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Tejun Heo
fa8a7094ba x86: implement percpu_alloc kernel parameter
According to Andi, it isn't clear whether lpage allocator is worth the
trouble as there are many processors where PMD TLB is far scarcer than
PTE TLB.  The advantage or disadvantage probably depends on the actual
size of percpu area and specific processor.  As performance
degradation due to TLB pressure tends to be highly workload specific
and subtle, it is difficult to decide which way to go without more
data.

This patch implements percpu_alloc kernel parameter to allow selecting
which first chunk allocator to use to ease debugging and testing.

While at it, make sure all the failure paths report why something
failed to help determining why certain allocator isn't working.  Also,
kill the "Great future plan" comment which had already been realized
quite some time ago.

[ Impact: allow explicit percpu first chunk allocator selection ]

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-22 11:56:24 +09:00
Tejun Heo
85ae87c1ad percpu: fix too lazy vunmap cache flushing
In pcpu_unmap(), flushing virtual cache on vunmap can't be delayed as
the page is going to be returned to the page allocator.  Only TLB
flushing can be put off such that vmalloc code can handle it lazily.
Fix it.

[ Impact: fix subtle virtual cache flush bug ]

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-22 11:56:23 +09:00
Christoph Lameter
e1b9aa3f47 percpu: remove rbtree and use page->index instead
Impact: use page->index for addr to chunk mapping instead of dedicated rbtree

The rbtree is used to determine the chunk from the virtual address.
However, we can already determine the page struct from a virtual
address and there are several unused fields in page struct used by
vmalloc.  Use the index field to store a pointer to the chunk. Then
there is no need anymore for an rbtree.

tj: * s/(set|get)_chunk/pcpu_\1_page_chunk/

    * Drop inline from the above two functions and moved them upwards
      so that they are with other simple helpers.

    * Initial pages might not (actually most of the time don't) live
      in the vmalloc area.  With the previous patch to manually
      reverse-map both first chunks, this is no longer an issue.
      Removed pcpu_set_chunk() call on initial pages.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Cc: starvik@axis.com
Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: cooloney@kernel.org
Cc: kyle@mcmartin.ca
Cc: matthew@wil.cx
Cc: grundler@parisc-linux.org
Cc: takata@linux-m32r.org
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org
Cc: rth@twiddle.net
Cc: ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru
Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
LKML-Reference: <49D43D58.4050102@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-08 18:31:31 +02:00
Tejun Heo
ae9e6bc9f7 percpu: don't put the first chunk in reverse-map rbtree
Impact: both first chunks don't use rbtree, no functional change

There can be two first chunks - reserved and dynamic with the former
one being optional.  Dynamic first chunk was linked on reverse-mapping
rbtree while the reserved one was mapped manually using the start
address and reserved offset limit.

This patch makes both first chunks to be looked up manually without
using the rbtree.  This is to help getting rid of the rbtree.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: rmk@arm.linux.org.uk
Cc: starvik@axis.com
Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: cooloney@kernel.org
Cc: kyle@mcmartin.ca
Cc: matthew@wil.cx
Cc: grundler@parisc-linux.org
Cc: takata@linux-m32r.org
Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org
Cc: rth@twiddle.net
Cc: ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru
Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
LKML-Reference: <49D43CEA.3040609@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-08 18:31:30 +02:00
Tejun Heo
66c3a75772 percpu: generalize embedding first chunk setup helper
Impact: code reorganization

Separate out embedding first chunk setup helper from x86 embedding
first chunk allocator and put it in mm/percpu.c.  This will be used by
the default percpu first chunk allocator and possibly by other archs.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-10 16:27:48 +09:00
Tejun Heo
6074d5b0a3 percpu: more flexibility for @dyn_size of pcpu_setup_first_chunk()
Impact: cleanup, more flexibility for first chunk init

Non-negative @dyn_size used to be allowed iff @unit_size wasn't auto.
This restriction stemmed from implementation detail and made things a
bit less intuitive.  This patch allows @dyn_size to be specified
regardless of @unit_size and swaps the positions of @dyn_size and
@unit_size so that the parameter order makes more sense (static,
reserved and dyn sizes followed by enclosing unit_size).

While at it, add @unit_size >= PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE sanity check.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-10 16:27:48 +09:00
Tejun Heo
e01009833e percpu: make x86 addr <-> pcpu ptr conversion macros generic
Impact: generic addr <-> pcpu ptr conversion macros

There's nothing arch specific about x86 __addr_to_pcpu_ptr() and
__pcpu_ptr_to_addr().  With proper __per_cpu_load and __per_cpu_start
defined, they'll do the right thing regardless of actual layout.

Move these macros from arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h to mm/percpu.c
and allow archs to override it as necessary.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-10 16:27:48 +09:00
Tejun Heo
ccea34b5d0 percpu: finer grained locking to break deadlock and allow atomic free
Impact: fix deadlock and allow atomic free

Percpu allocation always uses GFP_KERNEL and whole alloc/free paths
were protected by single mutex.  All percpu allocations have been from
GFP_KERNEL-safe context and the original allocator had this assumption
too.  However, by protecting both alloc and free paths with the same
mutex, the new allocator creates free -> alloc -> GFP_KERNEL
dependency which the original allocator didn't have.  This can lead to
deadlock if free is called from FS or IO paths.  Also, in general,
allocators are expected to allow free to be called from atomic
context.

This patch implements finer grained locking to break the deadlock and
allow atomic free.  For details, please read the "Synchronization
rules" comment.

While at it, also add CONTEXT: to function comments to describe which
context they expect to be called from and what they do to it.

This problem was reported by Thomas Gleixner and Peter Zijlstra.

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/802384

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
2009-03-07 14:46:35 +09:00
Tejun Heo
a56dbddf06 percpu: move fully free chunk reclamation into a work
Impact: code reorganization for later changes

Do fully free chunk reclamation using a work.  This change is to
prepare for locking changes.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-07 00:44:11 +09:00
Tejun Heo
9f7dcf224b percpu: move chunk area map extension out of area allocation
Impact: code reorganization for later changes

Separate out chunk area map extension into a separate function -
pcpu_extend_area_map() - and call it directly from pcpu_alloc() such
that pcpu_alloc_area() is guaranteed to have enough area map slots on
invocation.

With this change, pcpu_alloc_area() does only area allocation and the
only failure mode is when the chunk doens't have enough room, so
there's no need to distinguish it from memory allocation failures.
Make it return -1 on such cases instead of hacky -ENOSPC.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-07 00:44:09 +09:00
Tejun Heo
1880d93b80 percpu: replace pcpu_realloc() with pcpu_mem_alloc() and pcpu_mem_free()
Impact: code reorganization for later changes

With static map handling moved to pcpu_split_block(), pcpu_realloc()
only clutters the code and it's also unsuitable for scheduled locking
changes.  Implement and use pcpu_mem_alloc/free() instead.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-07 00:44:09 +09:00
Tejun Heo
edcb463997 percpu, module: implement reserved allocation and use it for module percpu variables
Impact: add reserved allocation functionality and use it for module
	percpu variables

This patch implements reserved allocation from the first chunk.  When
setting up the first chunk, arch can ask to set aside certain number
of bytes right after the core static area which is available only
through a separate reserved allocator.  This will be used primarily
for module static percpu variables on architectures with limited
relocation range to ensure that the module perpcu symbols are inside
the relocatable range.

If reserved area is requested, the first chunk becomes reserved and
isn't available for regular allocation.  If the first chunk also
includes piggy-back dynamic allocation area, a separate chunk mapping
the same region is created to serve dynamic allocation.  The first one
is called static first chunk and the second dynamic first chunk.
Although they share the page map, their different area map
initializations guarantee they serve disjoint areas according to their
purposes.

If arch doesn't setup reserved area, reserved allocation is handled
like any other allocation.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-06 14:33:59 +09:00
Tejun Heo
3e24aa5890 percpu: add an indirection ptr for chunk page map access
Impact: allow sharing page map, no functional difference yet

Make chunk->page access indirect by adding a pointer and renaming the
actual array to page_ar.  This will be used by future changes.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-06 14:33:59 +09:00
Tejun Heo
cafe8816b2 percpu: use negative for auto for pcpu_setup_first_chunk() arguments
Impact: argument semantic cleanup

In pcpu_setup_first_chunk(), zero @unit_size and @dyn_size meant
auto-sizing.  It's okay for @unit_size as 0 doesn't make sense but 0
dynamic reserve size is valid.  Alos, if arch @dyn_size is calculated
from other parameters, it might end up passing in 0 @dyn_size and
malfunction when the size is automatically adjusted.

This patch makes both @unit_size and @dyn_size ssize_t and use -1 for
auto sizing.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-06 14:33:59 +09:00
Tejun Heo
61ace7fa2f percpu: improve first chunk initial area map handling
Impact: no functional change

When the first chunk is created, its initial area map is not allocated
because kmalloc isn't online yet.  The map is allocated and
initialized on the first allocation request on the chunk.  This works
fine but the scattering of initialization logic between the init
function and allocation path is a bit confusing.

This patch makes the first chunk initialize and use minimal statically
allocated map from pcpu_setpu_first_chunk().  The map resizing path
still needs to handle this specially but it's more straight-forward
and gives more latitude to the init path.  This will ease future
changes.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-06 14:33:59 +09:00
Tejun Heo
2441d15c97 percpu: cosmetic renames in pcpu_setup_first_chunk()
Impact: cosmetic, preparation for future changes

Make the following renames in pcpur_setup_first_chunk() in preparation
for future changes.

* s/free_size/dyn_size/
* s/static_vm/first_vm/
* s/static_chunk/schunk/

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-03-06 14:33:59 +09:00
Tejun Heo
02d51fdfb2 percpu: kill compile warning in pcpu_populate_chunk()
Impact: remove compile warning

Mark local variable map_end in pcpu_populate_chunk() with
uninitialized_var().  The variable is always used in tandem with
map_start and guaranteed to be initialized before use but gcc doesn't
understand that.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-01 15:42:36 +09:00
Tejun Heo
40150d37be percpu: add __read_mostly to variables which are mostly read only
Most global variables in percpu allocator are initialized during boot
and read only from that point on.  Add __read_mostly as per Rusty's
suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2009-02-24 14:24:30 +09:00
Tejun Heo
8d408b4be3 percpu: give more latitude to arch specific first chunk initialization
Impact: more latitude for first percpu chunk allocation

The first percpu chunk serves the kernel static percpu area and may or
may not contain extra room for further dynamic allocation.
Initialization of the first chunk needs to be done before normal
memory allocation service is up, so it has its own init path -
pcpu_setup_static().

It seems archs need more latitude while initializing the first chunk
for example to take advantage of large page mapping.  This patch makes
the following changes to allow this.

* Define PERCPU_DYNAMIC_RESERVE to give arch hint about how much space
  to reserve in the first chunk for further dynamic allocation.

* Rename pcpu_setup_static() to pcpu_setup_first_chunk().

* Make pcpu_setup_first_chunk() much more flexible by fetching page
  pointer by callback and adding optional @unit_size, @free_size and
  @base_addr arguments which allow archs to selectively part of chunk
  initialization to their likings.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-02-24 11:57:21 +09:00
Tejun Heo
d9b55eeb1d percpu: remove unit_size power-of-2 restriction
Impact: allow unit_size to be arbitrary multiple of PAGE_SIZE

In dynamic percpu allocator, there is no reason the unit size should
be power of two.  Remove the restriction.

As non-power-of-two unit size means that empty chunks fall into the
same slot index as lightly occupied chunks which is bad for reclaming.
Reserve an extra slot for empty chunks.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-02-24 11:57:21 +09:00
Tejun Heo
c0c0a29379 vmalloc: add @align to vm_area_register_early()
Impact: allow larger alignment for early vmalloc area allocation

Some early vmalloc users might want larger alignment, for example, for
custom large page mapping.  Add @align to vm_area_register_early().
While at it, drop docbook comment on non-existent @size.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
2009-02-24 11:57:21 +09:00
Tejun Heo
cb83b42e23 percpu: fix pcpu_chunk_struct_size
Impact: fix short allocation leading to memory corruption

While dropping rvalue wrapping macros around global parameters,
pcpu_chunk_struct_size was set incorrectly resulting in shorter page
pointer array.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-02-24 11:57:20 +09:00
Tejun Heo
cae3aeb83f percpu: clean up size usage
Andrew was concerned about the unit of variables named or have suffix
size.  Every usage in percpu allocator is in bytes but make it super
clear by adding comments.

While at it, make pcpu_depopulate_chunk() take int @off and @size like
everyone else.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-21 16:56:23 +09:00
Tejun Heo
fbf59bc9d7 percpu: implement new dynamic percpu allocator
Impact: new scalable dynamic percpu allocator which allows dynamic
        percpu areas to be accessed the same way as static ones

Implement scalable dynamic percpu allocator which can be used for both
static and dynamic percpu areas.  This will allow static and dynamic
areas to share faster direct access methods.  This feature is optional
and enabled only when CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_PER_CPU_AREA is defined by
arch.  Please read comment on top of mm/percpu.c for details.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2009-02-20 16:29:08 +09:00