From 763802b53a427ed3cbd419dbba255c414fdd9e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joerg Roedel Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:22:41 -0700 Subject: x86/mm: split vmalloc_sync_all() Commit 3f8fd02b1bf1 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") introduced a call to vmalloc_sync_all() in the vunmap() code-path. While this change was necessary to maintain correctness on x86-32-pae kernels, it also adds additional cycles for architectures that don't need it. Specifically on x86-64 with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y some people reported severe performance regressions in micro-benchmarks because it now also calls the x86-64 implementation of vmalloc_sync_all() on vunmap(). But the vmalloc_sync_all() implementation on x86-64 is only needed for newly created mappings. To avoid the unnecessary work on x86-64 and to gain the performance back, split up vmalloc_sync_all() into two functions: * vmalloc_sync_mappings(), and * vmalloc_sync_unmappings() Most call-sites to vmalloc_sync_all() only care about new mappings being synchronized. The only exception is the new call-site added in the above mentioned commit. Shile Zhang directed us to a report of an 80% regression in reaim throughput. Fixes: 3f8fd02b1bf1 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") Reported-by: kernel test robot Reported-by: Shile Zhang Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Tested-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki [GHES] Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191009124418.8286-1-joro@8bytes.org Link: https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/lkp@lists.01.org/thread/4D3JPPHBNOSPFK2KEPC6KGKS6J25AIDB/ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191113095530.228959-1-shile.zhang@linux.alibaba.com Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/notifier.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/notifier.c') diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c index 63d7501ac638..5989bbb93039 100644 --- a/kernel/notifier.c +++ b/kernel/notifier.c @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(notify_die); int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb) { - vmalloc_sync_all(); + vmalloc_sync_mappings(); return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&die_chain, nb); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_die_notifier); -- cgit v1.2.3