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SubjectRe: [PATCH 09/23] MM: submit multipage reads for SWP_FS_OPS swap-space
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Mark Hemment wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 03:52, NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > swap_readpage() is given one page at a time, but maybe called repeatedly
> > in succession.
> > For block-device swapspace, the blk_plug functionality allows the
> > multiple pages to be combined together at lower layers.
> > That cannot be used for SWP_FS_OPS as blk_plug may not exist - it is
> > only active when CONFIG_BLOCK=y. Consequently all swap reads over NFS
> > are single page reads.
> >
> > With this patch we pass in a pointer-to-pointer when swap_readpage can
> > store state between calls - much like the effect of blk_plug. After
> > calling swap_readpage() some number of times, the state will be passed
> > to swap_read_unplug() which can submit the combined request.
> >
> > Some caller currently call blk_finish_plug() *before* the final call to
> > swap_readpage(), so the last page cannot be included. This patch moves
> > blk_finish_plug() to after the last call, and calls swap_read_unplug()
> > there too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
> > ---
> > mm/madvise.c | 8 +++-
> > mm/memory.c | 2 +
> > mm/page_io.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> > mm/swap.h | 16 +++++++--
> > mm/swap_state.c | 19 +++++++---
> > 5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> >
> ...
> > diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
> > index 6e32ca35d9b6..bcf655d650c8 100644
> > --- a/mm/page_io.c
> > +++ b/mm/page_io.c
> > @@ -390,46 +391,60 @@ int __swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
> > static void sio_read_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret)
> > {
> > struct swap_iocb *sio = container_of(iocb, struct swap_iocb, iocb);
> > - struct page *page = sio->bvec.bv_page;
> > -
> > - if (ret != 0 && ret != PAGE_SIZE) {
> > - SetPageError(page);
> > - ClearPageUptodate(page);
> > - pr_alert_ratelimited("Read-error on swap-device\n");
> > - } else {
> > - SetPageUptodate(page);
> > - count_vm_event(PSWPIN);
> > + int p;
> > +
> > + for (p = 0; p < sio->pages; p++) {
> > + struct page *page = sio->bvec[p].bv_page;
> > + if (ret != 0 && ret != PAGE_SIZE * sio->pages) {
> > + SetPageError(page);
> > + ClearPageUptodate(page);
> > + pr_alert_ratelimited("Read-error on swap-device\n");
> > + } else {
> > + SetPageUptodate(page);
> > + count_vm_event(PSWPIN);
> > + }
> > + unlock_page(page);
> > }
> > - unlock_page(page);
> > mempool_free(sio, sio_pool);
> > }
>
> Trivial: on success, could be single call to count_vm_events(PSWPIN,
> sio->pages).
> Similar comment for PSWPOUT in sio_write_complete()
>
> >
> > -static int swap_readpage_fs(struct page *page)
> > +static void swap_readpage_fs(struct page *page,
> > + struct swap_iocb **plug)
> > {
> > struct swap_info_struct *sis = page_swap_info(page);
> > - struct file *swap_file = sis->swap_file;
> > - struct address_space *mapping = swap_file->f_mapping;
> > - struct iov_iter from;
> > - struct swap_iocb *sio;
> > + struct swap_iocb *sio = NULL;
> > loff_t pos = page_file_offset(page);
> > - int ret;
> > -
> > - sio = mempool_alloc(sio_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
> > - init_sync_kiocb(&sio->iocb, swap_file);
> > - sio->iocb.ki_pos = pos;
> > - sio->iocb.ki_complete = sio_read_complete;
> > - sio->bvec.bv_page = page;
> > - sio->bvec.bv_len = PAGE_SIZE;
> > - sio->bvec.bv_offset = 0;
> >
> > - iov_iter_bvec(&from, READ, &sio->bvec, 1, PAGE_SIZE);
> > - ret = mapping->a_ops->swap_rw(&sio->iocb, &from);
> > - if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
> > - sio_read_complete(&sio->iocb, ret);
> > - return ret;
> > + if (*plug)
> > + sio = *plug;
>
> 'plug' can be NULL when called from do_swap_page();
> if (plug && *plug)

Thanks for catching that! I actually want it to be
if (plug)
sio = *plug;

which nicely balances the
if (plug)
*plug = sio;
at the end of the function.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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