pagemap clear_refs: modify to specify anon or mapped vma clearing
The patch makes the clear_refs more versatile in adding the option to select anonymous pages or file backed pages for clearing. This addition has a measurable impact on user space application performance as it decreases the number of pagewalks in scenarios where one is only interested in a specific type of page (anonymous or file mapped). The patch adds anonymous and file backed filters to the clear_refs interface. echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on all pages echo 2 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on anonymous pages only echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs resets the bits on file backed pages only Any other value is ignored Signed-off-by: Moussa A. Ba <moussa.a.ba@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jared E. Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -375,6 +375,19 @@ of memory currently marked as referenced or accessed.
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This file is only present if the CONFIG_MMU kernel configuration option is
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enabled.
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The /proc/PID/clear_refs is used to reset the PG_Referenced and ACCESSED/YOUNG
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bits on both physical and virtual pages associated with a process.
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To clear the bits for all the pages associated with the process
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> echo 1 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
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To clear the bits for the anonymous pages associated with the process
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> echo 2 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
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To clear the bits for the file mapped pages associated with the process
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> echo 3 > /proc/PID/clear_refs
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Any other value written to /proc/PID/clear_refs will have no effect.
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1.2 Kernel data
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---------------
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@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ static int clear_refs_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
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return 0;
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}
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#define CLEAR_REFS_ALL 1
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#define CLEAR_REFS_ANON 2
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#define CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED 3
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static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
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size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
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{
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@ -472,13 +476,15 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
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char buffer[PROC_NUMBUF], *end;
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struct mm_struct *mm;
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struct vm_area_struct *vma;
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int type;
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memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
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if (count > sizeof(buffer) - 1)
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count = sizeof(buffer) - 1;
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if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, count))
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return -EFAULT;
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if (!simple_strtol(buffer, &end, 0))
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type = simple_strtol(buffer, &end, 0);
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if (type < CLEAR_REFS_ALL || type > CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED)
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return -EINVAL;
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if (*end == '\n')
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end++;
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@ -494,9 +500,23 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
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down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
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for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
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clear_refs_walk.private = vma;
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if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
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walk_page_range(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
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&clear_refs_walk);
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if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
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continue;
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/*
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* Writing 1 to /proc/pid/clear_refs affects all pages.
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*
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* Writing 2 to /proc/pid/clear_refs only affects
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* Anonymous pages.
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*
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* Writing 3 to /proc/pid/clear_refs only affects file
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* mapped pages.
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*/
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if (type == CLEAR_REFS_ANON && vma->vm_file)
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continue;
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if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED && !vma->vm_file)
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continue;
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walk_page_range(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
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&clear_refs_walk);
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}
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flush_tlb_mm(mm);
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up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
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