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2017-09-27percpu: fix starting offset for chunk statistics traversalDennis Zhou1-1/+1
This patch fixes the starting offset used when scanning chunks to compute the chunk statistics. The value start_offset (and end_offset) are managed in bytes while the traversal occurs over bits. Thus for the reserved and dynamic chunk, it may incorrectly skip over the initial allocations. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-26percpu: add first_bit to keep track of the first free in the bitmapDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-0/+1
This patch adds first_bit to keep track of the first free bit in the bitmap. This hint helps prevent scanning of fully allocated blocks. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-26percpu: replace area map allocator with bitmapDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-39/+60
The percpu memory allocator is experiencing scalability issues when allocating and freeing large numbers of counters as in BPF. Additionally, there is a corner case where iteration is triggered over all chunks if the contig_hint is the right size, but wrong alignment. This patch replaces the area map allocator with a basic bitmap allocator implementation. Each subsequent patch will introduce new features and replace full scanning functions with faster non-scanning options when possible. Implementation: This patchset removes the area map allocator in favor of a bitmap allocator backed by metadata blocks. The primary goal is to provide consistency in performance and memory footprint with a focus on small allocations (< 64 bytes). The bitmap removes the heavy memmove from the freeing critical path and provides a consistent memory footprint. The metadata blocks provide a bound on the amount of scanning required by maintaining a set of hints. In an effort to make freeing fast, the metadata is updated on the free path if the new free area makes a page free, a block free, or spans across blocks. This causes the chunk's contig hint to potentially be smaller than what it could allocate by up to the smaller of a page or a block. If the chunk's contig hint is contained within a block, a check occurs and the hint is kept accurate. Metadata is always kept accurate on allocation, so there will not be a situation where a chunk has a later contig hint than available. Evaluation: I have primarily done testing against a simple workload of allocation of 1 million objects (2^20) of varying size. Deallocation was done by in order, alternating, and in reverse. These numbers were collected after rebasing ontop of a80099a152. I present the worst-case numbers here: Area Map Allocator: Object Size | Alloc Time (ms) | Free Time (ms) ---------------------------------------------- 4B | 310 | 4770 16B | 557 | 1325 64B | 436 | 273 256B | 776 | 131 1024B | 3280 | 122 Bitmap Allocator: Object Size | Alloc Time (ms) | Free Time (ms) ---------------------------------------------- 4B | 490 | 70 16B | 515 | 75 64B | 610 | 80 256B | 950 | 100 1024B | 3520 | 200 This data demonstrates the inability for the area map allocator to handle less than ideal situations. In the best case of reverse deallocation, the area map allocator was able to perform within range of the bitmap allocator. In the worst case situation, freeing took nearly 5 seconds for 1 million 4-byte objects. The bitmap allocator dramatically improves the consistency of the free path. The small allocations performed nearly identical regardless of the freeing pattern. While it does add to the allocation latency, the allocation scenario here is optimal for the area map allocator. The area map allocator runs into trouble when it is allocating in chunks where the latter half is full. It is difficult to replicate this, so I present a variant where the pages are second half filled. Freeing was done sequentially. Below are the numbers for this scenario: Area Map Allocator: Object Size | Alloc Time (ms) | Free Time (ms) ---------------------------------------------- 4B | 4118 | 4892 16B | 1651 | 1163 64B | 598 | 285 256B | 771 | 158 1024B | 3034 | 160 Bitmap Allocator: Object Size | Alloc Time (ms) | Free Time (ms) ---------------------------------------------- 4B | 481 | 67 16B | 506 | 69 64B | 636 | 75 256B | 892 | 90 1024B | 3262 | 147 The data shows a parabolic curve of performance for the area map allocator. This is due to the memmove operation being the dominant cost with the lower object sizes as more objects are packed in a chunk and at higher object sizes, the traversal of the chunk slots is the dominating cost. The bitmap allocator suffers this problem as well. The above data shows the inability to scale for the allocation path with the area map allocator and that the bitmap allocator demonstrates consistent performance in general. The second problem of additional scanning can result in the area map allocator completing in 52 minutes when trying to allocate 1 million 4-byte objects with 8-byte alignment. The same workload takes approximately 16 seconds to complete for the bitmap allocator. V2: Fixed a bug in pcpu_alloc_first_chunk end_offset was setting the bitmap using bytes instead of bits. Added a comment to pcpu_cnt_pop_pages to explain bitmap_weight. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-26percpu: introduce nr_empty_pop_pages to help empty page accountingDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-0/+1
pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages is used to ensure there are a handful of free pages around to serve atomic allocations. A new field, nr_empty_pop_pages, is added to the pcpu_chunk struct to keep track of the number of empty pages. This field is needed as the number of empty populated pages is globally tracked and deltas are used to update in the bitmap allocator. Pages that contain a hidden area are not considered to be empty. This new field is exposed in percpu_stats. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-26percpu: end chunk area maps page aligned for the populated bitmapDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-2/+3
The area map allocator manages the first chunk area by hiding all but the region it is responsible for serving in the area map. To align this with the populated page bitmap, end_offset is introduced to keep track of the delta to end page aligned. The area map is appended with the page aligned end when necessary to be in line with how the bitmap allocator requires the ending to be aligned with the LCM of PAGE_SIZE and the size of each bitmap block. percpu_stats is updated to ignore this region when present. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-26percpu: remove has_reserved from pcpu_chunkDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-1/+1
Prior this variable was used to manage statistics when the first chunk had a reserved region. The previous patch introduced start_offset to keep track of the offset by value rather than boolean. Therefore, has_reserved can be removed. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-17percpu: expose pcpu_nr_empty_pop_pages in pcpu_statsDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-0/+1
Percpu memory holds a minimum threshold of pages that are populated in order to serve atomic percpu memory requests. This change makes it easier to verify that there are a minimum number of populated pages lying around. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-17percpu: change the format for percpu_stats outputDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-3/+3
This makes the debugfs output for percpu_stats a little easier to read by changing the spacing of the output to be consistent. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-07-17percpu: pcpu-stats change void buffer to int bufferDennis Zhou (Facebook)1-2/+2
Changes the use of a void buffer to an int buffer for clarity. Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2017-06-20percpu: expose statistics about percpu memory via debugfsDennis Zhou1-0/+222
There is limited visibility into the use of percpu memory leaving us unable to reason about correctness of parameters and overall use of percpu memory. These counters and statistics aim to help understand basic statistics about percpu memory such as number of allocations over the lifetime, allocation sizes, and fragmentation. New Config: PERCPU_STATS Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisz@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>