On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 01:55:54PM +0000, Peng Fan wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-linux...@kvack.org [mailto:owner-linux...@kvack.org] On
> > Behalf Of Dennis Zhou
> > Sent: 2019年2月28日 10:19
> > To: Dennis Zhou <den...@kernel.org>; Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org>; Christoph
> > Lameter <c...@linux.com>
> > Cc: Vlad Buslov <vla...@mellanox.com>; kernel-t...@fb.com;
> > linux...@kvack.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: [PATCH 05/12] percpu: relegate chunks unusable when failing small
> > allocations
> > 
> > In certain cases, requestors of percpu memory may want specific alignments.
> > However, it is possible to end up in situations where the contig_hint 
> > matches,
> > but the alignment does not. This causes excess scanning of chunks that will 
> > fail.
> > To prevent this, if a small allocation fails (< 32B), the chunk is moved to 
> > the
> > empty list. Once an allocation is freed from that chunk, it is placed back 
> > into
> > rotation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <den...@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  mm/percpu.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
> > index c996bcffbb2a..3d7deece9556 100644
> > --- a/mm/percpu.c
> > +++ b/mm/percpu.c
> > @@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
> > 
> >  /* the slots are sorted by free bytes left, 1-31 bytes share the same slot 
> > */
> >  #define PCPU_SLOT_BASE_SHIFT               5
> > +/* chunks in slots below this are subject to being sidelined on failed 
> > alloc */
> > +#define PCPU_SLOT_FAIL_THRESHOLD   3
> > 
> >  #define PCPU_EMPTY_POP_PAGES_LOW   2
> >  #define PCPU_EMPTY_POP_PAGES_HIGH  4
> > @@ -488,6 +490,22 @@ static void pcpu_mem_free(void *ptr)
> >     kvfree(ptr);
> >  }
> > 
> > +static void __pcpu_chunk_move(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int slot,
> > +                         bool move_front)
> > +{
> > +   if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk) {
> > +           if (move_front)
> > +                   list_move(&chunk->list, &pcpu_slot[slot]);
> > +           else
> > +                   list_move_tail(&chunk->list, &pcpu_slot[slot]);
> > +   }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void pcpu_chunk_move(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int slot) {
> > +   __pcpu_chunk_move(chunk, slot, true);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * pcpu_chunk_relocate - put chunk in the appropriate chunk slot
> >   * @chunk: chunk of interest
> > @@ -505,12 +523,8 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_relocate(struct pcpu_chunk
> > *chunk, int oslot)  {
> >     int nslot = pcpu_chunk_slot(chunk);
> > 
> > -   if (chunk != pcpu_reserved_chunk && oslot != nslot) {
> > -           if (oslot < nslot)
> > -                   list_move(&chunk->list, &pcpu_slot[nslot]);
> > -           else
> > -                   list_move_tail(&chunk->list, &pcpu_slot[nslot]);
> > -   }
> > +   if (oslot != nslot)
> > +           __pcpu_chunk_move(chunk, nslot, oslot < nslot);
> >  }
> > 
> >  /**
> > @@ -1381,7 +1395,7 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size, size_t
> > align, bool reserved,
> >     bool is_atomic = (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) != GFP_KERNEL;
> >     bool do_warn = !(gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
> >     static int warn_limit = 10;
> > -   struct pcpu_chunk *chunk;
> > +   struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, *next;
> >     const char *err;
> >     int slot, off, cpu, ret;
> >     unsigned long flags;
> > @@ -1443,11 +1457,14 @@ static void __percpu *pcpu_alloc(size_t size,
> > size_t align, bool reserved,
> >  restart:
> >     /* search through normal chunks */
> >     for (slot = pcpu_size_to_slot(size); slot < pcpu_nr_slots; slot++) {
> > -           list_for_each_entry(chunk, &pcpu_slot[slot], list) {
> > +           list_for_each_entry_safe(chunk, next, &pcpu_slot[slot], list) {
> >                     off = pcpu_find_block_fit(chunk, bits, bit_align,
> >                                               is_atomic);
> > -                   if (off < 0)
> > +                   if (off < 0) {
> > +                           if (slot < PCPU_SLOT_FAIL_THRESHOLD)
> > +                                   pcpu_chunk_move(chunk, 0);
> >                             continue;
> > +                   }
> > 
> >                     off = pcpu_alloc_area(chunk, bits, bit_align, off);
> >                     if (off >= 0)
> 
> For the code: Reviewed-by: Peng Fan <peng....@nxp.com>
> 
> But I did not understand well why choose 32B? If there are
> more information, better put in commit log.
> 

There isn't I just picked a small allocation size.

Thanks,
Dennis

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