hugetlb: code clean for hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages
Patch series "hugetlb: parallelize hugetlb page init on boot", v6.
Introduction
------------
Hugetlb initialization during boot takes up a considerable amount of time.
For instance, on a 2TB system, initializing 1,800 1GB huge pages takes
1-2 seconds out of 10 seconds. Initializing 11,776 1GB pages on a 12TB
Intel host takes more than 1 minute[1]. This is a noteworthy figure.
Inspired by [2] and [3], hugetlb initialization can also be accelerated
through parallelization. Kernel already has infrastructure like
padata_do_multithreaded, this patch uses it to achieve effective results
by minimal modifications.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/
783f8bac-55b8-5b95-eb6a-
11a583675000@google.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20200527173608.
2885243-1-daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20230906112605.
2286994-1-usama.arif@bytedance.com/
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/
76becfc1-e609-e3e8-2966-
4053143170b6@google.com/
max_threads
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This patch use `padata_do_multithreaded` like this:
```
job.max_threads = num_node_state(N_MEMORY) * multiplier;
padata_do_multithreaded(&job);
```
To fully utilize the CPU, the number of parallel threads needs to be
carefully considered. `max_threads = num_node_state(N_MEMORY)` does not
fully utilize the CPU, so we need to multiply it by a multiplier.
Tests below indicate that a multiplier of 2 significantly improves
performance, and although larger values also provide improvements, the
gains are marginal.
multiplier 1 2 3 4 5
------------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
256G 2node 358ms 215ms 157ms 134ms 126ms
2T 4node 979ms 679ms 543ms 489ms 481ms
50G 2node 71ms 44ms 37ms 30ms 31ms
Therefore, choosing 2 as the multiplier strikes a good balance between
enhancing parallel processing capabilities and maintaining efficient
resource management.
Test result
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test case no patch(ms) patched(ms) saved
------------------- -------------- ------------- --------
256c2T(4 node) 1G 4745 2024 57.34%
128c1T(2 node) 1G 3358 1712 49.02%
12T 1G 77000 18300 76.23%
256c2T(4 node) 2M 3336 1051 68.52%
128c1T(2 node) 2M 1943 716 63.15%
This patch (of 8):
The readability of `hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages` is poor. By cleaning the
code, its readability can be improved, facilitating future modifications.
This patch extracts two functions to reduce the complexity of
`hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages` and has no functional changes.
- hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_node_specific() to handle iterates through
each online node and performs allocation if necessary.
- hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_report() report error during allocation.
And the value of h->max_huge_pages is updated accordingly.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240222140422.393911-1-gang.li@linux.dev
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240222140422.393911-2-gang.li@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Gang Li <ligang.bdlg@bytedance.com>
Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>