[PATCH net-next v21 13/14] mm: page_frag: update documentation for page_frag

Yunsheng Lin posted 14 patches 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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[PATCH net-next v21 13/14] mm: page_frag: update documentation for page_frag
Posted by Yunsheng Lin 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Update documentation about design, implementation and API usages
for page_frag.

CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@huawei.com>
---
 Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/page_frag_cache.h | 259 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 mm/page_frag_cache.c            |  26 +++-
 3 files changed, 451 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
index 503ca6cdb804..5eec04a3fe90 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/page_frags.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
 ==============
 Page fragments
 ==============
@@ -40,4 +42,177 @@ page via a single call.  The advantage to doing this is that it allows for
 cleaning up the multiple references that were added to a page in order to
 avoid calling get_page per allocation.
 
-Alexander Duyck, Nov 29, 2016.
+
+Architecture overview
+=====================
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+                      +----------------------+
+                      | page_frag API caller |
+                      +----------------------+
+                                  |
+                                  |
+                                  v
+    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+    |                   request page fragment                          |
+    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+             |                                 |                     |
+             |                                 |                     |
+             |                          Cache not enough             |
+             |                                 |                     |
+             |                         +-----------------+           |
+             |                         | reuse old cache |--Usable-->|
+             |                         +-----------------+           |
+             |                                 |                     |
+             |                             Not usable                |
+             |                                 |                     |
+             |                                 v                     |
+        Cache empty                   +-----------------+            |
+             |                        | drain old cache |            |
+             |                        +-----------------+            |
+             |                                 |                     |
+             v_________________________________v                     |
+                              |                                      |
+                              |                                      |
+             _________________v_______________                       |
+            |                                 |              Cache is enough
+            |                                 |                      |
+ PAGE_SIZE < PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE         |                      |
+            |                                 |                      |
+            |               PAGE_SIZE >= PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE    |
+            v                                 |                      |
+    +----------------------------------+      |                      |
+    | refill cache with order > 0 page |      |                      |
+    +----------------------------------+      |                      |
+      |                    |                  |                      |
+      |                    |                  |                      |
+      |              Refill failed            |                      |
+      |                    |                  |                      |
+      |                    v                  v                      |
+      |      +------------------------------------+                  |
+      |      |   refill cache with order 0 page   |                  |
+      |      +----------------------------------=-+                  |
+      |                       |                                      |
+ Refill succeed               |                                      |
+      |                 Refill succeed                               |
+      |                       |                                      |
+      v                       v                                      v
+    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+    |             allocate fragment from cache                         |
+    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+API interface
+=============
+As the design and implementation of page_frag API implies, the allocation side
+does not allow concurrent calling. Instead it is assumed that the caller must
+ensure there is not concurrent alloc calling to the same page_frag_cache
+instance by using its own lock or rely on some lockless guarantee like NAPI
+softirq.
+
+Depending on different aligning requirement, the page_frag API caller may call
+page_frag_*_align*() to ensure the returned virtual address or offset of the
+page is aligned according to the 'align/alignment' parameter. Note the size of
+the allocated fragment is not aligned, the caller needs to provide an aligned
+fragsz if there is an alignment requirement for the size of the fragment.
+
+Depending on different use cases, callers expecting to deal with va, page or
+both va and page for them may call page_frag_alloc, page_frag_refill, or
+page_frag_alloc_refill API accordingly.
+
+There is also a use case that needs minimum memory in order for forward progress,
+but more performant if more memory is available. Using page_frag_*_prepare() and
+page_frag_commit*() related API, the caller requests the minimum memory it needs
+and the prepare API will return the maximum size of the fragment returned. The
+caller needs to either call the commit API to report how much memory it actually
+uses, or not do so if deciding to not use any memory.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+   :identifiers: page_frag_cache_init page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc
+		 page_frag_cache_page_offset __page_frag_alloc_align
+		 page_frag_alloc_align page_frag_alloc
+		 __page_frag_refill_align page_frag_refill_align
+		 page_frag_refill __page_frag_refill_prepare_align
+		 page_frag_refill_prepare_align page_frag_refill_prepare
+		 __page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align
+		 page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align
+		 page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare page_frag_alloc_refill_probe
+		 page_frag_refill_probe page_frag_commit
+		 page_frag_commit_noref page_frag_alloc_abort
+
+.. kernel-doc:: mm/page_frag_cache.c
+   :identifiers: page_frag_cache_drain page_frag_free
+		 __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align
+
+Coding examples
+===============
+
+Init & Drain API
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+   page_frag_cache_init(nc);
+   ...
+   page_frag_cache_drain(nc);
+
+
+Alloc & Free API
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    void *va;
+
+    va = page_frag_alloc_align(nc, size, gfp, align);
+    if (!va)
+        goto do_error;
+
+    err = do_something(va, size);
+    if (err) {
+        page_frag_abort(nc, size);
+        goto do_error;
+    }
+
+    ...
+
+    page_frag_free(va);
+
+
+Prepare & Commit API
+--------------------
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+    struct page_frag page_frag, *pfrag;
+    bool merge = true;
+    void *va;
+
+    pfrag = &page_frag;
+    va = page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(nc, 32U, pfrag, GFP_KERNEL);
+    if (!va)
+        goto wait_for_space;
+
+    copy = min_t(unsigned int, copy, pfrag->size);
+    if (!skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, pfrag->page, pfrag->offset)) {
+        if (i >= max_skb_frags)
+            goto new_segment;
+
+        merge = false;
+    }
+
+    copy = mem_schedule(copy);
+    if (!copy)
+        goto wait_for_space;
+
+    err = copy_from_iter_full_nocache(va, copy, iter);
+    if (err)
+        goto do_error;
+
+    if (merge) {
+        skb_frag_size_add(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i - 1], copy);
+        page_frag_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, copy);
+    } else {
+        skb_fill_page_desc(skb, i, pfrag->page, pfrag->offset, copy);
+        page_frag_commit(nc, pfrag, copy);
+    }
diff --git a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
index e21688e7edc8..f6f7e3e3a4bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_frag_cache.h
@@ -28,16 +28,43 @@ static inline bool encoded_page_decode_pfmemalloc(unsigned long encoded_page)
 	return !!(encoded_page & PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_PFMEMALLOC_BIT);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_init() - Init page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to init
+ *
+ * Inline helper to init the page_frag cache.
+ */
 static inline void page_frag_cache_init(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
 {
 	nc->encoded_page = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc() - Check for pfmemalloc.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
+ *
+ * Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed.
+ * It has the same calling context expectation as the alloc API.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * true if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed, otherwise
+ * return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
 {
 	return encoded_page_decode_pfmemalloc(nc->encoded_page);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_page_offset() - Return the current page fragment's offset.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
+ *
+ * The API is only used in net/sched/em_meta.c for historical reason, do not use
+ * it for new caller unless there is a strong reason.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * the offset of the current page fragment in the page_frag cache.
+ */
 static inline unsigned int page_frag_cache_page_offset(const struct page_frag_cache *nc)
 {
 	return nc->offset;
@@ -66,6 +93,19 @@ static inline unsigned int __page_frag_cache_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning
+ * requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the 'va'
+ *
+ * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					    unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 					    unsigned int align_mask)
@@ -83,6 +123,19 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return va;
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before allocing a page fragment from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					  unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 					  unsigned int align)
@@ -91,12 +144,36 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, -align);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc() - Alloc a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *page_frag_alloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 				    unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, ~0u);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __page_frag_refill_align() - Refill a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * Refill a page_frag from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool __page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					    unsigned int fragsz,
 					    struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -111,6 +188,20 @@ static inline bool __page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_align() - Refill a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before refilling a page_frag from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					  unsigned int fragsz,
 					  struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -120,6 +211,18 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return __page_frag_refill_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, -align);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_refill() - Refill a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Refill a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 				    unsigned int fragsz,
 				    struct page_frag *pfrag, gfp_t gfp_mask)
@@ -127,6 +230,20 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return __page_frag_refill_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, ~0u);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __page_frag_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare refilling a page_frag with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * Prepare refill a page_frag from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if prepare refilling succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool __page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						    unsigned int fragsz,
 						    struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -137,6 +254,21 @@ static inline bool __page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					   align_mask);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare refilling a page_frag with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before prepare refilling a page_frag from
+ * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if prepare refilling succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						  unsigned int fragsz,
 						  struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -148,6 +280,18 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						-align);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_prepare() - Prepare refilling a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					    unsigned int fragsz,
 					    struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -157,6 +301,20 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						~0u);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 							   unsigned int fragsz,
 							   struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -166,6 +324,21 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cach
 	return __page_frag_cache_prepare(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, align_mask);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before prepare allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 							 unsigned int fragsz,
 							 struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -177,6 +350,19 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache
 						      gfp_mask, -align);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare() - Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling
+ * a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
+ *
+ * Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						   unsigned int fragsz,
 						   struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -186,6 +372,18 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						      gfp_mask, ~0u);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_refill_probe() - Probe allocing a fragment and refilling
+ * a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled
+ *
+ * Probe allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 						 unsigned int fragsz,
 						 struct page_frag *pfrag)
@@ -193,6 +391,17 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align(nc, fragsz, pfrag, ~0u);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_refill_probe() - Probe refilling a page_frag.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled
+ *
+ * Probe refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * True if refill succeeds, otherwise return false.
+ */
 static inline bool page_frag_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					  unsigned int fragsz,
 					  struct page_frag *pfrag)
@@ -200,20 +409,54 @@ static inline bool page_frag_refill_probe(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return !!page_frag_alloc_refill_probe(nc, fragsz, pfrag);
 }
 
-static inline void page_frag_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
-				    struct page_frag *pfrag,
-				    unsigned int used_sz)
+/**
+ * page_frag_commit - Commit allocing a page fragment.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be committed
+ * @used_sz: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the actual used size for the allocation that was either prepared
+ * or probed.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The true size of the fragment considering the offset alignment.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int page_frag_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
+					    struct page_frag *pfrag,
+					    unsigned int used_sz)
 {
-	__page_frag_cache_commit(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
+	return __page_frag_cache_commit(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
 }
 
-static inline void page_frag_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
-					  struct page_frag *pfrag,
-					  unsigned int used_sz)
+/**
+ * page_frag_commit_noref - Commit allocing a page fragment without taking
+ * page refcount.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to commit
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be committed
+ * @used_sz: size of the page fragment has been used
+ *
+ * Commit the alloc preparing or probing by passing the actual used size, but
+ * not taking refcount. Mostly used for fragmemt coalescing case when the
+ * current fragment can share the same refcount with previous fragment.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The true size of the fragment considering the offset alignment.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int page_frag_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
+						  struct page_frag *pfrag,
+						  unsigned int used_sz)
 {
-	__page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
+	return __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_alloc_abort - Abort the page fragment allocation.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache to which the page fragment is aborted back
+ * @fragsz: size of the page fragment to be aborted
+ *
+ * It is expected to be called from the same context as the alloc API.
+ * Mostly used for error handling cases where the fragment is no longer needed.
+ */
 static inline void page_frag_alloc_abort(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					 unsigned int fragsz)
 {
diff --git a/mm/page_frag_cache.c b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
index 5ea4b663ab8e..51f4eb4b2169 100644
--- a/mm/page_frag_cache.c
+++ b/mm/page_frag_cache.c
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ static struct page *__page_frag_cache_refill(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 	return page;
 }
 
+/**
+ * page_frag_cache_drain - Drain the current page from page_frag cache.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to drain
+ */
 void page_frag_cache_drain(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
 {
 	if (!nc->encoded_page)
@@ -112,6 +116,20 @@ unsigned int __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_frag_cache_commit_noref);
 
+/**
+ * __page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align() - Probe allocing a fragment and
+ * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
+ * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
+ * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
+ * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
+ * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
+ *
+ * Probe allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache with
+ * aligning requirement.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
+ */
 void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_probe_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
 					   unsigned int fragsz,
 					   struct page_frag *pfrag,
@@ -203,8 +221,12 @@ void *__page_frag_cache_prepare(struct page_frag_cache *nc, unsigned int fragsz,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_frag_cache_prepare);
 
-/*
- * Frees a page fragment allocated out of either a compound or order 0 page.
+/**
+ * page_frag_free - Free a page fragment.
+ * @addr: va of page fragment to be freed
+ *
+ * Free a page fragment allocated out of either a compound or order 0 page by
+ * virtual address.
  */
 void page_frag_free(void *addr)
 {
-- 
2.33.0
Re: [PATCH net-next v21 13/14] mm: page_frag: update documentation for page_frag
Posted by Bagas Sanjaya 1 month, 1 week ago
On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 07:23:19PM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
> +Architecture overview
> +=====================
> +
> +.. code-block:: none
> +
> +                      +----------------------+
> +                      | page_frag API caller |
> +                      +----------------------+
> +                                  |
> +                                  |
> +                                  v
> +    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +    |                   request page fragment                          |
> +    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             |                          Cache not enough             |
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             |                         +-----------------+           |
> +             |                         | reuse old cache |--Usable-->|
> +             |                         +-----------------+           |
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             |                             Not usable                |
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             |                                 v                     |
> +        Cache empty                   +-----------------+            |
> +             |                        | drain old cache |            |
> +             |                        +-----------------+            |
> +             |                                 |                     |
> +             v_________________________________v                     |
> +                              |                                      |
> +                              |                                      |
> +             _________________v_______________                       |
> +            |                                 |              Cache is enough
> +            |                                 |                      |
> + PAGE_SIZE < PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE         |                      |
> +            |                                 |                      |
> +            |               PAGE_SIZE >= PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE    |
> +            v                                 |                      |
> +    +----------------------------------+      |                      |
> +    | refill cache with order > 0 page |      |                      |
> +    +----------------------------------+      |                      |
> +      |                    |                  |                      |
> +      |                    |                  |                      |
> +      |              Refill failed            |                      |
> +      |                    |                  |                      |
> +      |                    v                  v                      |
> +      |      +------------------------------------+                  |
> +      |      |   refill cache with order 0 page   |                  |
> +      |      +----------------------------------=-+                  |
> +      |                       |                                      |
> + Refill succeed               |                                      |
> +      |                 Refill succeed                               |
> +      |                       |                                      |
> +      v                       v                                      v
> +    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +    |             allocate fragment from cache                         |
> +    +------------------------------------------------------------------+
> +
> +API interface
> +=============
> +As the design and implementation of page_frag API implies, the allocation side
> +does not allow concurrent calling. Instead it is assumed that the caller must
> +ensure there is not concurrent alloc calling to the same page_frag_cache
> +instance by using its own lock or rely on some lockless guarantee like NAPI
> +softirq.
> +
> +Depending on different aligning requirement, the page_frag API caller may call
> +page_frag_*_align*() to ensure the returned virtual address or offset of the
> +page is aligned according to the 'align/alignment' parameter. Note the size of
> +the allocated fragment is not aligned, the caller needs to provide an aligned
> +fragsz if there is an alignment requirement for the size of the fragment.
> +
> +Depending on different use cases, callers expecting to deal with va, page or
> +both va and page for them may call page_frag_alloc, page_frag_refill, or
> +page_frag_alloc_refill API accordingly.
> +
> +There is also a use case that needs minimum memory in order for forward progress,
> +but more performant if more memory is available. Using page_frag_*_prepare() and
> +page_frag_commit*() related API, the caller requests the minimum memory it needs
> +and the prepare API will return the maximum size of the fragment returned. The
> +caller needs to either call the commit API to report how much memory it actually
> +uses, or not do so if deciding to not use any memory.

Looks OK.

> +Coding examples
> +===============
> +
> +Init & Drain API
> +----------------

Initialization and draining API?

> +Alloc & Free API
> +----------------

Shouldn't it be called allocation API?

> +Prepare & Commit API
> +--------------------

This one looks OK.

> +/**
> + * page_frag_cache_init() - Init page_frag cache.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to init
> + *
> + * Inline helper to init the page_frag cache.
> + */
s/Init/Initialize/
>  static inline void page_frag_cache_init(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
>  {
>  	nc->encoded_page = 0;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc() - Check for pfmemalloc.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
> + *
> + * Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed.
                                                           is allocated by pfmemalloc()?
> + * It has the same calling context expectation as the alloc API.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * true if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed, otherwise
> + * return false.
> + */
>  static inline bool page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
>  {
>  	return encoded_page_decode_pfmemalloc(nc->encoded_page);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * page_frag_cache_page_offset() - Return the current page fragment's offset.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
> + *
> + * The API is only used in net/sched/em_meta.c for historical reason, do not use
> + * it for new caller unless there is a strong reason.

Then what does page_frag_cache_page_offset() do then?

> + *
> + * Return:
> + * the offset of the current page fragment in the page_frag cache.
> + */
>  static inline unsigned int page_frag_cache_page_offset(const struct page_frag_cache *nc)
>  {
>  	return nc->offset;
> @@ -66,6 +93,19 @@ static inline unsigned int __page_frag_cache_commit(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  	return __page_frag_cache_commit_noref(nc, pfrag, used_sz);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * __page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning
> + * requirement.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
> + * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
> + * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
> + * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the 'va'
> + *
> + * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
      Allocate
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * Virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
> + */
>  static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  					    unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  					    unsigned int align_mask)
> @@ -83,6 +123,19 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  	return va;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * page_frag_alloc_align() - Alloc a page fragment with aligning requirement.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
> + * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
> + * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache needs to be refilled
> + * @align: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment
> + *
> + * WARN_ON_ONCE() checking for @align before allocing a page fragment from
                                                allocating
> + * page_frag cache with aligning requirement.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
> + */
>  static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  					  unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  					  unsigned int align)
> @@ -91,12 +144,36 @@ static inline void *page_frag_alloc_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  	return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, -align);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * page_frag_alloc() - Alloc a page fragment.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate
> + * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
> + * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
> + *
> + * Alloc a page fragment from page_frag cache.
      Allocate
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
> + */
>  static inline void *page_frag_alloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  				    unsigned int fragsz, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  {
>  	return __page_frag_alloc_align(nc, fragsz, gfp_mask, ~0u);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * __page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align() - Prepare allocing a fragment and
> + * refilling a page_frag with aligning requirement.
> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to allocate and refill
> + * @fragsz: the requested fragment size
> + * @pfrag: the page_frag to be refilled.
> + * @gfp_mask: the allocation gfp to use when cache need to be refilled
> + * @align_mask: the requested aligning requirement for the fragment.
> + *
> + * Prepare allocing a fragment and refilling a page_frag from page_frag cache.
      Prepare allocating?
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * virtual address of the page fragment, otherwise return NULL.
> + */
>  static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cache *nc,
>  							   unsigned int fragsz,
>  							   struct page_frag *pfrag,
> @@ -166,6 +324,21 @@ static inline void *__page_frag_alloc_refill_prepare_align(struct page_frag_cach
>  	return __page_frag_cache_prepare(nc, fragsz, pfrag, gfp_mask, align_mask);
>  }

Thanks.

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Re: [PATCH net-next v21 13/14] mm: page_frag: update documentation for page_frag
Posted by Yunsheng Lin 1 month, 1 week ago
On 2024/10/15 13:20, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:

...

>>  
>> +/**
>> + * page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc() - Check for pfmemalloc.
>> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
>> + *
>> + * Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed.
>                                                            is allocated by pfmemalloc()?

There seems to be no pfmemalloc() function.

Perhaps change it to something like below as the comment in
page_is_pfmemalloc():
Used to check if the current page in page_frag cache is allocated from the
pfmemalloc reserves.


>> + * It has the same calling context expectation as the alloc API.
>> + *
>> + * Return:
>> + * true if the current page in page_frag cache is pfmemalloc'ed, otherwise
>> + * return false.
>> + */
>>  static inline bool page_frag_cache_is_pfmemalloc(struct page_frag_cache *nc)
>>  {
>>  	return encoded_page_decode_pfmemalloc(nc->encoded_page);
>>  }
>>  
>> +/**
>> + * page_frag_cache_page_offset() - Return the current page fragment's offset.
>> + * @nc: page_frag cache from which to check
>> + *
>> + * The API is only used in net/sched/em_meta.c for historical reason, do not use
>> + * it for new caller unless there is a strong reason.
> 
> Then what does page_frag_cache_page_offset() do then?

It is used to replace the the below direct access of 'page_frag_cache':
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11/source/net/sched/em_meta.c#L585

Each one of 'page_frag_cache' instance has its own allocation context
to ensure lockless access, it is not encouraged to access 'page_frag_cache'
directly outside of the allocation context as the accessing is unreliable.