Re: [PATCH] sched/numa: skip VMA scanning on memory pinned to one NUMA node via cpuset.mems

[Libo Chen <libo.chen@oracle.com>]

On 3/11/25 10:42, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 3/11/25 12:04 PM, Libo Chen wrote:
>> When the memory of the current task is pinned to one NUMA node by 
>> cgroup,
>> there is no point in continuing the rest of VMA scanning and hinting 
>> page
>> faults as they will just be overhead. With this change, there will be no
>> more unnecessary PTE updates or page faults in this scenario.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Libo Chen <libo.chen@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>   kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> index c798d27952431..ec4749a7be33a 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> @@ -3315,6 +3315,13 @@ static void task_numa_work(struct 
>> callback_head *work)
>>       if (p->flags & PF_EXITING)
>>           return;
>>   +    /*
>> +     * Memory is pinned to only one NUMA node via cpuset.mems, 
>> naturally
>> +     * no page can be migrated.
>> +     */
>> +    if (nodes_weight(cpuset_current_mems_allowed) == 1)
>> +        return;
>> +
>>       if (!mm->numa_next_scan) {
>>           mm->numa_next_scan = now +
>> msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay);
>
> Do you have any performance improvement data that can be included in 
> the commit log?
>
Yes, will put out some numbers in v2.


Thanks,
Libo
> Cheers,
> Longman
>