mm, compaction: use free lists to quickly locate a migration source

The migration scanner is a linear scan of a zone with a potentiall large
search space.  Furthermore, many pageblocks are unusable such as those
filled with reserved pages or partially filled with pages that cannot
migrate.  These still get scanned in the common case of allocating a THP
and the cost accumulates.

The patch uses a partial search of the free lists to locate a migration
source candidate that is marked as MOVABLE when allocating a THP.  It
prefers picking a block with a larger number of free pages already on
the basis that there are fewer pages to migrate to free the entire
block.  The lowest PFN found during searches is tracked as the basis of
the start for the linear search after the first search of the free list
fails.  After the search, the free list is shuffled so that the next
search will not encounter the same page.  If the search fails then the
subsequent searches will be shorter and the linear scanner is used.

If this search fails, or if the request is for a small or
unmovable/reclaimable allocation then the linear scanner is still used.
It is somewhat pointless to use the list search in those cases.  Small
free pages must be used for the search and there is no guarantee that
movable pages are located within that block that are contiguous.

                                     5.0.0-rc1              5.0.0-rc1
                                 noboost-v3r10          findmig-v3r15
Amean     fault-both-3      3771.41 (   0.00%)     3390.40 (  10.10%)
Amean     fault-both-5      5409.05 (   0.00%)     5082.28 (   6.04%)
Amean     fault-both-7      7040.74 (   0.00%)     7012.51 (   0.40%)
Amean     fault-both-12    11887.35 (   0.00%)    11346.63 (   4.55%)
Amean     fault-both-18    16718.19 (   0.00%)    15324.19 (   8.34%)
Amean     fault-both-24    21157.19 (   0.00%)    16088.50 *  23.96%*
Amean     fault-both-30    21175.92 (   0.00%)    18723.42 *  11.58%*
Amean     fault-both-32    21339.03 (   0.00%)    18612.01 *  12.78%*

                                5.0.0-rc1              5.0.0-rc1
                            noboost-v3r10          findmig-v3r15
Percentage huge-3        86.50 (   0.00%)       89.83 (   3.85%)
Percentage huge-5        92.52 (   0.00%)       91.96 (  -0.61%)
Percentage huge-7        92.44 (   0.00%)       92.85 (   0.44%)
Percentage huge-12       92.98 (   0.00%)       92.74 (  -0.25%)
Percentage huge-18       91.70 (   0.00%)       91.71 (   0.02%)
Percentage huge-24       91.59 (   0.00%)       92.13 (   0.60%)
Percentage huge-30       90.14 (   0.00%)       93.79 (   4.04%)
Percentage huge-32       90.03 (   0.00%)       91.27 (   1.37%)

This shows an improvement in allocation latencies with similar
allocation success rates.  While not presented, there was a 31%
reduction in migration scanning and a 8% reduction on system CPU usage.
A 2-socket machine showed similar benefits.

[[email protected]: several fixes]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[[email protected]: migrate block that was found-fast, some optimisations]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]>
Cc: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Cc: YueHaibing <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_utils.h

@@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ static inline u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
-static inline int list_is_first(const struct list_head *list,
-				const struct list_head *head)
-{
-	return head->next == list;
-}
-
 static inline void __list_del_many(struct list_head *head,
 				   struct list_head *first)
 {

include/linux/list.h

@@ -206,6 +206,17 @@ static inline void list_bulk_move_tail(struct list_head *head,
 	head->prev = last;
 }
 
+/**
+ * list_is_first -- tests whether @ list is the first entry in list @head
+ * @list: the entry to test
+ * @head: the head of the list
+ */
+static inline int list_is_first(const struct list_head *list,
+					const struct list_head *head)
+{
+	return list->prev == head;
+}
+
 /**
  * list_is_last - tests whether @list is the last entry in list @head
  * @list: the entry to test

mm/compaction.c

@@ -1040,6 +1040,12 @@ static bool suitable_migration_target(struct compact_control *cc,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned int
+freelist_scan_limit(struct compact_control *cc)
+{
+	return (COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX >> cc->fast_search_fail) + 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Test whether the free scanner has reached the same or lower pageblock than
  * the migration scanner, and compaction should thus terminate.
@@ -1050,6 +1056,19 @@ static inline bool compact_scanners_met(struct compact_control *cc)
 		<= (cc->migrate_pfn >> pageblock_order);
 }
 
+/* Reorder the free list to reduce repeated future searches */
+static void
+move_freelist_tail(struct list_head *freelist, struct page *freepage)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(sublist);
+
+	if (!list_is_first(freelist, &freepage->lru)) {
+		list_cut_position(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->lru);
+		if (!list_empty(&sublist))
+			list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Based on information in the current compact_control, find blocks
  * suitable for isolating free pages from and then isolate them.
@@ -1207,6 +1226,148 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 int sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed __read_mostly = 1;
 
+static inline void
+update_fast_start_pfn(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long pfn)
+{
+	if (cc->fast_start_pfn == ULONG_MAX)
+		return;
+
+	if (!cc->fast_start_pfn)
+		cc->fast_start_pfn = pfn;
+
+	cc->fast_start_pfn = min(cc->fast_start_pfn, pfn);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long
+reinit_migrate_pfn(struct compact_control *cc)
+{
+	if (!cc->fast_start_pfn || cc->fast_start_pfn == ULONG_MAX)
+		return cc->migrate_pfn;
+
+	cc->migrate_pfn = cc->fast_start_pfn;
+	cc->fast_start_pfn = ULONG_MAX;
+
+	return cc->migrate_pfn;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Briefly search the free lists for a migration source that already has
+ * some free pages to reduce the number of pages that need migration
+ * before a pageblock is free.
+ */
+static unsigned long fast_find_migrateblock(struct compact_control *cc)
+{
+	unsigned int limit = freelist_scan_limit(cc);
+	unsigned int nr_scanned = 0;
+	unsigned long distance;
+	unsigned long pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
+	unsigned long high_pfn;
+	int order;
+
+	/* Skip hints are relied on to avoid repeats on the fast search */
+	if (cc->ignore_skip_hint)
+		return pfn;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the migrate_pfn is not at the start of a zone or the start
+	 * of a pageblock then assume this is a continuation of a previous
+	 * scan restarted due to COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX.
+	 */
+	if (pfn != cc->zone->zone_start_pfn && pfn != pageblock_start_pfn(pfn))
+		return pfn;
+
+	/*
+	 * For smaller orders, just linearly scan as the number of pages
+	 * to migrate should be relatively small and does not necessarily
+	 * justify freeing up a large block for a small allocation.
+	 */
+	if (cc->order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+		return pfn;
+
+	/*
+	 * Only allow kcompactd and direct requests for movable pages to
+	 * quickly clear out a MOVABLE pageblock for allocation. This
+	 * reduces the risk that a large movable pageblock is freed for
+	 * an unmovable/reclaimable small allocation.
+	 */
+	if (cc->direct_compaction && cc->migratetype != MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
+		return pfn;
+
+	/*
+	 * When starting the migration scanner, pick any pageblock within the
+	 * first half of the search space. Otherwise try and pick a pageblock
+	 * within the first eighth to reduce the chances that a migration
+	 * target later becomes a source.
+	 */
+	distance = (cc->free_pfn - cc->migrate_pfn) >> 1;
+	if (cc->migrate_pfn != cc->zone->zone_start_pfn)
+		distance >>= 2;
+	high_pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(cc->migrate_pfn + distance);
+
+	for (order = cc->order - 1;
+	     order >= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER && pfn == cc->migrate_pfn && nr_scanned < limit;
+	     order--) {
+		struct free_area *area = &cc->zone->free_area[order];
+		struct list_head *freelist;
+		unsigned long flags;
+		struct page *freepage;
+
+		if (!area->nr_free)
+			continue;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&cc->zone->lock, flags);
+		freelist = &area->free_list[MIGRATE_MOVABLE];
+		list_for_each_entry(freepage, freelist, lru) {
+			unsigned long free_pfn;
+
+			nr_scanned++;
+			free_pfn = page_to_pfn(freepage);
+			if (free_pfn < high_pfn) {
+				update_fast_start_pfn(cc, free_pfn);
+
+				/*
+				 * Avoid if skipped recently. Ideally it would
+				 * move to the tail but even safe iteration of
+				 * the list assumes an entry is deleted, not
+				 * reordered.
+				 */
+				if (get_pageblock_skip(freepage)) {
+					if (list_is_last(freelist, &freepage->lru))
+						break;
+
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				/* Reorder to so a future search skips recent pages */
+				move_freelist_tail(freelist, freepage);
+
+				pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(free_pfn);
+				cc->fast_search_fail = 0;
+				set_pageblock_skip(freepage);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (nr_scanned >= limit) {
+				cc->fast_search_fail++;
+				move_freelist_tail(freelist, freepage);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cc->zone->lock, flags);
+	}
+
+	cc->total_migrate_scanned += nr_scanned;
+
+	/*
+	 * If fast scanning failed then use a cached entry for a page block
+	 * that had free pages as the basis for starting a linear scan.
+	 */
+	if (pfn == cc->migrate_pfn)
+		pfn = reinit_migrate_pfn(cc);
+
+	return pfn;
+}
+
 /*
  * Isolate all pages that can be migrated from the first suitable block,
  * starting at the block pointed to by the migrate scanner pfn within
@@ -1222,16 +1383,25 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 	const isolate_mode_t isolate_mode =
 		(sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed ? ISOLATE_UNEVICTABLE : 0) |
 		(cc->mode != MIGRATE_SYNC ? ISOLATE_ASYNC_MIGRATE : 0);
+	bool fast_find_block;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start at where we last stopped, or beginning of the zone as
-	 * initialized by compact_zone()
+	 * initialized by compact_zone(). The first failure will use
+	 * the lowest PFN as the starting point for linear scanning.
 	 */
-	low_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
+	low_pfn = fast_find_migrateblock(cc);
 	block_start_pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(low_pfn);
 	if (block_start_pfn < zone->zone_start_pfn)
 		block_start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
 
+	/*
+	 * fast_find_migrateblock marks a pageblock skipped so to avoid
+	 * the isolation_suitable check below, check whether the fast
+	 * search was successful.
+	 */
+	fast_find_block = low_pfn != cc->migrate_pfn && !cc->fast_search_fail;
+
 	/* Only scan within a pageblock boundary */
 	block_end_pfn = pageblock_end_pfn(low_pfn);
 
@@ -1240,6 +1410,7 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 	 * Do not cross the free scanner.
 	 */
 	for (; block_end_pfn <= cc->free_pfn;
+			fast_find_block = false,
 			low_pfn = block_end_pfn,
 			block_start_pfn = block_end_pfn,
 			block_end_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
@@ -1259,7 +1430,7 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 			continue;
 
 		/* If isolation recently failed, do not retry */
-		if (!isolation_suitable(cc, page))
+		if (!isolation_suitable(cc, page) && !fast_find_block)
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -1550,6 +1721,7 @@ static enum compact_result compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc)
 	 * want to compact the whole zone), but check that it is initialised
 	 * by ensuring the values are within zone boundaries.
 	 */
+	cc->fast_start_pfn = 0;
 	if (cc->whole_zone) {
 		cc->migrate_pfn = start_pfn;
 		cc->free_pfn = pageblock_start_pfn(end_pfn - 1);

mm/internal.h

@@ -188,9 +188,11 @@ struct compact_control {
 	unsigned int nr_migratepages;	/* Number of pages to migrate */
 	unsigned long free_pfn;		/* isolate_freepages search base */
 	unsigned long migrate_pfn;	/* isolate_migratepages search base */
+	unsigned long fast_start_pfn;	/* a pfn to start linear scan from */
 	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long total_migrate_scanned;
 	unsigned long total_free_scanned;
+	unsigned int fast_search_fail;	/* failures to use free list searches */
 	const gfp_t gfp_mask;		/* gfp mask of a direct compactor */
 	int order;			/* order a direct compactor needs */
 	int migratetype;		/* migratetype of direct compactor */