[Fedora PATCH] Improve Resource Counter Scalability

KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki kamezawa.hiroyu at jp.fujitsu.com
Tue Oct 13 03:21:14 UTC 2009


On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:54:33 -0400
Prarit Bhargava <prarit at redhat.com> wrote:

> This patch was sent to me by Balbir Singh, cc'd, who worked on the original
> patch.  The patch results in a massive increase in performance on a 64p/32G
> system.  The patch was successfully compiled and tested by me on fedora-latest.
> 
> >From the upstream commit:
> 
> "Data from Prarit (kernel compile with make -j64 on a 64
> CPU/32G machine)
> 
> For a single run
> 
> Without patch
> 
> real 27m8.988s
> user 87m24.916s
> sys 382m6.037s
> 
> With patch
> 
> real    4m18.607s
> user    84m58.943s
> sys     50m52.682s
> 
> With config turned off
> 
> real    4m54.972s
> user    90m13.456s
> sys     50m19.711s
> 
> NOTE: The data looks counterintuitive due to the increased performance
> with the patch, even over the config being turned off. We probably need
> more runs, but so far all testing has shown that the patches definitely
> help."
> 

Yes, please import this change. thank you for backporting.

MoreInfo:
This patch itself works for "root" cgroup, which never has "limits".
Patches for "child" cgroup is still under test in -mm. It's more complicated.

Thanks,
-Kame


> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Backport 0c3e73e84fe3f64cf1c2e8bb4e91e8901cbcdc38
> 
> From: Balbir Singh <balbir at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> (memcg: improve resource counter scalability) to 2.6.31.
> It is a very useful patch for non-users of memory control
> group as it reduces the overhead quite significantly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh <balbir at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  mm/memcontrol.c |  127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index fd4529d..4821be0 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>  
>  struct cgroup_subsys mem_cgroup_subsys __read_mostly;
>  #define MEM_CGROUP_RECLAIM_RETRIES	5
> +struct mem_cgroup *root_mem_cgroup __read_mostly;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
>  /* Turned on only when memory cgroup is enabled && really_do_swap_account = 1 */
> @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ enum mem_cgroup_stat_index {
>  	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_MAPPED_FILE,  /* # of pages charged as file rss */
>  	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_PGPGIN_COUNT,	/* # of pages paged in */
>  	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_PGPGOUT_COUNT,	/* # of pages paged out */
> +	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_SWAPOUT, /* # of pages, swapped out */
>  
>  	MEM_CGROUP_STAT_NSTATS,
>  };
> @@ -219,11 +221,24 @@ static void mem_cgroup_get(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  static struct mem_cgroup *parent_mem_cgroup(struct mem_cgroup *mem);
>  
> +static void mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> +					 bool charge)
> +{
> +	int val = (charge) ? 1 : -1;
> +	struct mem_cgroup_stat *stat = &mem->stat;
> +	struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu *cpustat;
> +	int cpu = get_cpu();
> +
> +	cpustat = &stat->cpustat[cpu];
> +	__mem_cgroup_stat_add_safe(cpustat, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_SWAPOUT, val);
> +	put_cpu();
> +}
> +
>  static void mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  					 struct page_cgroup *pc,
>  					 bool charge)
>  {
> -	int val = (charge)? 1 : -1;
> +	int val = (charge) ? 1 : -1;
>  	struct mem_cgroup_stat *stat = &mem->stat;
>  	struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu *cpustat;
>  	int cpu = get_cpu();
> @@ -354,6 +369,11 @@ static int mem_cgroup_walk_tree(struct mem_cgroup *root, void *data,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool mem_cgroup_is_root(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
> +{
> +	return (mem == root_mem_cgroup);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Following LRU functions are allowed to be used without PCG_LOCK.
>   * Operations are called by routine of global LRU independently from memcg.
> @@ -996,9 +1016,11 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	VM_BUG_ON(css_is_removed(&mem->css));
>  
>  	while (1) {
> -		int ret;
> +		int ret = 0;
>  		bool noswap = false;
>  
> +		if (mem_cgroup_is_root(mem))
> +			goto done;
>  		ret = res_counter_charge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE, &fail_res);
>  		if (likely(!ret)) {
>  			if (!do_swap_account)
> @@ -1046,6 +1068,7 @@ static int __mem_cgroup_try_charge(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  			goto nomem;
>  		}
>  	}
> +done:
>  	return 0;
>  nomem:
>  	css_put(&mem->css);
> @@ -1119,9 +1142,11 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_commit_charge(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
>  	lock_page_cgroup(pc);
>  	if (unlikely(PageCgroupUsed(pc))) {
>  		unlock_page_cgroup(pc);
> -		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> -		if (do_swap_account)
> -			res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
> +			res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> +			if (do_swap_account)
> +				res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		}
>  		css_put(&mem->css);
>  		return;
>  	}
> @@ -1178,7 +1203,8 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_account(struct page_cgroup *pc,
>  	if (pc->mem_cgroup != from)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	res_counter_uncharge(&from->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(from))
> +		res_counter_uncharge(&from->res, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(from, pc, false);
>  
>  	page = pc->page;
> @@ -1197,7 +1223,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_move_account(struct page_cgroup *pc,
>  						1);
>  	}
>  
> -	if (do_swap_account)
> +	if (do_swap_account && !mem_cgroup_is_root(from))
>  		res_counter_uncharge(&from->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	css_put(&from->css);
>  
> @@ -1268,9 +1294,11 @@ uncharge:
>  	/* drop extra refcnt by try_charge() */
>  	css_put(&parent->css);
>  	/* uncharge if move fails */
> -	res_counter_uncharge(&parent->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	if (do_swap_account)
> -		res_counter_uncharge(&parent->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(parent)) {
> +		res_counter_uncharge(&parent->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (do_swap_account)
> +			res_counter_uncharge(&parent->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	}
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1459,7 +1487,9 @@ __mem_cgroup_commit_charge_swapin(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *ptr,
>  			 * This recorded memcg can be obsolete one. So, avoid
>  			 * calling css_tryget
>  			 */
> -			res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +			if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
> +				res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +			mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(memcg, false);
>  			mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
>  		}
>  		rcu_read_unlock();
> @@ -1484,9 +1514,11 @@ void mem_cgroup_cancel_charge_swapin(struct mem_cgroup *mem)
>  		return;
>  	if (!mem)
>  		return;
> -	res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	if (do_swap_account)
> -		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
> +		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (do_swap_account)
> +			res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	}
>  	css_put(&mem->css);
>  }
>  
> @@ -1538,9 +1570,14 @@ __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common(struct page *page, enum charge_type ctype)
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> -	res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> -	if (do_swap_account && (ctype != MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_SWAPOUT))
> -		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
> +		res_counter_uncharge(&mem->res, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (do_swap_account &&
> +				(ctype != MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_SWAPOUT))
> +			res_counter_uncharge(&mem->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	}
> +	if (ctype == MEM_CGROUP_CHARGE_TYPE_SWAPOUT)
> +		mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(mem, true);
>  	mem_cgroup_charge_statistics(mem, pc, false);
>  
>  	ClearPageCgroupUsed(pc);
> @@ -1629,7 +1666,9 @@ void mem_cgroup_uncharge_swap(swp_entry_t ent)
>  		 * We uncharge this because swap is freed.
>  		 * This memcg can be obsolete one. We avoid calling css_tryget
>  		 */
> -		res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		if (!mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
> +			res_counter_uncharge(&memcg->memsw, PAGE_SIZE);
> +		mem_cgroup_swap_statistics(memcg, false);
>  		mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
>  	}
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> @@ -2046,20 +2085,64 @@ static int mem_cgroup_hierarchy_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>  	return retval;
>  }
>  
> +struct mem_cgroup_idx_data {
> +	s64 val;
> +	enum mem_cgroup_stat_index idx;
> +};
> +
> +static int
> +mem_cgroup_get_idx_stat(struct mem_cgroup *mem, void *data)
> +{
> +	struct mem_cgroup_idx_data *d = data;
> +	d->val += mem_cgroup_read_stat(&mem->stat, d->idx);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
> +				enum mem_cgroup_stat_index idx, s64 *val)
> +{
> +	struct mem_cgroup_idx_data d;
> +	d.idx = idx;
> +	d.val = 0;
> +	mem_cgroup_walk_tree(mem, &d, mem_cgroup_get_idx_stat);
> +	*val = d.val;
> +}
> +
>  static u64 mem_cgroup_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft)
>  {
>  	struct mem_cgroup *mem = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
> -	u64 val = 0;
> +	u64 idx_val, val;
>  	int type, name;
>  
>  	type = MEMFILE_TYPE(cft->private);
>  	name = MEMFILE_ATTR(cft->private);
>  	switch (type) {
>  	case _MEM:
> -		val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, name);
> +		if (name == RES_USAGE && mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
> +			mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(mem,
> +				MEM_CGROUP_STAT_CACHE, &idx_val);
> +			val = idx_val;
> +			mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(mem,
> +				MEM_CGROUP_STAT_RSS, &idx_val);
> +			val += idx_val;
> +			val <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		} else
> +			val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->res, name);
>  		break;
>  	case _MEMSWAP:
> -		val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->memsw, name);
> +		if (name == RES_USAGE && mem_cgroup_is_root(mem)) {
> +			mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(mem,
> +				MEM_CGROUP_STAT_CACHE, &idx_val);
> +			val = idx_val;
> +			mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(mem,
> +				MEM_CGROUP_STAT_RSS, &idx_val);
> +			val += idx_val;
> +			mem_cgroup_get_recursive_idx_stat(mem,
> +				MEM_CGROUP_STAT_SWAPOUT, &idx_val);
> +			val <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		} else
> +			val = res_counter_read_u64(&mem->memsw, name);
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		BUG();
> @@ -2548,6 +2631,7 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>  	/* root ? */
>  	if (cont->parent == NULL) {
>  		enable_swap_cgroup();
> +		root_mem_cgroup = mem;
>  		parent = NULL;
>  	} else {
>  		parent = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont->parent);
> @@ -2577,6 +2661,7 @@ mem_cgroup_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>  	return &mem->css;
>  free_out:
>  	__mem_cgroup_free(mem);
> +	root_mem_cgroup = NULL;
>  	return ERR_PTR(error);
>  }
>  
> 
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