On Wed 26-12-18 09:40:51, Michal Hocko wrote:
> Appart from general comments as a reply to the cover (btw. this all
> should be in the changelog because this is the _why_ part of the
> justification which should be _always_ part of the changelog).
>
> On Tue 25-12-18 18:39:27, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> [...]
> > +config WARN_HIGH_ORDER
> > + bool "Enable complains about high order memory allocations"
> > + depends on !LOCKDEP
>
> Why?
>
> > + default n
> > + help
> > + Enables warnings on high order memory allocations. This allows to
> > + determine users of large memory chunks and rework them to decrease
> > + allocation latency. Note, some debug options make kernel structures
> > + fat.
> > +
> > +config WARN_HIGH_ORDER_LEVEL
> > + int "Define page order level considered as too high"
> > + depends on WARN_HIGH_ORDER
> > + default 3
> > + help
> > + Defines page order starting which the system to complain about.
> > + Default is current PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER.
> > +
> > config HWPOISON_INJECT
> > tristate "HWPoison pages injector"
> > depends on MEMORY_FAILURE && DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
> > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > index e95b5b7c9c3d..258892adb861 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> > @@ -4341,6 +4341,30 @@ static inline void finalise_ac(gfp_t gfp_mask,
> > struct alloc_context *ac)
> > ac->high_zoneidx, ac->nodemask);
> > }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_WARN_HIGH_ORDER
> > +int warn_order = CONFIG_WARN_HIGH_ORDER_LEVEL;
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Complain if we allocate a high order page unless there is a __GFP_NOWARN
> > + * flag provided.
> > + *
> > + * Shuts up after 32 complains.
> > + */
> > +static __always_inline void warn_high_order(int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> > +{
> > + static atomic_t warn_count = ATOMIC_INIT(32);
> > +
> > + if (order >= warn_order && !(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN))
> > + WARN(atomic_dec_if_positive(&warn_count) >= 0,
> > + "order %d >= %d, gfp 0x%x\n",
> > + order, warn_order, gfp_mask);
> > +}
>
> We do have ratelimit functionality, so why cannot you use it?
>
> > +#else
> > +static __always_inline void warn_high_order(int order, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +#endif
> > +
> > /*
> > * This is the 'heart' of the zoned buddy allocator.
> > */
> > @@ -4361,6 +4385,7 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int
> > order, int preferred_nid,
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN));
> > return NULL;
> > }
> > + warn_high_order(order, gfp_mask);
> >
> > gfp_mask &= gfp_allowed_mask;
> > alloc_mask = gfp_mask;
>
> Why do you warn about all allocations in the hot path? I thought you
> want to catch expensive allocations so I would assume that you would
> stick that into a slow path after we are not able to allocate anything
> after the first round of compaction.
>
> Also do you want to warn about opportunistic GFP_NOWAIT allocations that
> have a reasonable fallback?
And forgot to mention other opportunistic allocations like THP of
course.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
