linux_dsm_epyc7002/mm
Li Zhang 987b3095c2 mm: meminit: initialise more memory for inode/dentry hash tables in early boot
Upstream has supported page parallel initialisation for X86 and the boot
time is improved greately.  Some tests have been done for Power.

Here is the result I have done with different memory size.

* 4GB memory:
    boot time is as the following:
    with patch vs without patch: 10.4s vs 24.5s
    boot time is improved 57%
* 200GB memory:
    boot time looks the same with and without patches.
    boot time is about 38s
* 32TB memory:
    boot time looks the same with and without patches
    boot time is about 160s.
    The boot time is much shorter than X86 with 24TB memory.
    From community discussion, it costs about 694s for X86 24T system.

Parallel initialisation improves the performance by deferring memory
initilisation to kswap with N kthreads, it should improve the performance
therotically.

In testing on X86, performance is improved greatly with huge memory.  But
on Power platform, it is improved greatly with less than 100GB memory.
For huge memory, it is not improved greatly.  But it saves the time with
several threads at least, as the following information shows(32TB system
log):

[   22.648169] node 9 initialised, 16607461 pages in 280ms
[   22.783772] node 3 initialised, 23937243 pages in 410ms
[   22.858877] node 6 initialised, 29179347 pages in 490ms
[   22.863252] node 2 initialised, 29179347 pages in 490ms
[   22.907545] node 0 initialised, 32049614 pages in 540ms
[   22.920891] node 15 initialised, 32212280 pages in 550ms
[   22.923236] node 4 initialised, 32306127 pages in 550ms
[   22.923384] node 12 initialised, 32314319 pages in 550ms
[   22.924754] node 8 initialised, 32314319 pages in 550ms
[   22.940780] node 13 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.940796] node 11 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.941700] node 5 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.941721] node 10 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.941876] node 7 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.944946] node 14 initialised, 33353677 pages in 570ms
[   22.946063] node 1 initialised, 33345485 pages in 580ms

It saves the time about 550*16 ms at least, although it can be ignore to
compare the boot time about 160 seconds.  What's more, the boot time is
much shorter on Power even without patches than x86 for huge memory
machine.

So this patchset is still necessary to be enabled for Power.

This patch (of 2):

This patch is based on Mel Gorman's old patch in the mailing list,
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/5/280 which is discussed but it is fixed with
a completion to wait for all memory initialised in page_alloc_init_late().
It is to fix the OOM problem on X86 with 24TB memory which allocates
memory in late initialisation.  But for Power platform with 32TB memory,
it causes a call trace in vfs_caches_init->inode_init() and inode hash
table needs more memory.  So this patch allocates 1GB for 0.25TB/node for
large system as it is mentioned in https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/1/627

This call trace is found on Power with 32TB memory, 1024CPUs, 16nodes.
Currently, it only allocates 2GB*16=32GB for early initialisation.  But
Dentry cache hash table needes 16GB and Inode cache hash table needs 16GB.
So the system have no enough memory for it.  The log from dmesg as the
following:

  Dentry cache hash table entries: 2147483648 (order: 18,17179869184 bytes)
  vmalloc: allocation failure, allocated 16021913600 of 17179934720 bytes
  swapper/0: page allocation failure: order:0,mode:0x2080020
  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.4.0-0-ppc64
  Call Trace:
    .dump_stack+0xb4/0xb664 (unreliable)
    .warn_alloc_failed+0x114/0x160
    .__vmalloc_area_node+0x1a4/0x2b0
    .__vmalloc_node_range+0xe4/0x110
    .__vmalloc_node+0x40/0x50
    .alloc_large_system_hash+0x134/0x2a4
    .inode_init+0xa4/0xf0
    .vfs_caches_init+0x80/0x144
    .start_kernel+0x40c/0x4e0
    start_here_common+0x20/0x4a4

Signed-off-by: Li Zhang <zhlcindy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
..
kasan mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
backing-dev.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
balloon_compaction.c virtio_balloon: fix race between migration and ballooning 2016-01-12 20:47:06 +02:00
bootmem.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
cleancache.c cleancache: constify cleancache_ops structure 2016-01-27 09:09:57 -05:00
cma_debug.c mm/cma_debug: correct size input to bitmap function 2015-07-17 16:39:54 -07:00
cma.c mm/cma.c: suppress warning 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
cma.h mm: cma: mark cma_bitmap_maxno() inline in header 2015-08-14 15:56:32 -07:00
compaction.c mm, kswapd: replace kswapd compaction with waking up kcompactd 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
debug_page_ref.c mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
debug.c mm: introduce page reference manipulation functions 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
dmapool.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
early_ioremap.c mm/early_ioremap: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
fadvise.c writeback: implement and use inode_congested() 2015-06-02 08:33:35 -06:00
failslab.c mm: fault-inject take over bootstrap kmem_cache check 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
filemap.c mm: remove unnecessary uses of lock_page_memcg() 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
frame_vector.c mm: fix docbook comment for get_vaddr_frames() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
frontswap.c frontswap: allow multiple backends 2015-06-24 17:49:45 -07:00
gup.c mm: retire GUP WARN_ON_ONCE that outlived its usefulness 2016-02-03 08:57:14 -08:00
highmem.c mm/highmem: make kmap cache coloring aware 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
huge_memory.c thp: fix deadlock in split_huge_pmd() 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
hugetlb_cgroup.c mm: make compound_head() robust 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
hugetlb.c mm: convert pr_warning to pr_warn 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
hwpoison-inject.c hwpoison: use page_cgroup_ino for filtering by memcg 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
init-mm.c atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
internal.h mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
interval_tree.c mm: replace vma->sharead.linear with vma->shared 2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
Kconfig mm: ZONE_DEVICE depends on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
Kconfig.debug mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemcheck.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak-test.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
kmemleak.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
ksm.c mm/ksm.c: mark stable page dirty 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
list_lru.c mm: memcontrol: move kmem accounting code to CONFIG_MEMCG 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
maccess.c mm/maccess.c: actually return -EFAULT from strncpy_from_unsafe 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
madvise.c mm/madvise: update comment on sys_madvise() 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
Makefile mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memblock.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memcontrol.c mm: memcontrol: cleanup css_reset callback 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memory_hotplug.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memory-failure.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memory.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mempolicy.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mempool.c mm, mempool: only set __GFP_NOMEMALLOC if there are free elements 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
memtest.c memtest: remove unused header files 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
migrate.c mm: make remove_migration_ptes() beyond mm/migration.c 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mincore.c thp: change pmd_trans_huge_lock() interface to return ptl 2016-01-21 17:20:51 -08:00
mlock.c mm: fix mlock accouting 2016-01-21 17:20:51 -08:00
mm_init.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmap.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
mmu_context.c sched/mm: call finish_arch_post_lock_switch in idle_task_exit and use_mm 2014-02-21 08:50:17 +01:00
mmu_notifier.c mmu-notifier: add clear_young callback 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
mmzone.c mm/mmzone.c: memmap_valid_within() can be boolean 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
mprotect.c mm, dax: check for pmd_none() after split_huge_pmd() 2016-02-11 18:35:48 -08:00
mremap.c mm: cleanup *pte_alloc* interfaces 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
msync.c mm/msync: use offset_in_page macro 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
nobootmem.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
nommu.c mm: deduplicate memory overcommitment code 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
oom_kill.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
page_alloc.c mm: meminit: initialise more memory for inode/dentry hash tables in early boot 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
page_counter.c mm: page_counter: let page_counter_try_charge() return bool 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
page_ext.c mm/page_poisoning.c: allow for zero poisoning 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
page_idle.c mm: add page_check_address_transhuge() helper 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
page_io.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
page_isolation.c mm/page_isolation: do some cleanup in "undo_isolate_page_range" 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
page_owner.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
page_poison.c mm/page_poisoning.c: allow for zero poisoning 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
page-writeback.c mm: remove unnecessary uses of lock_page_memcg() 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
pagewalk.c thp: rename split_huge_page_pmd() to split_huge_pmd() 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
percpu-km.c mm: percpu: use pr_fmt to prefix output 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
percpu-vm.c percpu: move region iterations out of pcpu_[de]populate_chunk() 2014-09-02 14:46:02 -04:00
percpu.c mm: percpu: use pr_fmt to prefix output 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
pgtable-generic.c mm/thp/migration: switch from flush_tlb_range to flush_pmd_tlb_range 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
process_vm_access.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
quicklist.c mm: delete various needless include <linux/module.h> 2011-10-31 09:20:11 -04:00
readahead.c mm: move lru_to_page to mm_inline.h 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
rmap.c thp: rewrite freeze_page()/unfreeze_page() with generic rmap walkers 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
shmem.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
slab_common.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
slab.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
slab.h mm: memcontrol: report slab usage in cgroup2 memory.stat 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
slob.c mm: slab: free kmem_cache_node after destroy sysfs file 2016-02-18 16:23:24 -08:00
slub.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
sparse-vmemmap.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
sparse.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
swap_cgroup.c mm: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> to pr_<level> 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
swap_state.c mm: memcontrol: charge swap to cgroup2 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
swap.c mm, x86: get_user_pages() for dax mappings 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
swapfile.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
truncate.c mm: remove unnecessary uses of lock_page_memcg() 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
userfaultfd.c mm: cleanup *pte_alloc* interfaces 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
util.c mm: deduplicate memory overcommitment code 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
vmacache.c mm/vmacache: inline vmacache_valid_mm() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
vmalloc.c mm: coalesce split strings 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
vmpressure.c mm/vmpressure.c: fix subtree pressure detection 2016-02-03 08:28:43 -08:00
vmscan.c mm: introduce page reference manipulation functions 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
vmstat.c thp, vmstats: count deferred split events 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
workingset.c mm: workingset: make shadow node shrinker memcg aware 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
zbud.c mm/zbud.c: use list_last_entry() instead of list_tail_entry() 2016-01-15 11:40:52 -08:00
zpool.c mm: zsmalloc: constify struct zs_pool name 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
zsmalloc.c zsmalloc: fix migrate_zspage-zs_free race condition 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
zswap.c mm/zswap: change incorrect strncmp use to strcmp 2015-12-18 14:25:40 -08:00