Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal: make hugetlb initialization more robust

["Tan, Jianfeng" <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>]

On 3/8/2016 9:42 AM, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
> This patch adds an option, --huge-trybest, to use a recover mechanism to
> the case that there are not so many hugepages (declared in sysfs), which
> can be used. It relys on a mem access to fault-in hugepages, and if fails
> with SIGBUS, recover to previously saved stack environment with
> siglongjmp().
>
> Test example:
>    a. cgcreate -g hugetlb:/test-subgroup
>    b. cgset -r hugetlb.1GB.limit_in_bytes=2147483648 test-subgroup
>    c. cgexec -g hugetlb:test-subgroup \
> 	  ./examples/helloworld/build/helloworld -c 0x2 -n 4 --huge-trybest
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>

Sorry, forgot to add ack from Neil.
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>

> ---
> v2:
>   - Address the compiling error by move setjmp into a wrap method.
>
>   lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c |   4 ++
>   lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h   |   1 +
>   lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h        |   2 +
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c          |   1 +
>   lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c   | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   5 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> index 29942ea..8ff6a2e 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ eal_long_options[] = {
>   	{OPT_VFIO_INTR,         1, NULL, OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM        },
>   	{OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP,    0, NULL, OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP_NUM   },
>   	{OPT_XEN_DOM0,          0, NULL, OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM         },
> +	{OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST,      0, NULL, OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST_NUM     },
>   	{0,                     0, NULL, 0                        }
>   };
>   
> @@ -896,6 +897,9 @@ eal_parse_common_option(int opt, const char *optarg,
>   			return -1;
>   		}
>   		break;
> +	case OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST_NUM:
> +		internal_config.huge_trybest = 1;
> +		break;
>   
>   	/* don't know what to do, leave this to caller */
>   	default:
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
> index 5f1367e..90a3533 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_internal_cfg.h
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct internal_config {
>   	volatile unsigned force_nchannel; /**< force number of channels */
>   	volatile unsigned force_nrank;    /**< force number of ranks */
>   	volatile unsigned no_hugetlbfs;   /**< true to disable hugetlbfs */
> +	volatile unsigned huge_trybest;   /**< try best to allocate hugepages */
>   	unsigned hugepage_unlink;         /**< true to unlink backing files */
>   	volatile unsigned xen_dom0_support; /**< support app running on Xen Dom0*/
>   	volatile unsigned no_pci;         /**< true to disable PCI */
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> index a881c62..02397c5 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
> @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ enum {
>   	OPT_VMWARE_TSC_MAP_NUM,
>   #define OPT_XEN_DOM0          "xen-dom0"
>   	OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM,
> +#define OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST      "huge-trybest"
> +	OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST_NUM,
>   	OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
> index ceac435..3e23877 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
> @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ eal_usage(const char *prgname)
>   	       "  --"OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV"    Create /dev/uioX (usually done by hotplug)\n"
>   	       "  --"OPT_VFIO_INTR"         Interrupt mode for VFIO (legacy|msi|msix)\n"
>   	       "  --"OPT_XEN_DOM0"          Support running on Xen dom0 without hugetlbfs\n"
> +	       "  --"OPT_HUGE_TRYBEST"      Try best to accommodate hugepages\n"
>   	       "\n");
>   	/* Allow the application to print its usage message too if hook is set */
>   	if ( rte_application_usage_hook ) {
> diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> index 5b9132c..e4e1f3b 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal_memory.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
>   #include <errno.h>
>   #include <sys/ioctl.h>
>   #include <sys/time.h>
> +#include <signal.h>
> +#include <setjmp.h>
>   
>   #include <rte_log.h>
>   #include <rte_memory.h>
> @@ -309,6 +311,21 @@ get_virtual_area(size_t *size, size_t hugepage_sz)
>   	return addr;
>   }
>   
> +static sigjmp_buf jmpenv;
> +
> +static void sigbus_handler(int signo __rte_unused)
> +{
> +	siglongjmp(jmpenv, 1);
> +}
> +
> +/* Put setjmp into a wrap method to avoid compiling error. Any non-volatile,
> + * non-static local variable in the stack frame calling setjmp might be
> + * clobbered by a call to longjmp.
> + */
> +static int wrap_setjmp(void)
> +{
> +	return setjmp(jmpenv);
> +}
>   /*
>    * Mmap all hugepages of hugepage table: it first open a file in
>    * hugetlbfs, then mmap() hugepage_sz data in it. If orig is set, the
> @@ -396,7 +413,7 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
>   		if (fd < 0) {
>   			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): open failed: %s\n", __func__,
>   					strerror(errno));
> -			return -1;
> +			return i;
>   		}
>   
>   		/* map the segment, and populate page tables,
> @@ -407,7 +424,7 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
>   			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): mmap failed: %s\n", __func__,
>   					strerror(errno));
>   			close(fd);
> -			return -1;
> +			return i;
>   		}
>   
>   		if (orig) {
> @@ -417,12 +434,33 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
>   			hugepg_tbl[i].final_va = virtaddr;
>   		}
>   
> +		if (orig && internal_config.huge_trybest) {
> +			/* In linux, hugetlb limitations, like cgroup, are
> +			 * enforced at fault time instead of mmap(), even
> +			 * with the option of MAP_POPULATE. Kernel will send
> +			 * a SIGBUS signal. To avoid to be killed, save stack
> +			 * environment here, if SIGBUS happens, we can jump
> +			 * back here.
> +			 */
> +			if (wrap_setjmp()) {
> +				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "SIGBUS: Cannot mmap more "
> +					"hugepages of size %u MB\n",
> +					(unsigned)(hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
> +				munmap(virtaddr, hugepage_sz);
> +				close(fd);
> +				unlink(hugepg_tbl[i].filepath);
> +				return i;
> +			}
> +			*(int *)virtaddr = 0;
> +		}
> +
> +
>   		/* set shared flock on the file. */
>   		if (flock(fd, LOCK_SH | LOCK_NB) == -1) {
>   			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s(): Locking file failed:%s \n",
>   				__func__, strerror(errno));
>   			close(fd);
> -			return -1;
> +			return i;
>   		}
>   
>   		close(fd);
> @@ -430,7 +468,7 @@ map_all_hugepages(struct hugepage_file *hugepg_tbl,
>   		vma_addr = (char *)vma_addr + hugepage_sz;
>   		vma_len -= hugepage_sz;
>   	}
> -	return 0;
> +	return i;
>   }
>   
>   #ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
> @@ -1036,6 +1074,33 @@ calc_num_pages_per_socket(uint64_t * memory,
>   	return total_num_pages;
>   }
>   
> +static struct sigaction action_old;
> +static int need_recover;
> +
> +static void
> +register_sigbus(void)
> +{
> +	sigset_t mask;
> +	struct sigaction action;
> +
> +	sigemptyset(&mask);
> +	sigaddset(&mask, SIGBUS);
> +	action.sa_flags = 0;
> +	action.sa_mask = mask;
> +	action.sa_handler = sigbus_handler;
> +
> +	need_recover = !sigaction(SIGBUS, &action, &action_old);
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +recover_sigbus(void)
> +{
> +	if (need_recover) {
> +		sigaction(SIGBUS, &action_old, NULL);
> +		need_recover = 0;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * Prepare physical memory mapping: fill configuration structure with
>    * these infos, return 0 on success.
> @@ -1122,8 +1187,12 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
>   
>   	hp_offset = 0; /* where we start the current page size entries */
>   
> +	if (internal_config.huge_trybest)
> +		register_sigbus();
> +
>   	/* map all hugepages and sort them */
>   	for (i = 0; i < (int)internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i ++){
> +		int pages_old, pages_new;
>   		struct hugepage_info *hpi;
>   
>   		/*
> @@ -1137,10 +1206,24 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
>   			continue;
>   
>   		/* map all hugepages available */
> -		if (map_all_hugepages(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi, 1) < 0){
> -			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Failed to mmap %u MB hugepages\n",
> -					(unsigned)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
> -			goto fail;
> +		pages_old = hpi->num_pages[0];
> +		pages_new = map_all_hugepages(&tmp_hp[hp_offset], hpi, 1);
> +		if (pages_new < pages_old) {
> +			RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL,
> +				"%d not %d hugepages of size %u MB allocated\n",
> +				pages_new, pages_old,
> +				(unsigned)(hpi->hugepage_sz / 0x100000));
> +			if (internal_config.huge_trybest) {
> +				int pages = pages_old - pages_new;
> +
> +				internal_config.memory -=
> +					hpi->hugepage_sz * pages;
> +				nr_hugepages -= pages;
> +				hpi->num_pages[0] = pages_new;
> +				if (pages_new == 0)
> +					continue;
> +			} else
> +				goto fail;
>   		}
>   
>   		/* find physical addresses and sockets for each hugepage */
> @@ -1187,6 +1270,9 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
>   #endif
>   	}
>   
> +	if (internal_config.huge_trybest)
> +		recover_sigbus();
> +
>   #ifdef RTE_EAL_SINGLE_FILE_SEGMENTS
>   	nr_hugefiles = 0;
>   	for (i = 0; i < (int) internal_config.num_hugepage_sizes; i++) {
> @@ -1373,6 +1459,8 @@ rte_eal_hugepage_init(void)
>   	return 0;
>   
>   fail:
> +	if (internal_config.huge_trybest)
> +		recover_sigbus();
>   	free(tmp_hp);
>   	return -1;
>   }