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mm: fs: invalidate bh_lrus for only cold path
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The kernel test robot reported the regression of fio.write_iops[1] with
commit 8cc621d ("mm: fs: invalidate BH LRU during page migration").

Since lru_add_drain is called frequently, invalidate bh_lrus there could
increase bh_lrus cache miss ratio, which needs more IO in the end.

This patch moves the bh_lrus invalidation from the hot path( e.g.,
zap_page_range, pagevec_release) to cold path(i.e., lru_add_drain_all,
lru_cache_disable).

Zhengjun Xing confirmed
 "I test the patch, the regression reduced to -2.9%"

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210520083144.GD14190@xsang-OptiPlex-9020/
[2] 8cc621d, mm: fs: invalidate BH LRU during page migration

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <[email protected]>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Chris Goldsworthy <[email protected]>
Tested-by: "Xing, Zhengjun" <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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minchank authored and torvalds committed Sep 24, 2021
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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions fs/buffer.c
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Expand Up @@ -1425,12 +1425,16 @@ void invalidate_bh_lrus(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(invalidate_bh_lrus);

void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(int cpu)
/*
* It's called from workqueue context so we need a bh_lru_lock to close
* the race with preemption/irq.
*/
void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(void)
{
struct bh_lru *b;

bh_lru_lock();
b = per_cpu_ptr(&bh_lrus, cpu);
b = this_cpu_ptr(&bh_lrus);
__invalidate_bh_lrus(b);
bh_lru_unlock();
}
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions include/linux/buffer_head.h
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Expand Up @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void __breadahead_gfp(struct block_device *, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
struct buffer_head *__bread_gfp(struct block_device *,
sector_t block, unsigned size, gfp_t gfp);
void invalidate_bh_lrus(void);
void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(int cpu);
void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(void);
bool has_bh_in_lru(int cpu, void *dummy);
struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags);
void free_buffer_head(struct buffer_head * bh);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static inline int inode_has_buffers(struct inode *inode) { return 0; }
static inline void invalidate_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode) {}
static inline int remove_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode) { return 1; }
static inline int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping) { return 0; }
static inline void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(int cpu) {}
static inline void invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(void) {}
static inline bool has_bh_in_lru(int cpu, void *dummy) { return false; }
#define buffer_heads_over_limit 0

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19 changes: 16 additions & 3 deletions mm/swap.c
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Expand Up @@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu)
pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_lazyfree_fn);

activate_page_drain(cpu);
invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu(cpu);
}

/**
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local_unlock(&lru_pvecs.lock);
}

/*
* It's called from per-cpu workqueue context in SMP case so
* lru_add_drain_cpu and invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu should run on
* the same cpu. It shouldn't be a problem in !SMP case since
* the core is only one and the locks will disable preemption.
*/
static void lru_add_and_bh_lrus_drain(void)
{
local_lock(&lru_pvecs.lock);
lru_add_drain_cpu(smp_processor_id());
local_unlock(&lru_pvecs.lock);
invalidate_bh_lrus_cpu();
}

void lru_add_drain_cpu_zone(struct zone *zone)
{
local_lock(&lru_pvecs.lock);
Expand All @@ -717,7 +730,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, lru_add_drain_work);

static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(struct work_struct *dummy)
{
lru_add_drain();
lru_add_and_bh_lrus_drain();
}

/*
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*/
__lru_add_drain_all(true);
#else
lru_add_drain();
lru_add_and_bh_lrus_drain();
#endif
}

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