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From: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,  <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,  <linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org>,
	<nvdimm@lists.linux.dev>,  <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	 "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>,
	 Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>,
	 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	 Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	 "Jonathan Cameron" <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,  Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com>,
	Rafael J Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 4/4] dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:33:28 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5ukc6nr.fsf@yhuang6-desk2.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qfwwqi3.fsf@nvdebian.thelocal> (Alistair Popple's message of "Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:03:43 +1000")

Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com> writes:

> "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com> writes:
>
>> Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com> writes:
>>
>>> Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Previously, a fixed abstract distance MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE is
>>>> used for slow memory type in kmem driver.  This limits the usage of
>>>> kmem driver, for example, it cannot be used for HBM (high bandwidth
>>>> memory).
>>>>
>>>> So, we use the general abstract distance calculation mechanism in kmem
>>>> drivers to get more accurate abstract distance on systems with proper
>>>> support.  The original MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE is used as
>>>> fallback only.
>>>>
>>>> Now, multiple memory types may be managed by kmem.  These memory types
>>>> are put into the "kmem_memory_types" list and protected by
>>>> kmem_memory_type_lock.
>>>
>>> See below but I wonder if kmem_memory_types could be a common helper
>>> rather than kdax specific?
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>
>>>> Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
>>>> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
>>>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>>>> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
>>>> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
>>>> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
>>>> Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
>>>> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
>>>> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: Rafael J Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/dax/kmem.c           | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>>>  include/linux/memory-tiers.h |  2 ++
>>>>  mm/memory-tiers.c            |  2 +-
>>>>  3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/dax/kmem.c b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
>>>> index 898ca9505754..837165037231 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/dax/kmem.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/dax/kmem.c
>>>> @@ -49,14 +49,40 @@ struct dax_kmem_data {
>>>>  	struct resource *res[];
>>>>  };
>>>>  
>>>> -static struct memory_dev_type *dax_slowmem_type;
>>>> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(kmem_memory_type_lock);
>>>> +static LIST_HEAD(kmem_memory_types);
>>>> +
>>>> +static struct memory_dev_type *kmem_find_alloc_memorty_type(int adist)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	bool found = false;
>>>> +	struct memory_dev_type *mtype;
>>>> +
>>>> +	mutex_lock(&kmem_memory_type_lock);
>>>> +	list_for_each_entry(mtype, &kmem_memory_types, list) {
>>>> +		if (mtype->adistance == adist) {
>>>> +			found = true;
>>>> +			break;
>>>> +		}
>>>> +	}
>>>> +	if (!found) {
>>>> +		mtype = alloc_memory_type(adist);
>>>> +		if (!IS_ERR(mtype))
>>>> +			list_add(&mtype->list, &kmem_memory_types);
>>>> +	}
>>>> +	mutex_unlock(&kmem_memory_type_lock);
>>>> +
>>>> +	return mtype;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>  static int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	struct device *dev = &dev_dax->dev;
>>>>  	unsigned long total_len = 0;
>>>>  	struct dax_kmem_data *data;
>>>> +	struct memory_dev_type *mtype;
>>>>  	int i, rc, mapped = 0;
>>>>  	int numa_node;
>>>> +	int adist = MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE;
>>>>  
>>>>  	/*
>>>>  	 * Ensure good NUMA information for the persistent memory.
>>>> @@ -71,6 +97,11 @@ static int dev_dax_kmem_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
>>>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>>>  	}
>>>>  
>>>> +	mt_calc_adistance(numa_node, &adist);
>>>> +	mtype = kmem_find_alloc_memorty_type(adist);
>>>> +	if (IS_ERR(mtype))
>>>> +		return PTR_ERR(mtype);
>>>> +
>>>
>>> I wrote my own quick and dirty module to test this and wrote basically
>>> the same code sequence.
>>>
>>> I notice your using a list of memory types here though. I think it would
>>> be nice to have a common helper that other users could call to do the
>>> mt_calc_adistance() / kmem_find_alloc_memory_type() /
>>> init_node_memory_type() sequence and cleanup as my naive approach would
>>> result in a new memory_dev_type per device even though adist might be
>>> the same. A common helper would make it easy to de-dup those.
>>
>> If it's useful, we can move kmem_find_alloc_memory_type() to
>> memory-tier.c after some revision.  But I tend to move it after we have
>> the second user.  What do you think about that?
>
> Usually I would agree, but this series already introduces a general
> interface for calculating adist even though there's only one user and
> implementation. So if we're going to add a general interface I think it
> would be better to make it more usable now rather than after variations
> of it have been cut and pasted into other drivers.

In general, I would like to introduce complexity when necessary.  So, we
can discuss the necessity of the general interface firstly.  We can do
that in [1/4] of the series.

--
Best Regards,
Huang, Ying

  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-21 23:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-21  1:29 [PATCH RESEND 0/4] memory tiering: calculate abstract distance based on ACPI HMAT Huang Ying
2023-07-21  1:29 ` [PATCH RESEND 1/4] memory tiering: add abstract distance calculation algorithms management Huang Ying
2023-07-25  2:13   ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-25  3:14     ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-25  8:26       ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-26  7:33         ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-27  3:42           ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-27  4:02             ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-27  4:07               ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-27  5:41                 ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-28  1:20                   ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-11  3:51                     ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-21 11:26                       ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-21 22:50                         ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-21 23:52                           ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-22  0:58                             ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-22  7:11                               ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-23  5:56                                 ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-25  5:41                                   ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-21  1:29 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/4] acpi, hmat: refactor hmat_register_target_initiators() Huang Ying
2023-07-25  2:44   ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-07 16:55   ` Jonathan Cameron
2023-08-11  1:13     ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-21  1:29 ` [PATCH RESEND 3/4] acpi, hmat: calculate abstract distance with HMAT Huang Ying
2023-07-25  2:45   ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-25  6:47     ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-21 11:53       ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-21 23:28         ` Huang, Ying
2023-07-21  1:29 ` [PATCH RESEND 4/4] dax, kmem: calculate abstract distance with general interface Huang Ying
2023-07-25  3:11   ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-25  7:02     ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-21 12:03       ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-21 23:33         ` Huang, Ying [this message]
2023-08-22  7:36           ` Alistair Popple
2023-08-23  2:13             ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-25  6:00               ` Alistair Popple
2023-07-21  4:15 ` [PATCH RESEND 0/4] memory tiering: calculate abstract distance based on ACPI HMAT Alistair Popple
2023-07-24 17:58   ` Andrew Morton
2023-08-01  2:35     ` Bharata B Rao
2023-08-11  6:26       ` Huang, Ying
2023-08-11  7:49         ` Bharata B Rao

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