[PATCH v3 02/16] mm/compaction: support non-lru movable page migration

Vlastimil Babka vbabka at suse.cz
Fri Apr 1 21:29:14 UTC 2016


Might have been better as a separate migration patch and then a compaction 
patch. It's prefixed mm/compaction, but most changed are in mm/migrate.c

On 03/30/2016 09:12 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> We have allowed migration for only LRU pages until now and it was
> enough to make high-order pages. But recently, embedded system(e.g.,
> webOS, android) uses lots of non-movable pages(e.g., zram, GPU memory)
> so we have seen several reports about troubles of small high-order
> allocation. For fixing the problem, there were several efforts
> (e,g,. enhance compaction algorithm, SLUB fallback to 0-order page,
> reserved memory, vmalloc and so on) but if there are lots of
> non-movable pages in system, their solutions are void in the long run.
>
> So, this patch is to support facility to change non-movable pages
> with movable. For the feature, this patch introduces functions related
> to migration to address_space_operations as well as some page flags.
>
> Basically, this patch supports two page-flags and two functions related
> to page migration. The flag and page->mapping stability are protected
> by PG_lock.
>
> 	PG_movable
> 	PG_isolated
>
> 	bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
> 	void (*putback_page) (struct page *);
>
> Duty of subsystem want to make their pages as migratable are
> as follows:
>
> 1. It should register address_space to page->mapping then mark
> the page as PG_movable via __SetPageMovable.
>
> 2. It should mark the page as PG_isolated via SetPageIsolated
> if isolation is sucessful and return true.

Ah another thing to document (especially in the comments/Doc) is that the 
subsystem must not expect anything to survive in page.lru (or fields that union 
it) after having isolated successfully.

> 3. If migration is successful, it should clear PG_isolated and
> PG_movable of the page for free preparation then release the
> reference of the page to free.
>
> 4. If migration fails, putback function of subsystem should
> clear PG_isolated via ClearPageIsolated.
>
> 5. If a subsystem want to release isolated page, it should
> clear PG_isolated but not PG_movable. Instead, VM will do it.

Under lock? Or just with ClearPageIsolated?

> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka at suse.cz>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman at suse.de>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd at google.com>
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: virtualization at lists.linux-foundation.org
> Signed-off-by: Gioh Kim <gurugio at hanmail.net>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan at kernel.org>
> ---
>   Documentation/filesystems/Locking      |   4 +
>   Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt      |   5 +
>   fs/proc/page.c                         |   3 +
>   include/linux/fs.h                     |   2 +
>   include/linux/migrate.h                |   2 +
>   include/linux/page-flags.h             |  31 ++++++
>   include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h |   1 +
>   mm/compaction.c                        |  14 ++-
>   mm/migrate.c                           | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   9 files changed, 217 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
> index 619af9bfdcb3..0bb79560abb3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
> @@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ unlocks and drops the reference.
>   	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
>   	void (*freepage)(struct page *);
>   	int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
> +	bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
>   	int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *);
> +	void (*putback_page) (struct page *);
>   	int (*launder_page)(struct page *);
>   	int (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct page *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
>   	int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
> @@ -219,7 +221,9 @@ invalidatepage:		yes
>   releasepage:		yes
>   freepage:		yes
>   direct_IO:
> +isolate_page:		yes
>   migratepage:		yes (both)
> +putback_page:		yes
>   launder_page:		yes
>   is_partially_uptodate:	yes
>   error_remove_page:	yes
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> index b02a7d598258..4c1b6c3b4bc8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
> @@ -592,9 +592,14 @@ struct address_space_operations {
>   	int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
>   	void (*freepage)(struct page *);
>   	ssize_t (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t offset);
> +	/* isolate a page for migration */
> +	bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
>   	/* migrate the contents of a page to the specified target */
>   	int (*migratepage) (struct page *, struct page *);
> +	/* put the page back to right list */

... "after a failed migration" ?

> +	void (*putback_page) (struct page *);
>   	int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
> +
>   	int (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct page *, unsigned long,
>   					unsigned long);
>   	void (*is_dirty_writeback) (struct page *, bool *, bool *);
> diff --git a/fs/proc/page.c b/fs/proc/page.c
> index 3ecd445e830d..ce3d08a4ad8d 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/page.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/page.c
> @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page)
>   	if (page_is_idle(page))
>   		u |= 1 << KPF_IDLE;
>
> +	if (PageMovable(page))
> +		u |= 1 << KPF_MOVABLE;
> +
>   	u |= kpf_copy_bit(k, KPF_LOCKED,	PG_locked);
>
>   	u |= kpf_copy_bit(k, KPF_SLAB,		PG_slab);
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index da9e67d937e5..36f2d610e7a8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ struct address_space_operations {
>   	 */
>   	int (*migratepage) (struct address_space *,
>   			struct page *, struct page *, enum migrate_mode);
> +	bool (*isolate_page)(struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
> +	void (*putback_page)(struct page *);
>   	int (*launder_page) (struct page *);
>   	int (*is_partially_uptodate) (struct page *, unsigned long,
>   					unsigned long);
> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> index 9b50325e4ddf..404fbfefeb33 100644
> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ extern int migrate_page(struct address_space *,
>   			struct page *, struct page *, enum migrate_mode);
>   extern int migrate_pages(struct list_head *l, new_page_t new, free_page_t free,
>   		unsigned long private, enum migrate_mode mode, int reason);
> +extern bool isolate_movable_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode);
> +extern void putback_movable_page(struct page *page);
>
>   extern int migrate_prep(void);
>   extern int migrate_prep_local(void);
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> index f4ed4f1b0c77..77ebf8fdbc6e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ enum pageflags {
>
>   	/* Compound pages. Stored in first tail page's flags */
>   	PG_double_map = PG_private_2,
> +
> +	/* non-lru movable pages */
> +	PG_movable = PG_reclaim,
> +	PG_isolated = PG_owner_priv_1,

Documentation should probably state that these fields alias and subsystem 
supporting the movable pages shouldn't use them elsewhere.

Also I'm a bit uncomfortable how isolate_movable_page() blindly expects that
page->mapping->a_ops->isolate_page exists for PageMovable() pages. What if it's 
a false positive on a PG_reclaim page? Can we rely on PG_reclaim always (and 
without races) implying PageLRU() so that we don't even attempt 
isolate_movable_page()?

>   };
>
>   #ifndef __GENERATING_BOUNDS_H
> @@ -614,6 +618,33 @@ static inline void __ClearPageBalloon(struct page *page)
>   	atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, -1);
>   }
>
> +#define PAGE_MOVABLE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE (-255)

IIRC this was what Gioh's previous attempts used instead of PG_movable? Is it 
still needed? Doesn't it prevent a driver providing movable *and* mapped pages?
If it's to distinguish the PG_reclaim alias that I mention above, it seems like 
an overkill to me. Why would be need both special mapcount value and a flag? 
Checking that page->mapping->a_ops->isolate_page exists before calling it should 
be enough to resolve the ambiguity?

> +
> +static inline int PageMovable(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	return ((test_bit(PG_movable, &(page)->flags) &&
> +		atomic_read(&page->_mapcount) == PAGE_MOVABLE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE)
> +		|| PageBalloon(page));
> +}
> +
> +/* Caller should hold a PG_lock */
> +static inline void __SetPageMovable(struct page *page,
> +				struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> +	page->mapping = mapping;
> +	__set_bit(PG_movable, &page->flags);
> +	atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, PAGE_MOVABLE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void __ClearPageMovable(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, -1);
> +	__clear_bit(PG_movable, &(page)->flags);
> +	page->mapping = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +PAGEFLAG(Isolated, isolated, PF_ANY);
> +
>   /*
>    * If network-based swap is enabled, sl*b must keep track of whether pages
>    * were allocated from pfmemalloc reserves.
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h b/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
> index 5da5f8751ce7..a184fd2434fa 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kernel-page-flags.h
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>   #define KPF_BALLOON		23
>   #define KPF_ZERO_PAGE		24
>   #define KPF_IDLE		25
> +#define KPF_MOVABLE		26
>
>
>   #endif /* _UAPILINUX_KERNEL_PAGE_FLAGS_H */
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index ccf97b02b85f..7557aedddaee 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
>
>   		/*
>   		 * Check may be lockless but that's ok as we recheck later.
> -		 * It's possible to migrate LRU pages and balloon pages
> +		 * It's possible to migrate LRU and movable kernel pages.
>   		 * Skip any other type of page
>   		 */
>   		is_lru = PageLRU(page);
> @@ -714,6 +714,18 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
>   					goto isolate_success;
>   				}
>   			}
> +
> +			if (unlikely(PageMovable(page)) &&
> +					!PageIsolated(page)) {
> +				if (locked) {
> +					spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock,
> +									flags);
> +					locked = false;
> +				}
> +
> +				if (isolate_movable_page(page, isolate_mode))
> +					goto isolate_success;
> +			}
>   		}
>
>   		/*
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 53529c805752..b56bf2b3fe8c 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -73,6 +73,85 @@ int migrate_prep_local(void)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>
> +bool isolate_movable_page(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
> +{
> +	bool ret = false;

Maintaining "ret" seems useless here. All the "goto out*" statements are 
executed only when ret is false, and ret == true is returned by a different return.

> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Avoid burning cycles with pages that are yet under __free_pages(),
> +	 * or just got freed under us.
> +	 *
> +	 * In case we 'win' a race for a movable page being freed under us and
> +	 * raise its refcount preventing __free_pages() from doing its job
> +	 * the put_page() at the end of this block will take care of
> +	 * release this page, thus avoiding a nasty leakage.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(!get_page_unless_zero(page)))
> +		goto out;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Check PG_movable before holding a PG_lock because page's owner
> +	 * assumes anybody doesn't touch PG_lock of newly allocated page.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(!PageMovable(page)))
> +		goto out_putpage;
> +	/*
> +	 * As movable pages are not isolated from LRU lists, concurrent
> +	 * compaction threads can race against page migration functions
> +	 * as well as race against the releasing a page.
> +	 *
> +	 * In order to avoid having an already isolated movable page
> +	 * being (wrongly) re-isolated while it is under migration,
> +	 * or to avoid attempting to isolate pages being released,
> +	 * lets be sure we have the page lock
> +	 * before proceeding with the movable page isolation steps.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(!trylock_page(page)))
> +		goto out_putpage;
> +
> +	if (!PageMovable(page) || PageIsolated(page))
> +		goto out_no_isolated;
> +
> +	ret = page->mapping->a_ops->isolate_page(page, mode);
> +	if (!ret)
> +		goto out_no_isolated;
> +
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageIsolated(page));
> +	unlock_page(page);
> +	return ret;
> +
> +out_no_isolated:
> +	unlock_page(page);
> +out_putpage:
> +	put_page(page);
> +out:
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/* It should be called on page which is PG_movable */
> +void putback_movable_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * 'lock_page()' stabilizes the page and prevents races against
> +	 * concurrent isolation threads attempting to re-isolate it.
> +	 */
> +	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageMovable(page), page);
> +
> +	lock_page(page);
> +	if (PageIsolated(page)) {
> +		struct address_space *mapping;
> +
> +		mapping = page_mapping(page);
> +		mapping->a_ops->putback_page(page);
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(PageIsolated(page));
> +	} else {
> +		__ClearPageMovable(page);
> +	}
> +	unlock_page(page);
> +	/* drop the extra ref count taken for movable page isolation */
> +	put_page(page);
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * Put previously isolated pages back onto the appropriate lists
>    * from where they were once taken off for compaction/migration.
> @@ -94,10 +173,18 @@ void putback_movable_pages(struct list_head *l)
>   		list_del(&page->lru);
>   		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_ISOLATED_ANON +
>   				page_is_file_cache(page));
> -		if (unlikely(isolated_balloon_page(page)))
> +		if (unlikely(isolated_balloon_page(page))) {
>   			balloon_page_putback(page);
> -		else
> +		} else if (unlikely(PageMovable(page))) {
> +			if (PageIsolated(page)) {
> +				putback_movable_page(page);
> +			} else {
> +				__ClearPageMovable(page);

We don't do lock_page() here, so what prevents parallel compaction isolating the 
same page?

> +				put_page(page);
> +			}
> +		} else {
>   			putback_lru_page(page);
> +		}
>   	}
>   }
>
> @@ -592,7 +679,7 @@ void migrate_page_copy(struct page *newpage, struct page *page)
>    ***********************************************************/
>
>   /*
> - * Common logic to directly migrate a single page suitable for
> + * Common logic to directly migrate a single LRU page suitable for
>    * pages that do not use PagePrivate/PagePrivate2.
>    *
>    * Pages are locked upon entry and exit.
> @@ -755,24 +842,54 @@ static int move_to_new_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page,
>   				enum migrate_mode mode)
>   {
>   	struct address_space *mapping;
> -	int rc;
> +	int rc = -EAGAIN;
> +	bool lru_movable = true;
>
>   	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
>   	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(newpage), newpage);
>
>   	mapping = page_mapping(page);
> -	if (!mapping)
> -		rc = migrate_page(mapping, newpage, page, mode);
> -	else if (mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
> -		/*
> -		 * Most pages have a mapping and most filesystems provide a
> -		 * migratepage callback. Anonymous pages are part of swap
> -		 * space which also has its own migratepage callback. This
> -		 * is the most common path for page migration.
> -		 */
> -		rc = mapping->a_ops->migratepage(mapping, newpage, page, mode);
> -	else
> -		rc = fallback_migrate_page(mapping, newpage, page, mode);
> +	/*
> +	 * In case of non-lru page, it could be released after
> +	 * isolation step. In that case, we shouldn't try
> +	 * fallback migration which was designed for LRU pages.
> +	 *
> +	 * The rule for such case is that subsystem should clear
> +	 * PG_isolated but remains PG_movable so VM should catch
> +	 * it and clear PG_movable for it.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(PageMovable(page))) {

Can false positive from PG_reclaim occur here?

> +		lru_movable = false;
> +		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!mapping, page);
> +		if (!PageIsolated(page)) {
> +			rc = MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
> +			__ClearPageMovable(page);
> +			goto out;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	if (likely(lru_movable)) {
> +		if (!mapping)
> +			rc = migrate_page(mapping, newpage, page, mode);
> +		else if (mapping->a_ops->migratepage)
> +			/*
> +			 * Most pages have a mapping and most filesystems
> +			 * provide a migratepage callback. Anonymous pages
> +			 * are part of swap space which also has its own
> +			 * migratepage callback. This is the most common path
> +			 * for page migration.
> +			 */
> +			rc = mapping->a_ops->migratepage(mapping, newpage,
> +							page, mode);
> +		else
> +			rc = fallback_migrate_page(mapping, newpage,
> +							page, mode);
> +	} else {
> +		rc = mapping->a_ops->migratepage(mapping, newpage,
> +						page, mode);
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS &&
> +			PageIsolated(page));
> +	}
>
>   	/*
>   	 * When successful, old pagecache page->mapping must be cleared before
> @@ -782,6 +899,7 @@ static int move_to_new_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page,
>   		if (!PageAnon(page))
>   			page->mapping = NULL;
>   	}
> +out:
>   	return rc;
>   }
>
> @@ -960,6 +1078,8 @@ static ICE_noinline int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
>   			put_new_page(newpage, private);
>   		else
>   			put_page(newpage);
> +		if (PageMovable(page))
> +			__ClearPageMovable(page);
>   		goto out;
>   	}
>
> @@ -1000,8 +1120,26 @@ static ICE_noinline int unmap_and_move(new_page_t get_new_page,
>   				num_poisoned_pages_inc();
>   		}
>   	} else {
> -		if (rc != -EAGAIN)
> -			putback_lru_page(page);
> +		if (rc != -EAGAIN) {
> +			/*
> +			 * subsystem couldn't remove PG_movable since page is
> +			 * isolated so PageMovable check is not racy in here.
> +			 * But PageIsolated check can be racy but it's okay
> +			 * because putback_movable_page checks it under PG_lock
> +			 * again.
> +			 */
> +			if (unlikely(PageMovable(page))) {
> +				if (PageIsolated(page))
> +					putback_movable_page(page);
> +				else {
> +					__ClearPageMovable(page);

Again, we don't do lock_page() here, so what prevents parallel compaction 
isolating the same page?

Sorry for so many questions, hope they all have good answers and this series is 
a success :) Thanks for picking it up.

> +					put_page(page);
> +				}
> +			} else {
> +				putback_lru_page(page);
> +			}
> +		}
> +
>   		if (put_new_page)
>   			put_new_page(newpage, private);
>   		else
>



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