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-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/huge_mm.h1
-rw-r--r--mm/huge_memory.c146
3 files changed, 82 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index c4171e4519c2..8fda5b7b24e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ MADV_HUGEPAGE region.
echo always >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo defer >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
+echo defer+madvise >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo madvise >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
echo never >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag
@@ -120,10 +121,15 @@ that benefit heavily from THP use and are willing to delay the VM start
to utilise them.
"defer" means that an application will wake kswapd in the background
-to reclaim pages and wake kcompact to compact memory so that THP is
+to reclaim pages and wake kcompactd to compact memory so that THP is
available in the near future. It's the responsibility of khugepaged
to then install the THP pages later.
+"defer+madvise" will enter direct reclaim and compaction like "always", but
+only for regions that have used madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE); all other regions
+will wake kswapd in the background to reclaim pages and wake kcompactd to
+compact memory so that THP is available in the near future.
+
"madvise" will enter direct reclaim like "always" but only for regions
that are have used madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE). This is the default behaviour.
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 97e478d6b690..f0029e786205 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum transparent_hugepage_flag {
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG,
+ TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KHUGEPAGED_FLAG,
TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG,
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 5f3ad65c85de..f9ecc2aeadfc 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -142,42 +142,6 @@ static struct shrinker huge_zero_page_shrinker = {
};
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
-
-static ssize_t triple_flag_store(struct kobject *kobj,
- struct kobj_attribute *attr,
- const char *buf, size_t count,
- enum transparent_hugepage_flag enabled,
- enum transparent_hugepage_flag deferred,
- enum transparent_hugepage_flag req_madv)
-{
- if (!memcmp("defer", buf,
- min(sizeof("defer")-1, count))) {
- if (enabled == deferred)
- return -EINVAL;
- clear_bit(enabled, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(req_madv, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- set_bit(deferred, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else if (!memcmp("always", buf,
- min(sizeof("always")-1, count))) {
- clear_bit(deferred, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(req_madv, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- set_bit(enabled, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else if (!memcmp("madvise", buf,
- min(sizeof("madvise")-1, count))) {
- clear_bit(enabled, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(deferred, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- set_bit(req_madv, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else if (!memcmp("never", buf,
- min(sizeof("never")-1, count))) {
- clear_bit(enabled, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(req_madv, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- clear_bit(deferred, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
- } else
- return -EINVAL;
-
- return count;
-}
-
static ssize_t enabled_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
@@ -193,19 +157,28 @@ static ssize_t enabled_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- ssize_t ret;
+ ssize_t ret = count;
- ret = triple_flag_store(kobj, attr, buf, count,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG);
+ if (!memcmp("always", buf,
+ min(sizeof("always")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("madvise", buf,
+ min(sizeof("madvise")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("never", buf,
+ min(sizeof("never")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else
+ ret = -EINVAL;
if (ret > 0) {
int err = start_stop_khugepaged();
if (err)
ret = err;
}
-
return ret;
}
static struct kobj_attribute enabled_attr =
@@ -241,32 +214,58 @@ ssize_t single_hugepage_flag_store(struct kobject *kobj,
return count;
}
-/*
- * Currently defrag only disables __GFP_NOWAIT for allocation. A blind
- * __GFP_REPEAT is too aggressive, it's never worth swapping tons of
- * memory just to allocate one more hugepage.
- */
static ssize_t defrag_show(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
- return sprintf(buf, "[always] defer madvise never\n");
+ return sprintf(buf, "[always] defer defer+madvise madvise never\n");
if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
- return sprintf(buf, "always [defer] madvise never\n");
- else if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
- return sprintf(buf, "always defer [madvise] never\n");
- else
- return sprintf(buf, "always defer madvise [never]\n");
-
+ return sprintf(buf, "always [defer] defer+madvise madvise never\n");
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ return sprintf(buf, "always defer [defer+madvise] madvise never\n");
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ return sprintf(buf, "always defer defer+madvise [madvise] never\n");
+ return sprintf(buf, "always defer defer+madvise madvise [never]\n");
}
+
static ssize_t defrag_store(struct kobject *kobj,
struct kobj_attribute *attr,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
- return triple_flag_store(kobj, attr, buf, count,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG,
- TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG);
+ if (!memcmp("always", buf,
+ min(sizeof("always")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("defer", buf,
+ min(sizeof("defer")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("defer+madvise", buf,
+ min(sizeof("defer+madvise")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("madvise", buf,
+ min(sizeof("madvise")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ set_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else if (!memcmp("never", buf,
+ min(sizeof("never")-1, count))) {
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags);
+ } else
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return count;
}
static struct kobj_attribute defrag_attr =
__ATTR(defrag, 0644, defrag_show, defrag_store);
@@ -612,25 +611,28 @@ static int __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page,
}
/*
- * If THP defrag is set to always then directly reclaim/compact as necessary
- * If set to defer then do only background reclaim/compact and defer to khugepaged
- * If set to madvise and the VMA is flagged then directly reclaim/compact
- * When direct reclaim/compact is allowed, don't retry except for flagged VMA's
+ * always: directly stall for all thp allocations
+ * defer: wake kswapd and fail if not immediately available
+ * defer+madvise: wake kswapd and directly stall for MADV_HUGEPAGE, otherwise
+ * fail if not immediately available
+ * madvise: directly stall for MADV_HUGEPAGE, otherwise fail if not immediately
+ * available
+ * never: never stall for any thp allocation
*/
static inline gfp_t alloc_hugepage_direct_gfpmask(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- bool vma_madvised = !!(vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE);
+ const bool vma_madvised = !!(vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE);
- if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
- &transparent_hugepage_flags) && vma_madvised)
- return GFP_TRANSHUGE;
- else if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG,
- &transparent_hugepage_flags))
- return GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
- else if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG,
- &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_DIRECT_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
return GFP_TRANSHUGE | (vma_madvised ? 0 : __GFP_NORETRY);
-
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ return GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM;
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KSWAPD_OR_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ return GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | (vma_madvised ? __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM :
+ __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM);
+ if (test_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, &transparent_hugepage_flags))
+ return GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT | (vma_madvised ? __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM :
+ 0);
return GFP_TRANSHUGE_LIGHT;
}