mm: make mem_map allocation continuous
vmemmap allocation currently has this layout:
[ffffe20000000000-ffffe200001fffff] PMD ->ffff810001400000 on node 0
[ffffe20000200000-ffffe200003fffff] PMD ->ffff810001800000 on node 0
[ffffe20000400000-ffffe200005fffff] PMD ->ffff810001c00000 on node 0
[ffffe20000600000-ffffe200007fffff] PMD ->ffff810002000000 on node 0
[ffffe20000800000-ffffe200009fffff] PMD ->ffff810002400000 on node 0
...
note that there is a 2M hole between them - not optimal.
the root cause is that usemap (24 bytes) will be allocated after every 2M
mem_map, and it will push next vmemmap (2M) to the next (2M) alignment.
solution: try to allocate the mem_map continously.
after the patch, we get:
[ffffe20000000000-ffffe200001fffff] PMD ->ffff810001400000 on node 0
[ffffe20000200000-ffffe200003fffff] PMD ->ffff810001600000 on node 0
[ffffe20000400000-ffffe200005fffff] PMD ->ffff810001800000 on node 0
[ffffe20000600000-ffffe200007fffff] PMD ->ffff810001a00000 on node 0
[ffffe20000800000-ffffe200009fffff] PMD ->ffff810001c00000 on node 0
...
which is the ideal layout.
and usemap will share a page because of they are allocated continuously too:
sparse_early_usemap_alloc: usemap = ffff810024e00000 size = 24
sparse_early_usemap_alloc: usemap = ffff810024e00080 size = 24
sparse_early_usemap_alloc: usemap = ffff810024e00100 size = 24
sparse_early_usemap_alloc: usemap = ffff810024e00180 size = 24
...
so we make the bootmem allocation more compact and use less memory
for usemap => mission accomplished ;-)
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 98d6b39c..458109b 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -304,22 +304,48 @@
unsigned long pnum;
struct page *map;
unsigned long *usemap;
+ unsigned long **usemap_map;
+ int size;
+
+ /*
+ * map is using big page (aka 2M in x86 64 bit)
+ * usemap is less one page (aka 24 bytes)
+ * so alloc 2M (with 2M align) and 24 bytes in turn will
+ * make next 2M slip to one more 2M later.
+ * then in big system, the memory will have a lot of holes...
+ * here try to allocate 2M pages continously.
+ *
+ * powerpc need to call sparse_init_one_section right after each
+ * sparse_early_mem_map_alloc, so allocate usemap_map at first.
+ */
+ size = sizeof(unsigned long *) * NR_MEM_SECTIONS;
+ usemap_map = alloc_bootmem(size);
+ if (!usemap_map)
+ panic("can not allocate usemap_map\n");
for (pnum = 0; pnum < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; pnum++) {
if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
continue;
+ usemap_map[pnum] = sparse_early_usemap_alloc(pnum);
+ }
+
+ for (pnum = 0; pnum < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; pnum++) {
+ if (!present_section_nr(pnum))
+ continue;
+
+ usemap = usemap_map[pnum];
+ if (!usemap)
+ continue;
map = sparse_early_mem_map_alloc(pnum);
if (!map)
continue;
- usemap = sparse_early_usemap_alloc(pnum);
- if (!usemap)
- continue;
-
sparse_init_one_section(__nr_to_section(pnum), pnum, map,
usemap);
}
+
+ free_bootmem(__pa(usemap_map), size);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG