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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: Mellanox.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: a11c221d-b85f-450d-cad2-08d79cdb493b X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 19 Jan 2020 12:29:53.5541 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: a652971c-7d2e-4d9b-a6a4-d149256f461b X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: HpX6ZCqYoshV13ADaJL3CudCpx2hfP4VYUIOHkCotWUzMcmgkC40YHHpE+Bhcba2iQrSOWO0HGVpyp18Pvl9OA== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM0PR05MB4131 Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2] mempool: fix slow allocation of large mempools X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" > -----Original Message----- > From: Olivier Matz > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 11:52 AM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Ali Alnubani ; Anatoly Burakov > ; Andrew Rybchenko > ; Raslan Darawsheh > ; stable@dpdk.org; Thomas Monjalon > > Subject: [PATCH v2] mempool: fix slow allocation of large mempools >=20 > When allocating a mempool which is larger than the largest available area= , it > can take a lot of time: >=20 > a- the mempool calculate the required memory size, and tries > to allocate it, it fails > b- then it tries to allocate the largest available area (this > does not request new huge pages) > c- add this zone to the mempool, this triggers the allocation > of a mem hdr, which request a new huge page > d- back to a- until mempool is populated or until there is no > more memory >=20 > This can take a lot of time to finally fail (several minutes): in step > a- it takes all available hugepages on the system, then release them afte= r it > fails. >=20 > The problem appeared with commit eba11e364614 ("mempool: reduce > wasted space on populate"), because smaller chunks are now allowed. > Previously, it had to be at least one page size, which is not the case in= step b-. >=20 > To fix this, implement our own way to allocate the largest available area > instead of using the feature from memzone: if an allocation fails, try to= divide > the size by 2 and retry. When the requested size falls below min_chunk_si= ze, > stop and return an error. >=20 > Fixes: eba11e364614 ("mempool: reduce wasted space on populate") > Cc: stable@dpdk.org >=20 > Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz > --- >=20 > v2: > * fix missing check on mz =3D=3D NULL condition >=20 Tested-by: Ali Alnubani