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v14 cover MADV_FREE support

This patch enable MADV_FREE hint for madvise syscall, which have been supported by other OSes. [PATCH 1] includes the details.

[1] support MADVISE_FREE for !THP page so if VM encounter THP page in syscall context, it splits THP page.
[2-7] is to preparing to call madvise syscall without THP plitting
[8] enable THP page support for MADV_FREE.

* from v13
* Add more Ackedy-by from arch people(arm, arm64 and ppc)
* Rebased on mmotm 2014-08-13-14-29

* from v12
* Fix - skip to mark free pte on try_to_free_swap failed page - Kirill
* Add more Acked-by from arch maintainers and Kirill

* From v11
* Fix arm build - Steve
* Separate patch for arm and arm64 - Steve
* Remove unnecessary check - Kirill
* Skip non-vm_normal page - Kirill
* Add Acked-by - Zhang
* Sparc64 build fix
* Pagetable walker THP handling fix

* From v10
* Add Acked-by from arch stuff(x86, s390)
* Pagewalker based pagetable working - Kirill
* Fix try_to_unmap_one broken with hwpoison - Kirill
* Use VM_BUG_ON_PAGE in madvise_free_pmd - Kirill
* Fix pgtable-3level.h for arm - Steve

* From v9
* Add Acked-by - Rik
* Add THP page support - Kirill

* From v8
* Rebased-on v3.16-rc2-mmotm-2014-06-25-16-44

* From v7
* Rebased-on next-20140613

* From v6
* Remove page from swapcache in syscal time
* Move utility functions from memory.c to madvise.c - Johannes
* Rename untilify functtions - Johannes
* Remove unnecessary checks from vmscan.c - Johannes
* Rebased-on v3.15-rc5-mmotm-2014-05-16-16-56
* Drop Reviewe-by because there was some changes since then.

* From v5
* Fix PPC problem which don't flush TLB - Rik
* Remove unnecessary lazyfree_range stub function - Rik
* Rebased on v3.15-rc5

* From v4
* Add Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei
* Rebase on v3.15-rc1-mmotm-2014-04-15-16-14

* From v3
* Add "how to work part" in description - Zhang
* Add page_discardable utility function - Zhang
* Clean up

* From v2
* Remove forceful dirty marking of swap-readed page - Johannes
* Remove deactivation logic of lazyfreed page
* Rebased on 3.14
* Remove RFC tag

* From v1
* Use custom page table walker for madvise_free - Johannes
* Remove PG_lazypage flag - Johannes
* Do madvise_dontneed instead of madvise_freein swapless system

Minchan Kim (8):
mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE)
x86: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
sparc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
s390: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
arm: add pmd_mkclean for THP
arm64: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
mm: Don't split THP page when syscall is called

 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h    |   1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h         |   2 +
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h |   2 +
 arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h          |  12 +++
 arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h      |  16 ++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h           |  10 ++
 include/linux/huge_mm.h                  |   4 +
 include/linux/rmap.h                     |   9 +-
 include/linux/vm_event_item.h            |   1 +
 include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h   |   1 +
 mm/huge_memory.c                         |  35 +++++++
 mm/madvise.c                             | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/rmap.c                                |  46 ++++++++-
 mm/vmscan.c                              |  64 +++++++++----
 mm/vmstat.c                              |   1 +
 15 files changed, 343 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
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PATCH v14 1/8 mm: support madvise(MADV_FREE)

Linux doesn't have an ability to free pages lazy while other OS already have been supported that named by madvise(MADV_FREE).

The gain is clear that kernel can discard freed pages rather than swapping out or OOM if memory pressure happens.

Without memory pressure, freed pages would be reused by userspace without another additional overhead(ex, page fault + allocation
+ zeroing).

How to work is following as.

When madvise syscall is called, VM clears dirty bit of ptes of the range. If memory pressure happens, VM checks dirty bit of page table and if it found still "clean", it means it's a "lazyfree pages" so VM could discard the page instead of swapping out. Once there was store operation for the page before VM peek a page to reclaim, dirty bit is set so VM can swap out the page instead of discarding.

Firstly, heavy users would be general allocators(ex, jemalloc, tcmalloc and hope glibc supports it) and jemalloc/tcmalloc already have supported the feature for other OS(ex, FreeBSD)

barrios@blaptop:~/benchmark/ebizzy$ lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                4
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 42
Stepping:              7
CPU MHz:               2801.000
BogoMIPS:              5581.64
Virtualization:        VT-x
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              256K
L3 cache:              4096K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3

ebizzy benchmark(./ebizzy -S 10 -n 512)

vanilla-jemalloc MADV_free-jemalloc

1 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      7682.10         avg:      15306.10
std:      62.35(0.81%)    std:      347.99(2.27%)
max:      7770.00         max:      15622.00
min:      7598.00         min:      14772.00

2 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      12747.50        avg:      24171.00
std:      792.06(6.21%)   std:      895.18(3.70%)
max:      13337.00        max:      26023.00
min:      10535.00        min:      23152.00

4 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      16474.60        avg:      33717.90
std:      1496.45(9.08%)  std:      2008.97(5.96%)
max:      17877.00        max:      35958.00
min:      12224.00        min:      29565.00

8 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      16778.50        avg:      33308.10
std:      825.53(4.92%)   std:      1668.30(5.01%)
max:      17543.00        max:      36010.00
min:      14576.00        min:      29577.00

16 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      20614.40        avg:      35516.30
std:      602.95(2.92%)   std:      1283.65(3.61%)
max:      21753.00        max:      37178.00
min:      19605.00        min:      33217.00

32 thread

records:  10              records:  10
avg:      22771.70        avg:      36018.50
std:      598.94(2.63%)   std:      1046.76(2.91%)
max:      24035.00        max:      37266.00
min:      22108.00        min:      34149.00

In summary, MADV_FREE is about 2 time faster than MADV_DONTNEED.

Cc Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
Cc Linux API <[email protected]>
Cc Hugh Dickins <[email protected]>
Cc Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Cc KOSAKI Motohiro <[email protected]>
Cc Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Cc Jason Evans <[email protected]>
Cc Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]>
Cc Zhang Yanfei <[email protected]>
Cc Rik van Riel <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/rmap.h                   |   9 ++-
 include/linux/vm_event_item.h          |   1 +
 include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h |   1 +
 mm/madvise.c                           | 140 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/rmap.c                              |  42 +++++++++-
 mm/vmscan.c                            |  40 ++++++++--
 mm/vmstat.c                            |   1 +
 7 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
include/linux/rmap.h +7 -2
index be574506e6a9..0ba377b97a38 100644
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ enum ttu_flags {
 	TTU_UNMAP = 1,			/* unmap mode */
 	TTU_MIGRATION = 2,		/* migration mode */
 	TTU_MUNLOCK = 4,		/* munlock mode */
+	TTU_FREE = 8,			/* free mode */
 
 	TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK = (1 << 8),	/* ignore mlock */
 	TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS = (1 << 9),	/* don't age */
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ static inline void page_dup_rmap(struct page *page)
  * Called from mm/vmscan.c to handle paging out
  */
 int page_referenced(struct page *, int is_locked,
-			struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long *vm_flags);
+			struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long *vm_flags,
+			int *is_dirty);
 
 #define TTU_ACTION(x) ((x) & TTU_ACTION_MASK)
 
@@ -260,9 +262,12 @@ int rmap_walk(struct page *page, struct rmap_walk_control *rwc);
 
 static inline int page_referenced(struct page *page, int is_locked,
 				  struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
-				  unsigned long *vm_flags)
+				  unsigned long *vm_flags,
+				  int *is_pte_dirty)
 {
 	*vm_flags = 0;
+	if (is_pte_dirty)
+		*is_pte_dirty = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 
include/linux/vm_event_item.h +1 -0
index ced92345c963..e2d3fb1e9814 100644
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGALLOC),
 		PGFREE, PGACTIVATE, PGDEACTIVATE,
 		PGFAULT, PGMAJFAULT,
+		PGLAZYFREED,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGREFILL),
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGSTEAL_KSWAPD),
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGSTEAL_DIRECT),
include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h +1 -0
index ddc3b36f1046..7a94102b7a02 100644
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define MADV_SEQUENTIAL	2		/* expect sequential page references */
 #define MADV_WILLNEED	3		/* will need these pages */
 #define MADV_DONTNEED	4		/* don't need these pages */
+#define MADV_FREE	5		/* free pages only if memory pressure */
 
 /* common parameters: try to keep these consistent across architectures */
 #define MADV_REMOVE	9		/* remove these pages & resources */
mm/madvise.c +140 -0

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mm/rmap.c +40 -2

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mm/vmscan.c +32 -8
index 2836b5373b2e..76c2cc858323 100644
@@ -713,13 +713,17 @@ enum page_references {
 };
 
 static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
-						  struct scan_control *sc)
+						  struct scan_control *sc,
+						  bool *freeable)
 {
 	int referenced_ptes, referenced_page;
 	unsigned long vm_flags;
+	int pte_dirty;
+
+	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageLocked(page), page);
 
 	referenced_ptes = page_referenced(page, 1, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
-					  &vm_flags);
+					  &vm_flags, &pte_dirty);
 	referenced_page = TestClearPageReferenced(page);
 
 	/*
@@ -760,6 +764,10 @@ static enum page_references page_check_references(struct page *page,
 		return PAGEREF_KEEP;
 	}
 
+	if (PageAnon(page) && !pte_dirty && !PageSwapCache(page) &&
+			!PageDirty(page))
+		*freeable = true;
+
 	/* Reclaim if clean, defer dirty pages to writeback */
 	if (referenced_page && !PageSwapBacked(page))
 		return PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
@@ -828,6 +836,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		int may_enter_fs;
 		enum page_references references = PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
 		bool dirty, writeback;
+		bool freeable = false;
 
 		cond_resched();
 
@@ -950,7 +959,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		}
 
 		if (!force_reclaim)
-			references = page_check_references(page, sc);
+			references = page_check_references(page, sc,
+							&freeable);
 
 		switch (references) {
 		case PAGEREF_ACTIVATE:
@@ -966,7 +976,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
 		 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
 		 */
-		if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
+		if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page) && !freeable) {
 			if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
 				goto keep_locked;
 			if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list))
@@ -981,8 +991,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
 		 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
 		 */
-		if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
-			switch (try_to_unmap(page, ttu_flags)) {
+		if (page_mapped(page) && (mapping || freeable)) {
+			switch (try_to_unmap(page,
+				freeable ? TTU_FREE : ttu_flags)) {
 			case SWAP_FAIL:
 				goto activate_locked;
 			case SWAP_AGAIN:
@@ -990,7 +1001,20 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			case SWAP_MLOCK:
 				goto cull_mlocked;
 			case SWAP_SUCCESS:
-				; /* try to free the page below */
+				/* try to free the page below */
+				if (!freeable)
+					break;
+				/*
+				 * Freeable anon page doesn't have mapping
+				 * due to skipping of swapcache so we free
+				 * page in here rather than __remove_mapping.
+				 */
+				VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSwapCache(page), page);
+				if (!page_freeze_refs(page, 1))
+					goto keep_locked;
+				__clear_page_locked(page);
+				count_vm_event(PGLAZYFREED);
+				goto free_it;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1730,7 +1754,7 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		}
 
 		if (page_referenced(page, 0, sc->target_mem_cgroup,
-				    &vm_flags)) {
+				    &vm_flags, NULL)) {
 			nr_rotated += hpage_nr_pages(page);
 			/*
 			 * Identify referenced, file-backed active pages and
mm/vmstat.c +1 -0
index 8d82c91344f1..eb295a844a38 100644
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 
 	"pgfault",
 	"pgmajfault",
+	"pglazyfreed",
 
 	TEXTS_FOR_ZONES("pgrefill")
 	TEXTS_FOR_ZONES("pgsteal_kswapd")
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PATCH v14 2/8 x86: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h +10 -0
index 0ec056012618..329865799653 100644
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ static inline int pmd_young(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_ACCESSED;
 }
 
+static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_DIRTY;
+}
+
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_RW;
@@ -267,6 +272,11 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkold(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_ACCESSED);
 }
 
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_DIRTY);
+}
+
 static inline pmd_t pmd_wrprotect(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_RW);
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PATCH v14 3/8 sparc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

---
 arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h +16 -0
index 3770bf5c6e1b..b80a309d7e00 100644
@@ -666,6 +666,13 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_young(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pte_young(pte);
 }
 
+static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pte_t pte = __pte(pmd_val(pmd));
+
+	return pte_dirty(pte);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long pmd_write(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	pte_t pte = __pte(pmd_val(pmd));
@@ -723,6 +730,15 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkdirty(pmd_t pmd)
 	return __pmd(pte_val(pte));
 }
 
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pte_t pte = __pte(pmd_val(pmd));
+
+	pte = pte_mkclean(pte);
+
+	return __pmd(pte_val(pte));
+}
+
 static inline pmd_t pmd_mkyoung(pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	pte_t pte = __pte(pmd_val(pmd));
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Re: [PATCH v14 3/8] sparc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

From: Minchan Kim <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:53:27 +0900

Quoted 10 lines

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

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PATCH v14 4/8 powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

Cc Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
Cc Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h +2 -0
index eb9261024f51..c9a4bbe8e179 100644
@@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pmdp_ptep(pmd_t *pmd)
 
 #define pmd_pfn(pmd)		pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
+#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
+#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 
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PATCH v14 5/8 s390: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page but for s390 pmds only referenced bit is available because there is no free bit left in the pmd entry for the software dirty bit so this patch adds dumb pmd_dirty which returns always true by suggesting by Martin.

They finally find a solution in future.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-api&m=140440328820808&w=2

Cc Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]>
Cc Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Cc Dominik Dingel <[email protected]>
Cc Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]>
Cc Gerald Schaefer <[email protected]>
---
 arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h +12 -0
index b76317c1f3eb..ad4c855b026d 100644
@@ -1612,6 +1612,18 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkhuge(pmd_t pmd)
 	return pmd;
 }
 
+static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	/* No dirty bit in the segment table entry */
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	/* No dirty bit in the segment table entry */
+	return pmd;
+}
+
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
 static inline int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					    unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp)
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Re: [PATCH v14 5/8] s390: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Quoted 9 lines · On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:53:29 +0900 Minchan Kim…

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page but for s390 pmds only referenced bit is available because there is no free bit left in the pmd entry for the software dirty bit so this patch adds dumb pmd_dirty which returns always true by suggesting by Martin.

They finally find a solution in future.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-api&m=140440328820808&w=2

The solution is already there, see git commit 152125b7a882df36. You can drop this patch.

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Re: [PATCH v14 5/8] s390: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Hello,

Quoted 10 lines · Martin Schwidefsky
Quoted 7 lines · On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:53:29 +0900 Minchan Kim <[email protected]> wrote:

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page but for s390 pmds only referenced bit is available because there is no free bit left in the pmd entry for the software dirty bit so this patch adds dumb pmd_dirty which returns always true by suggesting by Martin.

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They finally find a solution in future.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-api&m=140440328820808&w=2

The solution is already there, see git commit 152125b7a882df36. You can drop this patch.

Thanks for the heads up. I will drop it in next spin.

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PATCH v14 6/8 arm: add pmd_mkclean for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

---
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h +1 -0
index 06e0bc0f8b00..bc913a065270 100644
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ PMD_BIT_FUNC(mkold,	&= ~PMD_SECT_AF);
 PMD_BIT_FUNC(mksplitting, |= L_PMD_SECT_SPLITTING);
 PMD_BIT_FUNC(mkwrite,   &= ~L_PMD_SECT_RDONLY);
 PMD_BIT_FUNC(mkdirty,   |= L_PMD_SECT_DIRTY);
+PMD_BIT_FUNC(mkclean,   &= ~L_PMD_SECT_DIRTY);
 PMD_BIT_FUNC(mkyoung,   |= PMD_SECT_AF);
 
 #define pmd_mkhuge(pmd)		(__pmd(pmd_val(pmd) & ~PMD_TABLE_BIT))
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Re: [PATCH v14 6/8] arm: add pmd_mkclean for THP

Quoted 5 lines · Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

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PATCH v14 7/8 arm64: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

In reply to Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h +2 -0
index ffe1ba0506d1..efb1b2fc4d39 100644
@@ -259,10 +259,12 @@ static inline pmd_t pte_pmd(pte_t pte)
 #endif
 
 #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
+#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mksplitting(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkspecial(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
+#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mknotpresent(pmd)	(__pmd(pmd_val(pmd) & ~PMD_TYPE_MASK))
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Re: [PATCH v14 7/8] arm64: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Quoted 6 lines · Minchan Kim

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE support.

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PATCH v14 8/8 mm: Don't split THP page when syscall is called

In reply to Minchan Kim

We don't need to split THP page when MADV_FREE syscall is called. It could be done when VM decide really frees it so we could avoid unnecessary THP split.

---
 include/linux/huge_mm.h |  4 ++++
 mm/huge_memory.c        | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/madvise.c            | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 mm/rmap.c               |  8 ++++++--
 mm/vmscan.c             | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
 5 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
include/linux/huge_mm.h +4 -0
index 63579cb8d3dc..25a961256d9f 100644
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ extern struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					  unsigned long addr,
 					  pmd_t *pmd,
 					  unsigned int flags);
+extern int madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
+			struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+			pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr);
 extern int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr);
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ extern pmd_t *page_check_address_pmd(struct page *page,
 				     unsigned long address,
 				     enum page_check_address_pmd_flag flag,
 				     spinlock_t **ptl);
+extern int pmd_freeable(pmd_t pmd);
 
 #define HPAGE_PMD_ORDER (HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define HPAGE_PMD_NR (1<<HPAGE_PMD_ORDER)
mm/huge_memory.c +35 -0
index d9a21d06b862..6d9faa652f54 100644
@@ -1384,6 +1384,36 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		 pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr)
+
+{
+	spinlock_t *ptl;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = tlb->mm;
+	int ret = 1;
+
+	if (pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma, &ptl) == 1) {
+		struct page *page;
+		pmd_t orig_pmd;
+
+		orig_pmd = pmdp_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pmd);
+
+		/* No hugepage in swapcache */
+		page = pmd_page(orig_pmd);
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageSwapCache(page), page);
+
+		orig_pmd = pmd_mkold(orig_pmd);
+		orig_pmd = pmd_mkclean(orig_pmd);
+
+		set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, orig_pmd);
+		tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr);
+		spin_unlock(ptl);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -1620,6 +1650,11 @@ unlock:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int pmd_freeable(pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	return !pmd_dirty(pmd);
+}
+
 static int __split_huge_page_splitting(struct page *page,
 				       struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				       unsigned long address)
mm/madvise.c +20 -1
index a21584235bb6..84badee5f46d 100644
@@ -271,8 +271,26 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pte_t *pte, ptent;
 	struct page *page;
+	unsigned long next;
+
+	next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
+	if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd)) {
+		if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
+			if (!rwsem_is_locked(&mm->mmap_sem)) {
+				pr_err("%s: mmap_sem is unlocked! addr=0x%lx end=0x%lx vma->vm_start=0x%lx vma->vm_end=0x%lx\n",
+					__func__, addr, end,
+					vma->vm_start,
+					vma->vm_end);
+				BUG();
+			}
+#endif
+			split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
+		} else if (!madvise_free_huge_pmd(tlb, vma, pmd, addr))
+			goto next;
+		/* fall through */
+	}
 
-	split_huge_page_pmd(vma, addr, pmd);
 	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -316,6 +334,7 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	pte_unmap_unlock(pte - 1, ptl);
+next:
 	cond_resched();
 	return 0;
 }
mm/rmap.c +6 -2
index 04c181133890..9c407576ff8e 100644
@@ -704,9 +704,13 @@ static int page_referenced_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			referenced++;
 
 		/*
-		 * In this implmentation, MADV_FREE doesn't support THP free
+		 * Use pmd_freeable instead of raw pmd_dirty because in some
+		 * of architecture, pmd_dirty is not defined unless
+		 * CONFIG_TRANSPARNTE_HUGE is enabled
 		 */
-		dirty++;
+		if (!pmd_freeable(*pmd))
+			dirty++;
+
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 	} else {
 		pte_t *pte;
mm/vmscan.c +18 -10
index 76c2cc858323..d404da3ad1a5 100644
@@ -976,17 +976,25 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 * Anonymous process memory has backing store?
 		 * Try to allocate it some swap space here.
 		 */
-		if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page) && !freeable) {
-			if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
-				goto keep_locked;
-			if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list))
-				goto activate_locked;
-			may_enter_fs = 1;
-
-			/* Adding to swap updated mapping */
-			mapping = page_mapping(page);
+		if (PageAnon(page) && !PageSwapCache(page)) {
+			if (!freeable) {
+				if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO))
+					goto keep_locked;
+				if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list))
+					goto activate_locked;
+				may_enter_fs = 1;
+				/* Adding to swap updated mapping */
+				mapping = page_mapping(page);
+			} else {
+				if (likely(!PageTransHuge(page)))
+					goto unmap;
+				/* try_to_unmap isn't aware of THP page */
+				if (unlikely(split_huge_page_to_list(page,
+								page_list)))
+					goto keep_locked;
+			}
 		}
-
+unmap:
 		/*
 		 * The page is mapped into the page tables of one or more
 		 * processes. Try to unmap it here.
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