mm/rmap.c: reuse mergeable anon_vma as parent when fork

In __anon_vma_prepare(), we will try to find anon_vma if it is possible to
reuse it.  While on fork, the logic is different.

Since commit 5beb49305251 ("mm: change anon_vma linking to fix
multi-process server scalability issue"), function anon_vma_clone() tries
to allocate new anon_vma for child process.  But the logic here will
allocate a new anon_vma for each vma, even in parent this vma is mergeable
and share the same anon_vma with its sibling.  This may do better for
scalability issue, while it is not necessary to do so especially after
interval tree is used.

Commit 7a3ef208e662 ("mm: prevent endless growth of anon_vma hierarchy")
tries to reuse some anon_vma by counting child anon_vma and attached vmas.
While for those mergeable anon_vmas, we can just reuse it and not
necessary to go through the logic.

After this change, kernel build test reduces 20% anon_vma allocation.

Do the same kernel build test, it shows run time in sys reduced 11.6%.

Origin:

real    2m50.467s
user    17m52.002s
sys     1m51.953s

real    2m48.662s
user    17m55.464s
sys     1m50.553s

real    2m51.143s
user    17m59.687s
sys     1m53.600s

Patched:

real	2m39.933s
user	17m1.835s
sys	1m38.802s

real	2m39.321s
user	17m1.634s
sys	1m39.206s

real	2m39.575s
user	17m1.420s
sys	1m38.845s

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011072256.16275-2-richardw.yang@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index ca254f5e4337..4adae0e53f32 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -269,6 +269,19 @@ int anon_vma_clone(struct vm_area_struct *dst, struct vm_area_struct *src)
 {
 	struct anon_vma_chain *avc, *pavc;
 	struct anon_vma *root = NULL;
+	struct vm_area_struct *prev = dst->vm_prev, *pprev = src->vm_prev;
+
+	/*
+	 * If parent share anon_vma with its vm_prev, keep this sharing in in
+	 * child.
+	 *
+	 * 1. Parent has vm_prev, which implies we have vm_prev.
+	 * 2. Parent and its vm_prev have the same anon_vma.
+	 */
+	if (!dst->anon_vma && src->anon_vma &&
+	    pprev && pprev->anon_vma == src->anon_vma)
+		dst->anon_vma = prev->anon_vma;
+
 
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(pavc, &src->anon_vma_chain, same_vma) {
 		struct anon_vma *anon_vma;