Current implementation of pfmemalloc handling in SLAB has some problems.
1) pfmemalloc_active is set to true when there is just one or more
pfmemalloc slabs in the system, but it is cleared when there is no
pfmemalloc slab in one arbitrary kmem_cache. So, pfmemalloc_active
could be wrongly cleared.
2) Search to partial and free list doesn't happen when non-pfmemalloc
object are not found in cpu cache. Instead, allocating new slab
happens and it is not optimal.
3) Even after sk_memalloc_socks() is disabled, cpu cache would keep
pfmemalloc objects tagged with SLAB_OBJ_PFMEMALLOC. It isn't cleared
if sk_memalloc_socks() is disabled so it could cause problem.
4) If cpu cache is filled with pfmemalloc objects, it would cause slow
down non-pfmemalloc allocation.
To me, current pointer tagging approach looks complex and fragile so this
patch re-implement whole thing instead of fixing problems one by one.
Design principle for new implementation is that
1) Don't disrupt non-pfmemalloc allocation in fast path even if
sk_memalloc_socks() is enabled. It's more likely case than pfmemalloc
allocation.
2) Ensure that pfmemalloc slab is used only for pfmemalloc allocation.
3) Don't consider performance of pfmemalloc allocation in memory
deficiency state.
As a result, all pfmemalloc alloc/free in memory tight state will be
handled in slow-path. If there is non-pfmemalloc free object, it will be
returned first even for pfmemalloc user in fast-path so that performance
of pfmemalloc user isn't affected in normal case and pfmemalloc objects
will be kept as long as possible.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Tested-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
SLAB needs an array to manage freed objects in a slab. It is only used
if some objects are freed so we can use free object itself as this
array. This requires additional branch in somewhat critical lock path
to check if it is first freed object or not but that's all we need.
Benefits is that we can save extra memory usage and reduce some
computational overhead by allocating a management array when new slab is
created.
Code change is rather complex than what we can expect from the idea, in
order to handle debugging feature efficiently. If you want to see core
idea only, please remove '#if DEBUG' block in the patch.
Although this idea can apply to all caches whose size is larger than
management array size, it isn't applied to caches which have a
constructor. If such cache's object is used for management array,
constructor should be called for it before that object is returned to
user. I guess that overhead overwhelm benefit in that case so this idea
doesn't applied to them at least now.
For summary, from now on, slab management type is determined by
following logic.
1) if management array size is smaller than object size and no ctor, it
becomes OBJFREELIST_SLAB.
2) if management array size is smaller than leftover, it becomes
NORMAL_SLAB which uses leftover as a array.
3) if OFF_SLAB help to save memory than way 4), it becomes OFF_SLAB.
It allocate a management array from the other cache so memory waste
happens.
4) others become NORMAL_SLAB. It uses dedicated internal memory in a
slab as a management array so it causes memory waste.
In my system, without enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB, Almost caches become
OBJFREELIST_SLAB and NORMAL_SLAB (using leftover) which doesn't waste
memory. Following is the result of number of caches with specific slab
management type.
TOTAL = OBJFREELIST + NORMAL(leftover) + NORMAL + OFF
/Before/
126 = 0 + 60 + 25 + 41
/After/
126 = 97 + 12 + 15 + 2
Result shows that number of caches that doesn't waste memory increase
from 60 to 109.
I did some benchmarking and it looks that benefit are more than loss.
Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
/Before/
[ 0.286809] 1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
[ 1.143674] 100000 times kmalloc(32) -> 116 cycles kfree -> 78 cycles
[ 1.441726] 100000 times kmalloc(64) -> 121 cycles kfree -> 80 cycles
[ 1.815734] 100000 times kmalloc(128) -> 168 cycles kfree -> 85 cycles
[ 2.380709] 100000 times kmalloc(256) -> 287 cycles kfree -> 95 cycles
[ 3.101153] 100000 times kmalloc(512) -> 370 cycles kfree -> 117 cycles
[ 3.942432] 100000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 413 cycles kfree -> 156 cycles
[ 5.227396] 100000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 622 cycles kfree -> 248 cycles
[ 7.519793] 100000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 1102 cycles kfree -> 452 cycles
/After/
[ 1.205313] 100000 times kmalloc(32) -> 117 cycles kfree -> 78 cycles
[ 1.510526] 100000 times kmalloc(64) -> 124 cycles kfree -> 81 cycles
[ 1.827382] 100000 times kmalloc(128) -> 130 cycles kfree -> 84 cycles
[ 2.226073] 100000 times kmalloc(256) -> 177 cycles kfree -> 92 cycles
[ 2.814747] 100000 times kmalloc(512) -> 286 cycles kfree -> 112 cycles
[ 3.532952] 100000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 344 cycles kfree -> 141 cycles
[ 4.608777] 100000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 519 cycles kfree -> 210 cycles
[ 6.350105] 100000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 789 cycles kfree -> 391 cycles
In fact, I tested another idea implementing OBJFREELIST_SLAB with
extendable linked array through another freed object. It can remove
memory waste completely but it causes more computational overhead in
critical lock path and it seems that overhead outweigh benefit. So, this
patch doesn't include it.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
cache_init_objs() will be changed in following patch and current form
doesn't fit well for that change. So, before doing it, this patch
separates debugging initialization. This would cause two loop iteration
when debugging is enabled, but, this overhead seems too light than debug
feature itself so effect may not be visible. This patch will greatly
simplify changes in cache_init_objs() in following patch.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To become an off slab, there are some constraints to avoid bootstrapping
problem and recursive call. This can be avoided differently by simply
checking that corresponding kmalloc cache is ready and it's not a off
slab. It would be more robust because static size checking can be
affected by cache size change or architecture type but dynamic checking
isn't.
One check 'freelist_cache->size > cachep->size / 2' is added to check
benefit of choosing off slab, because, now, there is no size constraint
which ensures enough advantage when selecting off slab.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
We can fail to setup off slab in some conditions. Even in this case,
debug pagealloc increases cache size to PAGE_SIZE in advance and it is
waste because debug pagealloc cannot work for it when it isn't the off
slab. To improve this situation, this patch checks first that this
cache with increased size is suitable for off slab. It actually
increases cache size when it is suitable for off-slab, so possible waste
is removed.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Finding suitable OFF_SLAB candidate is more related to aligned cache
size rather than original size. Same reasoning can be applied to the
debug pagealloc candidate. So, this patch moves up alignment fixup to
proper position. From that point, size is aligned so we can remove some
alignment fixups.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Currently, the freelist is at the front of slab page. This requires
extra space to meet object alignment requirement. If we put the
freelist at the end of a slab page, objects could start at page boundary
and will be at correct alignment. This is possible because freelist has
no alignment constraint itself.
This gives us two benefits: It removes extra memory space for the
freelist alignment and remove complex calculation at cache
initialization step. I can't think notable drawback here.
I mentioned that this would reduce extra memory space, but, this benefit
is rather theoretical because it can be applied to very few cases.
Following is the example cache type that can get benefit from this
change.
size align num before after
32 8 124 4100 4092
64 8 63 4103 4095
88 8 46 4102 4094
272 8 15 4103 4095
408 8 10 4098 4090
32 16 124 4108 4092
64 16 63 4111 4095
32 32 124 4124 4092
64 32 63 4127 4095
96 32 42 4106 4074
before means whole size for objects and aligned freelist before applying
patch and after shows the result of this patch.
Since before is more than 4096, number of object should decrease and
memory waste happens.
Anyway, this patch removes complex calculation so looks beneficial to
me.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix kerneldoc]
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK is a debug option. It's current implementation requires
status buffer so we need more memory to use it. And, it cause
kmem_cache initialization step more complex.
To remove this extra memory usage and to simplify initialization step,
this patch implement this feature with another way.
When user requests to get slab object owner information, it marks that
getting information is started. And then, all free objects in caches
are flushed to corresponding slab page. Now, we can distinguish all
freed object so we can know all allocated objects, too. After
collecting slab object owner information on allocated objects, mark is
checked that there is no free during the processing. If true, we can be
sure that our information is correct so information is returned to user.
Although this way is rather complex, it has two important benefits
mentioned above. So, I think it is worth changing.
There is one drawback that it takes more time to get slab object owner
information but it is just a debug option so it doesn't matter at all.
To help review, this patch implements new way only. Following patch
will remove useless code.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Currently, open code for checking DEBUG_PAGEALLOC cache is spread to
some sites. It makes code unreadable and hard to change.
This patch cleans up this code. The following patch will change the
criteria for DEBUG_PAGEALLOC cache so this clean-up will help it, too.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build with CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=n]
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This patchset implements a new freed object management way, that is,
OBJFREELIST_SLAB. Purpose of it is to reduce memory overhead in SLAB.
SLAB needs a array to manage freed objects in a slab. If there is
leftover after objects are packed into a slab, we can use it as a
management array, and, in this case, there is no memory waste. But, in
the other cases, we need to allocate extra memory for a management array
or utilize dedicated internal memory in a slab for it. Both cases
causes memory waste so it's not good.
With this patchset, freed object itself can be used for a management
array. So, memory waste could be reduced. Detailed idea and numbers
are described in last patch's commit description. Please refer it.
In fact, I tested another idea implementing OBJFREELIST_SLAB with
extendable linked array through another freed object. It can remove
memory waste completely but it causes more computational overhead in
critical lock path and it seems that overhead outweigh benefit. So,
this patchset doesn't include it. I will attach prototype just for a
reference.
This patch (of 16):
We use freelist_idx_t type for free object management whose size would be
smaller than size of unsigned int. Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This patch implements the alloc side of bulk API for the SLAB allocator.
Further optimization are still possible by changing the call to
__do_cache_alloc() into something that can return multiple objects.
This optimization is left for later, given end results already show in
the area of 80% speedup.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewers notice that the order in slab_post_alloc_hook() of
kmemcheck_slab_alloc() and kmemleak_alloc_recursive() gets swapped
compared to slab.c / SLAB allocator.
Also notice memset now occurs before calling kmemcheck_slab_alloc() and
kmemleak_alloc_recursive().
I assume this reordering of kmemcheck, kmemleak and memset is okay
because this is the order they are used by the SLUB allocator.
This patch completes the sharing of alloc_hook's between SLUB and SLAB.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
In the SLAB allocator kmemcheck_slab_alloc() is guarded against being
called in case the object is NULL. In SLUB allocator this NULL pointer
invocation can happen, which seems like an oversight.
Move the NULL pointer check into kmemcheck code (kmemcheck_slab_alloc)
so the check gets moved out of the fastpath, when not compiled with
CONFIG_KMEMCHECK.
This is a step towards sharing post_alloc_hook between SLUB and SLAB,
because slab_post_alloc_hook() does not perform this check before
calling kmemcheck_slab_alloc().
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Joonsoo Kim
Jesper Dangaard Brouer