled to kernel modules Wei Wang
2018-06-25 12:05 ` [PATCH v34 4/4] virtio-balloon: VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_PAGE_POISON Wei Wang
2018-06-27 11:06 ` [PATCH v34 0/4] Virtio-balloon: support free page reporting David Hildenbrand
2018-06-29 3:51 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-29 7:46 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-06-29 11:31 ` Wei Wang
2018-06-29 11:53 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-06-29 15:55 ` Wang, Wei W
2018-06-29 16:03 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-06-29 14:45 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-29 15:28 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-06-29 15:52 ` Wang, Wei W
2018-06-29 16:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-06-30 4:31 ` Wei Wang
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