[PATCH v3] vmpressure: wake up work only when there is registration event

[PATCH v3] vmpressure: wake up work only when there is registration event

[yongw.pur]

From: wangyong <wang.yong12@zte.com.cn>

Use the global variable num_events to record the number of vmpressure
events registered by the system, and wake up work only when there
is registration event.
Usually, the vmpressure event is not registered in the system, this patch
can avoid waking up work and doing nothing.

Test with 5.14.0-rc5-next-20210813 on x86_64 4G ram.
Consume cgroup memory until it is about to be reclaimed, then execute
"perf stat -I 2000 malloc.out" command to trigger memory reclamation
and get performance results.
The context-switches is reduced by about 20 times.

unpatched:
Average of 10 test results
582.4674048     task-clock(msec)
19910.8         context-switches
0               cpu-migrations
1292.9          page-faults
414784733.1     cycles
580070698.4     instructions
125572244.7     branches
2073541.2       branch-misses

patched:
Average of 10 test results
973.6174796     task-clock(msec)
988.6           context-switches
0               cpu-migrations
1785.2          page-faults
772883602.4     cycles
1360280911      instructions
290519434.9     branches
3378378.2       branch-misses

Signed-off-by: wangyong <wang.yong12@zte.com.cn>
---

Changlogs in v3:
  -Use static inline helper to know whether there
   is registration event.
  -Add necessary description.
  -The location of the helper is based on that the else
   branch will modify the socket_pressure and will not
   wake up the work, and it is necessary to judge the tree
   parameters at the same time.

Changlogs in v2:
  -Use static_key type data as global variable.
  -Make event registration judgment earlier.

 mm/vmpressure.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 76518e4..1f53ced 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical = 95;
  */
 static const unsigned int vmpressure_level_critical_prio = ilog2(100 / 10);
 
+/*
+ * Count the number of vmpressure events registered in the system.
+ */
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(num_events);
+
+static __always_inline bool vmpressure_unregistered(void)
+{
+	return !static_branch_unlikely(&num_events);
+}
+
 static struct vmpressure *work_to_vmpressure(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	return container_of(work, struct vmpressure, work);
@@ -272,6 +282,12 @@ void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
 		return;
 
 	if (tree) {
+		/* If there is no registered event, return directly.
+		 * We wake up work only when there is registration event.
+		 */
+		if (vmpressure_unregistered())
+			return;
+
 		spin_lock(&vmpr->sr_lock);
 		scanned = vmpr->tree_scanned += scanned;
 		vmpr->tree_reclaimed += reclaimed;
@@ -407,6 +423,7 @@ int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	mutex_lock(&vmpr->events_lock);
 	list_add(&ev->node, &vmpr->events);
 	mutex_unlock(&vmpr->events_lock);
+	static_branch_inc(&num_events);
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(spec_orig);
@@ -435,6 +452,7 @@ void vmpressure_unregister_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 		if (ev->efd != eventfd)
 			continue;
 		list_del(&ev->node);
+		static_branch_dec(&num_events);
 		kfree(ev);
 		break;
 	}
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH v3] vmpressure: wake up work only when there is registration event

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 24-09-21 06:44:25, yongw.pur@gmail.com wrote:
> From: wangyong <wang.yong12@zte.com.cn>
> 
> Use the global variable num_events to record the number of vmpressure
> events registered by the system, and wake up work only when there
> is registration event.
> Usually, the vmpressure event is not registered in the system, this patch
> can avoid waking up work and doing nothing.
> 
> Test with 5.14.0-rc5-next-20210813 on x86_64 4G ram.
> Consume cgroup memory until it is about to be reclaimed, then execute
> "perf stat -I 2000 malloc.out" command to trigger memory reclamation
> and get performance results.
> The context-switches is reduced by about 20 times.
> 
> unpatched:
> Average of 10 test results
> 582.4674048     task-clock(msec)
> 19910.8         context-switches
> 0               cpu-migrations
> 1292.9          page-faults
> 414784733.1     cycles
> 580070698.4     instructions
> 125572244.7     branches
> 2073541.2       branch-misses
> 
> patched:
> Average of 10 test results
> 973.6174796     task-clock(msec)
> 988.6           context-switches
> 0               cpu-migrations
> 1785.2          page-faults
> 772883602.4     cycles
> 1360280911      instructions
> 290519434.9     branches
> 3378378.2       branch-misses

Your data still doesn't make any sense. I have asked about that in the
previous submission and you haven't really clarified anything. How come
your task-clock has almost doubled. You are likely not not comparing
apples to apples or something weird is going on.

This patch is not going to fly without a sensible data and analysis of
that data.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

Re: [PATCH v3] vmpressure: wake up work only when there is registration event

[yong w]

> Your data still doesn't make any sense. I have asked about that in the
> previous submission and you haven't really clarified anything. How come
> your task-clock has almost doubled. You are likely not not comparing
> apples to apples or something weird is going on.
>
> This patch is not going to fly without a sensible data and analysis of
> that data.
I see. I'll try to test the optimization again.
Thanks a lot!