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authoryangge <yangge1116@126.com>2024-06-20 03:59:50 +0300
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2024-06-25 06:52:11 +0300
commitbf14ed81f571f8dba31cd72ab2e50fbcc877cc31 (patch)
tree19608d8a2a14995b245f0565a1b8030bfde252ab /include
parent54e7d59841dab977f6cb1183d658b1b82c9f4e94 (diff)
downloadlinux-bf14ed81f571f8dba31cd72ab2e50fbcc877cc31.tar.xz
mm/page_alloc: Separate THP PCP into movable and non-movable categories
Since commit 5d0a661d808f ("mm/page_alloc: use only one PCP list for THP-sized allocations") no longer differentiates the migration type of pages in THP-sized PCP list, it's possible that non-movable allocation requests may get a CMA page from the list, in some cases, it's not acceptable. If a large number of CMA memory are configured in system (for example, the CMA memory accounts for 50% of the system memory), starting a virtual machine with device passthrough will get stuck. During starting the virtual machine, it will call pin_user_pages_remote(..., FOLL_LONGTERM, ...) to pin memory. Normally if a page is present and in CMA area, pin_user_pages_remote() will migrate the page from CMA area to non-CMA area because of FOLL_LONGTERM flag. But if non-movable allocation requests return CMA memory, migrate_longterm_unpinnable_pages() will migrate a CMA page to another CMA page, which will fail to pass the check in check_and_migrate_movable_pages() and cause migration endless. Call trace: pin_user_pages_remote --__gup_longterm_locked // endless loops in this function ----_get_user_pages_locked ----check_and_migrate_movable_pages ------migrate_longterm_unpinnable_pages --------alloc_migration_target This problem will also have a negative impact on CMA itself. For example, when CMA is borrowed by THP, and we need to reclaim it through cma_alloc() or dma_alloc_coherent(), we must move those pages out to ensure CMA's users can retrieve that contigous memory. Currently, CMA's memory is occupied by non-movable pages, meaning we can't relocate them. As a result, cma_alloc() is more likely to fail. To fix the problem above, we add one PCP list for THP, which will not introduce a new cacheline for struct per_cpu_pages. THP will have 2 PCP lists, one PCP list is used by MOVABLE allocation, and the other PCP list is used by UNMOVABLE allocation. MOVABLE allocation contains GPF_MOVABLE, and UNMOVABLE allocation contains GFP_UNMOVABLE and GFP_RECLAIMABLE. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1718845190-4456-1-git-send-email-yangge1116@126.com Fixes: 5d0a661d808f ("mm/page_alloc: use only one PCP list for THP-sized allocations") Signed-off-by: yangge <yangge1116@126.com> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmzone.h9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 8f9c9590a42c..586a8f0104d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -654,13 +654,12 @@ enum zone_watermarks {
};
/*
- * One per migratetype for each PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER. One additional list
- * for THP which will usually be GFP_MOVABLE. Even if it is another type,
- * it should not contribute to serious fragmentation causing THP allocation
- * failures.
+ * One per migratetype for each PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER. Two additional lists
+ * are added for THP. One PCP list is used by GPF_MOVABLE, and the other PCP list
+ * is used by GFP_UNMOVABLE and GFP_RECLAIMABLE.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-#define NR_PCP_THP 1
+#define NR_PCP_THP 2
#else
#define NR_PCP_THP 0
#endif