From c67fe3752abe6ab47639e2f9b836900c3dc3da84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mel Gorman Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:16:17 -0700 Subject: mm: compaction: Abort async compaction if locks are contended or taking too long Jim Schutt reported a problem that pointed at compaction contending heavily on locks. The workload is straight-forward and in his own words; The systems in question have 24 SAS drives spread across 3 HBAs, running 24 Ceph OSD instances, one per drive. FWIW these servers are dual-socket Intel 5675 Xeons w/48 GB memory. I've got ~160 Ceph Linux clients doing dd simultaneously to a Ceph file system backed by 12 of these servers. Early in the test everything looks fine procs -------------------memory------------------ ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 31 15 0 287216 576 38606628 0 0 2 1158 2 14 1 3 95 0 0 27 15 0 225288 576 38583384 0 0 18 2222016 203357 134876 11 56 17 15 0 28 17 0 219256 576 38544736 0 0 11 2305932 203141 146296 11 49 23 17 0 6 18 0 215596 576 38552872 0 0 7 2363207 215264 166502 12 45 22 20 0 22 18 0 226984 576 38596404 0 0 3 2445741 223114 179527 12 43 23 22 0 and then it goes to pot procs -------------------memory------------------ ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 163 8 0 464308 576 36791368 0 0 11 22210 866 536 3 13 79 4 0 207 14 0 917752 576 36181928 0 0 712 1345376 134598 47367 7 90 1 2 0 123 12 0 685516 576 36296148 0 0 429 1386615 158494 60077 8 84 5 3 0 123 12 0 598572 576 36333728 0 0 1107 1233281 147542 62351 7 84 5 4 0 622 7 0 660768 576 36118264 0 0 557 1345548 151394 59353 7 85 4 3 0 223 11 0 283960 576 36463868 0 0 46 1107160 121846 33006 6 93 1 1 0 Note that system CPU usage is very high blocks being written out has dropped by 42%. He analysed this with perf and found perf record -g -a sleep 10 perf report --sort symbol --call-graph fractal,5 34.63% [k] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave | |--97.30%-- isolate_freepages | compaction_alloc | unmap_and_move | migrate_pages | compact_zone | compact_zone_order | try_to_compact_pages | __alloc_pages_direct_compact | __alloc_pages_slowpath | __alloc_pages_nodemask | alloc_pages_vma | do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page | handle_mm_fault | do_page_fault | page_fault | | | |--87.39%-- skb_copy_datagram_iovec | | tcp_recvmsg | | inet_recvmsg | | sock_recvmsg | | sys_recvfrom | | system_call | | __recv | | | | | --100.00%-- (nil) | | | --12.61%-- memcpy --2.70%-- [...] There was other data but primarily it is all showing that compaction is contended heavily on the zone->lock and zone->lru_lock. commit [b2eef8c0: mm: compaction: minimise the time IRQs are disabled while isolating pages for migration] noted that it was possible for migration to hold the lru_lock for an excessive amount of time. Very broadly speaking this patch expands the concept. This patch introduces compact_checklock_irqsave() to check if a lock is contended or the process needs to be scheduled. If either condition is true then async compaction is aborted and the caller is informed. The page allocator will fail a THP allocation if compaction failed due to contention. This patch also introduces compact_trylock_irqsave() which will acquire the lock only if it is not contended and the process does not need to schedule. Reported-by: Jim Schutt Tested-by: Jim Schutt Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/compaction.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm/compaction.c') diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index bcce7897e17a..7fcd3a52e68d 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -50,6 +50,47 @@ static inline bool migrate_async_suitable(int migratetype) return is_migrate_cma(migratetype) || migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE; } +/* + * Compaction requires the taking of some coarse locks that are potentially + * very heavily contended. Check if the process needs to be scheduled or + * if the lock is contended. For async compaction, back out in the event + * if contention is severe. For sync compaction, schedule. + * + * Returns true if the lock is held. + * Returns false if the lock is released and compaction should abort + */ +static bool compact_checklock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags, + bool locked, struct compact_control *cc) +{ + if (need_resched() || spin_is_contended(lock)) { + if (locked) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, *flags); + locked = false; + } + + /* async aborts if taking too long or contended */ + if (!cc->sync) { + if (cc->contended) + *cc->contended = true; + return false; + } + + cond_resched(); + if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) + return false; + } + + if (!locked) + spin_lock_irqsave(lock, *flags); + return true; +} + +static inline bool compact_trylock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, + unsigned long *flags, struct compact_control *cc) +{ + return compact_checklock_irqsave(lock, flags, false, cc); +} + /* * Isolate free pages onto a private freelist. Caller must hold zone->lock. * If @strict is true, will abort returning 0 on any invalid PFNs or non-free @@ -173,7 +214,7 @@ isolate_freepages_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn) } /* Update the number of anon and file isolated pages in the zone */ -static void acct_isolated(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc) +static void acct_isolated(struct zone *zone, bool locked, struct compact_control *cc) { struct page *page; unsigned int count[2] = { 0, }; @@ -181,8 +222,14 @@ static void acct_isolated(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc) list_for_each_entry(page, &cc->migratepages, lru) count[!!page_is_file_cache(page)]++; - __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, count[0]); - __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, count[1]); + /* If locked we can use the interrupt unsafe versions */ + if (locked) { + __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, count[0]); + __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, count[1]); + } else { + mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_ANON, count[0]); + mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, count[1]); + } } /* Similar to reclaim, but different enough that they don't share logic */ @@ -228,6 +275,8 @@ isolate_migratepages_range(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc, struct list_head *migratelist = &cc->migratepages; isolate_mode_t mode = 0; struct lruvec *lruvec; + unsigned long flags; + bool locked; /* * Ensure that there are not too many pages isolated from the LRU @@ -247,25 +296,22 @@ isolate_migratepages_range(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc, /* Time to isolate some pages for migration */ cond_resched(); - spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, flags); + locked = true; for (; low_pfn < end_pfn; low_pfn++) { struct page *page; - bool locked = true; /* give a chance to irqs before checking need_resched() */ if (!((low_pfn+1) % SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)) { - spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags); locked = false; } - if (need_resched() || spin_is_contended(&zone->lru_lock)) { - if (locked) - spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - cond_resched(); - spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); - if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) - break; - } else if (!locked) - spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + + /* Check if it is ok to still hold the lock */ + locked = compact_checklock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, &flags, + locked, cc); + if (!locked) + break; /* * migrate_pfn does not necessarily start aligned to a @@ -349,9 +395,10 @@ isolate_migratepages_range(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc, } } - acct_isolated(zone, cc); + acct_isolated(zone, locked, cc); - spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock); + if (locked) + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags); trace_mm_compaction_isolate_migratepages(nr_scanned, nr_isolated); @@ -461,7 +508,16 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone, * are disabled */ isolated = 0; - spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags); + + /* + * The zone lock must be held to isolate freepages. This + * unfortunately this is a very coarse lock and can be + * heavily contended if there are parallel allocations + * or parallel compactions. For async compaction do not + * spin on the lock + */ + if (!compact_trylock_irqsave(&zone->lock, &flags, cc)) + break; if (suitable_migration_target(page)) { end_pfn = min(pfn + pageblock_nr_pages, zone_end_pfn); isolated = isolate_freepages_block(pfn, end_pfn, @@ -773,7 +829,7 @@ out: static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, - bool sync) + bool sync, bool *contended) { struct compact_control cc = { .nr_freepages = 0, @@ -782,6 +838,7 @@ static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone, .migratetype = allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask), .zone = zone, .sync = sync, + .contended = contended, }; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages); @@ -803,7 +860,7 @@ int sysctl_extfrag_threshold = 500; */ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, - bool sync) + bool sync, bool *contended) { enum zone_type high_zoneidx = gfp_zone(gfp_mask); int may_enter_fs = gfp_mask & __GFP_FS; @@ -827,7 +884,8 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, nodemask) { int status; - status = compact_zone_order(zone, order, gfp_mask, sync); + status = compact_zone_order(zone, order, gfp_mask, sync, + contended); rc = max(status, rc); /* If a normal allocation would succeed, stop compacting */ -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522