Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] zbud: use page ref counter for zbud pages

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

Hi Bob,


On nie, 2013-09-08 at 17:04 +0800, Bob Liu wrote:
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> On 08/30/2013 04:42 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > Use page reference counter for zbud pages. The ref counter replaces
> > zbud_header.under_reclaim flag and ensures that zbud page won't be freed
> > when zbud_free() is called during reclaim. It allows implementation of
> > additional reclaim paths.
> > 
> > The page count is incremented when:
> >  - a handle is created and passed to zswap (in zbud_alloc()),
> >  - user-supplied eviction callback is called (in zbud_reclaim_page()).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Bob Liu <bob.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> AFAIR, the previous version you sent out has a function  called
> rebalance_lists() which I think is a good clean up.
> But I didn't see that function any more in this version.

Yes, that function was added because similar code was present in
zbud_free/zbud_alloc/zbud_reclaim_page. I removed it because it turned
out that there is no benefit in generalizing this code. Seth found an
issue in this function (zbud page was re-inserted in to LRU when
zbud_free() was called on one buddy). Fixing this issue added more if-s
and more code thus enlarging the rebalance_lists() function.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

> Thanks,
> -Bob
> 
> 
> > ---
> >  mm/zbud.c |   97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/zbud.c b/mm/zbud.c
> > index ad1e781..aa9a15c 100644
> > --- a/mm/zbud.c
> > +++ b/mm/zbud.c
> > @@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct zbud_header {
> >  	struct list_head lru;
> >  	unsigned int first_chunks;
> >  	unsigned int last_chunks;
> > -	bool under_reclaim;
> >  };
> >  
> >  /*****************
> > @@ -138,16 +137,9 @@ static struct zbud_header *init_zbud_page(struct page *page)
> >  	zhdr->last_chunks = 0;
> >  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zhdr->buddy);
> >  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zhdr->lru);
> > -	zhdr->under_reclaim = 0;
> >  	return zhdr;
> >  }
> >  
> > -/* Resets the struct page fields and frees the page */
> > -static void free_zbud_page(struct zbud_header *zhdr)
> > -{
> > -	__free_page(virt_to_page(zhdr));
> > -}
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * Encodes the handle of a particular buddy within a zbud page
> >   * Pool lock should be held as this function accesses first|last_chunks
> > @@ -188,6 +180,31 @@ static int num_free_chunks(struct zbud_header *zhdr)
> >  	return NCHUNKS - zhdr->first_chunks - zhdr->last_chunks - 1;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Increases ref count for zbud page.
> > + */
> > +static void get_zbud_page(struct zbud_header *zhdr)
> > +{
> > +	get_page(virt_to_page(zhdr));
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Decreases ref count for zbud page and frees the page if it reaches 0
> > + * (no external references, e.g. handles).
> > + *
> > + * Returns 1 if page was freed and 0 otherwise.
> > + */
> > +static int put_zbud_page(struct zbud_header *zhdr)
> > +{
> > +	struct page *page = virt_to_page(zhdr);
> > +	if (put_page_testzero(page)) {
> > +		free_hot_cold_page(page, 0);
> > +		return 1;
> > +	}
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> >  /*****************
> >   * API Functions
> >  *****************/
> > @@ -250,7 +267,7 @@ void zbud_destroy_pool(struct zbud_pool *pool)
> >  int zbud_alloc(struct zbud_pool *pool, int size, gfp_t gfp,
> >  			unsigned long *handle)
> >  {
> > -	int chunks, i, freechunks;
> > +	int chunks, i;
> >  	struct zbud_header *zhdr = NULL;
> >  	enum buddy bud;
> >  	struct page *page;
> > @@ -273,6 +290,7 @@ int zbud_alloc(struct zbud_pool *pool, int size, gfp_t gfp,
> >  				bud = FIRST;
> >  			else
> >  				bud = LAST;
> > +			get_zbud_page(zhdr);
> >  			goto found;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > @@ -284,6 +302,10 @@ int zbud_alloc(struct zbud_pool *pool, int size, gfp_t gfp,
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >  	spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> >  	pool->pages_nr++;
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We will be using zhdr instead of page, so
> > +	 * don't increase the page count.
> > +	 */
> >  	zhdr = init_zbud_page(page);
> >  	bud = FIRST;
> >  
> > @@ -295,7 +317,7 @@ found:
> >  
> >  	if (zhdr->first_chunks == 0 || zhdr->last_chunks == 0) {
> >  		/* Add to unbuddied list */
> > -		freechunks = num_free_chunks(zhdr);
> > +		int freechunks = num_free_chunks(zhdr);
> >  		list_add(&zhdr->buddy, &pool->unbuddied[freechunks]);
> >  	} else {
> >  		/* Add to buddied list */
> > @@ -326,7 +348,6 @@ found:
> >  void zbud_free(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
> >  {
> >  	struct zbud_header *zhdr;
> > -	int freechunks;
> >  
> >  	spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> >  	zhdr = handle_to_zbud_header(handle);
> > @@ -337,26 +358,19 @@ void zbud_free(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
> >  	else
> >  		zhdr->first_chunks = 0;
> >  
> > -	if (zhdr->under_reclaim) {
> > -		/* zbud page is under reclaim, reclaim will free */
> > -		spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> > -		return;
> > -	}
> > -
> >  	/* Remove from existing buddy list */
> >  	list_del(&zhdr->buddy);
> >  
> >  	if (zhdr->first_chunks == 0 && zhdr->last_chunks == 0) {
> > -		/* zbud page is empty, free */
> >  		list_del(&zhdr->lru);
> > -		free_zbud_page(zhdr);
> >  		pool->pages_nr--;
> >  	} else {
> >  		/* Add to unbuddied list */
> > -		freechunks = num_free_chunks(zhdr);
> > +		int freechunks = num_free_chunks(zhdr);
> >  		list_add(&zhdr->buddy, &pool->unbuddied[freechunks]);
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	put_zbud_page(zhdr);
> >  	spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -400,7 +414,7 @@ void zbud_free(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
> >   */
> >  int zbud_reclaim_page(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
> >  {
> > -	int i, ret, freechunks;
> > +	int i, ret;
> >  	struct zbud_header *zhdr;
> >  	unsigned long first_handle = 0, last_handle = 0;
> >  
> > @@ -411,11 +425,24 @@ int zbud_reclaim_page(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> >  	}
> >  	for (i = 0; i < retries; i++) {
> > +		if (list_empty(&pool->lru)) {
> > +			/*
> > +			 * LRU was emptied during evict calls in previous
> > +			 * iteration but put_zbud_page() returned 0 meaning
> > +			 * that someone still holds the page. This may
> > +			 * happen when some other mm mechanism increased
> > +			 * the page count.
> > +			 * In such case we succedded with reclaim.
> > +			 */
> > +			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> > +			return 0;
> > +		}
> >  		zhdr = list_tail_entry(&pool->lru, struct zbud_header, lru);
> > +		/* Move this last element to beginning of LRU */
> >  		list_del(&zhdr->lru);
> > -		list_del(&zhdr->buddy);
> > +		list_add(&zhdr->lru, &pool->lru);
> >  		/* Protect zbud page against free */
> > -		zhdr->under_reclaim = true;
> > +		get_zbud_page(zhdr);
> >  		/*
> >  		 * We need encode the handles before unlocking, since we can
> >  		 * race with free that will set (first|last)_chunks to 0
> > @@ -440,29 +467,9 @@ int zbud_reclaim_page(struct zbud_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
> >  				goto next;
> >  		}
> >  next:
> > -		spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> > -		zhdr->under_reclaim = false;
> > -		if (zhdr->first_chunks == 0 && zhdr->last_chunks == 0) {
> > -			/*
> > -			 * Both buddies are now free, free the zbud page and
> > -			 * return success.
> > -			 */
> > -			free_zbud_page(zhdr);
> > -			pool->pages_nr--;
> > -			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> > +		if (put_zbud_page(zhdr))
> >  			return 0;
> > -		} else if (zhdr->first_chunks == 0 ||
> > -				zhdr->last_chunks == 0) {
> > -			/* add to unbuddied list */
> > -			freechunks = num_free_chunks(zhdr);
> > -			list_add(&zhdr->buddy, &pool->unbuddied[freechunks]);
> > -		} else {
> > -			/* add to buddied list */
> > -			list_add(&zhdr->buddy, &pool->buddied);
> > -		}
> > -
> > -		/* add to beginning of LRU */
> > -		list_add(&zhdr->lru, &pool->lru);
> > +		spin_lock(&pool->lock);
> >  	}
> >  	spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
> >  	return -EAGAIN;
> > 

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