From 88e3009b5283bbd41447f0352d0b9df16cf6f183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Piggin Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 17:18:35 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] lazy tlb: allow lazy tlb mm refcounting to be configurable Add CONFIG_MMU_TLB_REFCOUNT which enables refcounting of the lazy tlb mm when it is context switched. This can be disabled by architectures that don't require this refcounting if they clean up lazy tlb mms when the last refcount is dropped. Currently this is always enabled, so the patch introduces no functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230203071837.1136453-4-npiggin@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Christophe Leroy Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Nadav Amit Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Rik van Riel Cc: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/mm/active_mm.rst | 6 ++++++ arch/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ include/linux/sched/mm.h | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/mm/active_mm.rst b/Documentation/mm/active_mm.rst index 45d89f8fb3a8..d096fc091e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/mm/active_mm.rst +++ b/Documentation/mm/active_mm.rst @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ Active MM ========= +Note, the mm_count refcount may no longer include the "lazy" users +(running tasks with ->active_mm == mm && ->mm == NULL) on kernels +with CONFIG_MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT=n. Taking and releasing these lazy +references must be done with mmgrab_lazy_tlb() and mmdrop_lazy_tlb() +helpers, which abstract this config option. + :: List: linux-kernel diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index e3511afbb7f2..643f8a04141e 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -465,6 +465,23 @@ config ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM irqs disabled over activate_mm. Architectures that do IPI based TLB shootdowns should enable this. +# Use normal mm refcounting for MMU_LAZY_TLB kernel thread references. +# MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT=n can improve the scalability of context switching +# to/from kernel threads when the same mm is running on a lot of CPUs (a large +# multi-threaded application), by reducing contention on the mm refcount. +# +# This can be disabled if the architecture ensures no CPUs are using an mm as a +# "lazy tlb" beyond its final refcount (i.e., by the time __mmdrop frees the mm +# or its kernel page tables). This could be arranged by arch_exit_mmap(), or +# final exit(2) TLB flush, for example. +# +# To implement this, an arch *must*: +# Ensure the _lazy_tlb variants of mmgrab/mmdrop are used when manipulating +# the lazy tlb reference of a kthread's ->active_mm (non-arch code has been +# converted already). +config MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT + def_bool y + config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG bool diff --git a/include/linux/sched/mm.h b/include/linux/sched/mm.h index 5376caf6fcf3..689dbe812563 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h @@ -82,17 +82,29 @@ static inline void mmdrop_sched(struct mm_struct *mm) /* Helpers for lazy TLB mm refcounting */ static inline void mmgrab_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm) { - mmgrab(mm); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT)) + mmgrab(mm); } static inline void mmdrop_lazy_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm) { - mmdrop(mm); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT)) { + mmdrop(mm); + } else { + /* + * mmdrop_lazy_tlb must provide a full memory barrier, see the + * membarrier comment finish_task_switch which relies on this. + */ + smp_mb(); + } } static inline void mmdrop_lazy_tlb_sched(struct mm_struct *mm) { - mmdrop_sched(mm); + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU_LAZY_TLB_REFCOUNT)) + mmdrop_sched(mm); + else + smp_mb(); /* see mmdrop_lazy_tlb() above */ } /**