Re: [PATCH v3 08/15] mm/slab_common: kmalloc_node: pass large requests to page allocator

From: Hyeonggon Yoo
Date: Tue Aug 02 2022 - 05:00:13 EST

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On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 04:44:22PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>
> On 8/1/22 16:37, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 06:09:27PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> >> On 7/12/22 15:39, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> >> > Now that kmalloc_large_node() is in common code, pass large requests
> >> > to page allocator in kmalloc_node() using kmalloc_large_node().
> >> >
> >> > One problem is that currently there is no tracepoint in
> >> > kmalloc_large_node(). Instead of simply putting tracepoint in it,
> >> > use kmalloc_large_node{,_notrace} depending on its caller to show
> >> > useful address for both inlined kmalloc_node() and
> >> > __kmalloc_node_track_caller() when large objects are allocated.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> >>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >> Nit below:
> >>
> >> > ---
> >> > v3:
> >> > This patch is new in v3 and this avoids
> >> > missing caller in __kmalloc_large_node_track_caller()
> >> > when kmalloc_large_node() is called.
> >> >
> >> > include/linux/slab.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
> >> > mm/slab.h | 2 ++
> >> > mm/slab_common.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> >> > mm/slub.c | 2 +-
> >> > 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
> >> > index 082499306098..fd2e129fc813 100644
> >> > --- a/include/linux/slab.h
> >> > +++ b/include/linux/slab.h
> >> > @@ -571,23 +571,35 @@ static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> >> > return __kmalloc(size, flags);
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > +#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
> >> > static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> >> > {
> >> > -#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
> >> > - if (__builtin_constant_p(size) &&
> >> > - size <= KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE) {
> >> > - unsigned int i = kmalloc_index(size);
> >> > + if (__builtin_constant_p(size)) {
> >> > + unsigned int index;
> >> >
> >> > - if (!i)
> >> > + if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
> >> > + return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
> >> > +
> >> > + index = kmalloc_index(size);
> >> > +
> >> > + if (!index)
> >> > return ZERO_SIZE_PTR;
> >> >
> >> > return kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace(
> >> > - kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][i],
> >> > + kmalloc_caches[kmalloc_type(flags)][index],
> >> > flags, node, size);
> >> > }
> >> > -#endif
> >> > return __kmalloc_node(size, flags, node);
> >> > }
> >> > +#else
> >> > +static __always_inline __alloc_size(1) void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> >> > +{
> >> > + if (__builtin_constant_p(size) && size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)
> >> > + return kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
> >> > +
> >> > + return __kmalloc_node(size, flags, node);
> >> > +}
> >> > +#endif
> >> >
> >> > /**
> >> > * kmalloc_array - allocate memory for an array.
> >> > diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> >> > index a8d5eb1c323f..7cb51ff44f0c 100644
> >> > --- a/mm/slab.h
> >> > +++ b/mm/slab.h
> >> > @@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ void create_kmalloc_caches(slab_flags_t);
> >> >
> >> > /* Find the kmalloc slab corresponding for a certain size */
> >> > struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t, gfp_t);
> >> > +
> >> > +void *kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
> >> > #endif
> >> >
> >> > gfp_t kmalloc_fix_flags(gfp_t flags);
> >> > diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> >> > index 6f855587b635..dc872e0ef0fc 100644
> >> > --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> >> > +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> >> > @@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> >> > }
> >> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_large);
> >> >
> >> > -void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> >> > +static __always_inline
> >>
> >> I don't think we need to inline, compiler should be able to make
> >> kmalloc_large_node(_notrace) quite efficient anyway.
> >
> > You mean s/static __always_inline/static/g, or like this?
> >
> > kmalloc_large_node_notrace():
> > fold __kmalloc_large_node_notrace() into here
> >
> > kmalloc_large_node():
> > kmalloc_large_node_notrace()
> > trace_kmalloc()
> >
> > I have no strong opinion.
> >
> > IMO It's unlikely that there would be workloads that are
> > meaningfully affected by inlining or not inlining __kmalloc_large_node_notrace().
> > Just wanted to avoid adding even tiny of overhead by this series.
>
> I tried the following quick change on top of your series and got (with
> CONFIG_SLUB):
>
> add/remove: 2/4 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 208/-588 (-380)
> Function old new delta
> __kmalloc_large_node - 186 +186
> __kmalloc_large_node.cold - 22 +22
> kmalloc_large_node.cold 15 - -15
> kmalloc_large.cold 15 - -15
> kmalloc_large_node_notrace.cold 22 - -22
> kmalloc_large 252 87 -165
> kmalloc_large_node 271 86 -185
> kmalloc_large_node_notrace 186 - -186
> Total: Before=49398081, After=49397701, chg -0.00%
>

Yeah, uninlining __kmalloc_large_node saves hundreds of bytes.
And the diff below looks good to me.

By The Way, do you have opinions on inlining slab_alloc_node()?
(Looks like similar topic?)

AFAIK slab_alloc_node() is inlined in:
kmem_cache_alloc()
kmem_cache_alloc_node()
kmem_cache_alloc_lru()
kmem_cache_alloc_trace()
kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace()
__kmem_cache_alloc_node()

This is what I get after simply dropping __always_inline in slab_alloc_node:

add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 3/6 up/down: 1911/-5275 (-3364)
Function old new delta
slab_alloc_node - 1356 +1356
sysfs_slab_alias 134 327 +193
slab_memory_callback 528 717 +189
__kmem_cache_create 1325 1498 +173
__slab_alloc.constprop 135 - -135
kmem_cache_alloc_trace 909 196 -713
kmem_cache_alloc 937 191 -746
kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace 1020 200 -820
__kmem_cache_alloc_node 862 19 -843
kmem_cache_alloc_node 1046 189 -857
kmem_cache_alloc_lru 1348 187 -1161
Total: Before=32011183, After=32007819, chg -0.01%

So 3.28kB is cost of eliminating function call overhead in the
fastpath.

This is tradeoff between function call overhead and
instruction cache usage...

>
> diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
> index ad634e02b3cb..7b8963394144 100644
> --- a/mm/slab.h
> +++ b/mm/slab.h
> @@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ void create_kmalloc_caches(slab_flags_t);
> /* Find the kmalloc slab corresponding for a certain size */
> struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t, gfp_t);
>
> -void *kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
> void *__kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags,
> int node, size_t orig_size,
> unsigned long caller);
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index 0d6cbe9d7ad0..07a6bf1cff36 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ void free_large_kmalloc(struct folio *folio, void *object)
> __free_pages(folio_page(folio, 0), order);
> }
>
> +static void *__kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node);
> static __always_inline
> void *__do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node, unsigned long caller)
> {
> @@ -932,7 +933,7 @@ void *__do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node, unsigned long caller
> void *ret;
>
> if (unlikely(size > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE)) {
> - ret = kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size, flags, node);
> + ret = __kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
> trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret,
> size, PAGE_SIZE << get_order(size),
> flags, node);
> @@ -1042,8 +1043,7 @@ gfp_t kmalloc_fix_flags(gfp_t flags)
> * know the allocation order to free the pages properly in kfree.
> */
>
> -static __always_inline
> -void *__kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> +static void *__kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> {
> struct page *page;
> void *ptr = NULL;
> @@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
>
> void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> {
> - void *ret = __kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size, flags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
> + void *ret = __kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, NUMA_NO_NODE);
>
> trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret,
> size, PAGE_SIZE << get_order(size),
> @@ -1078,14 +1078,9 @@ void *kmalloc_large(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_large);
>
> -void *kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> -{
> - return __kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size, flags, node);
> -}
> -
> void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
> {
> - void *ret = __kmalloc_large_node_notrace(size, flags, node);
> + void *ret = __kmalloc_large_node(size, flags, node);
>
> trace_kmalloc(_RET_IP_, ret,
> size, PAGE_SIZE << get_order(size),

--
Thanks,
Hyeonggon

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