* [v2] Created tunable to force small pages on stack
@ 2023-03-20 15:41 Cupertino Miranda
2023-03-20 15:41 ` [PATCH] Created tunable to force small pages on stack allocation Cupertino Miranda
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From: Cupertino Miranda @ 2023-03-20 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libc-alpha; +Cc: jose.marchesi, elena.zannoni
Hi everyone,
New version of the patch taking in considerations recent reviews.
Looking forward to your comments.
Regards,
Cupertino
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* [PATCH] Created tunable to force small pages on stack allocation.
2023-03-20 15:41 [v2] Created tunable to force small pages on stack Cupertino Miranda
@ 2023-03-20 15:41 ` Cupertino Miranda
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From: Cupertino Miranda @ 2023-03-20 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: libc-alpha; +Cc: jose.marchesi, elena.zannoni, Cupertino Miranda
Created tunable glibc.pthread.stack_hugetlb to control when hugepages
can be used for stack allocation.
In case THP are enabled and glibc.pthread.stack_hugetlb is set to
0, glibc will madvise the kernel not to use allow hugepages for stack
allocations.
---
nptl/allocatestack.c | 6 ++++++
nptl/nptl-stack.c | 1 +
nptl/nptl-stack.h | 3 +++
nptl/pthread_mutex_conf.c | 8 ++++++++
sysdeps/nptl/dl-tunables.list | 6 ++++++
5 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/nptl/allocatestack.c b/nptl/allocatestack.c
index c7adbccd6f..c792c6ed1f 100644
--- a/nptl/allocatestack.c
+++ b/nptl/allocatestack.c
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ allocate_stack (const struct pthread_attr *attr, struct pthread **pdp,
if (__glibc_unlikely (mem == MAP_FAILED))
return errno;
+ /* Do madvise in case the tunable glibc.pthread.stack_hugetlb is
+ set to 0, disabling hugetlb. */
+ if (__glibc_unlikely (__nptl_stack_hugetlb == 0)
+ && __madvise(mem, size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE) != 0)
+ return errno;
+
/* SIZE is guaranteed to be greater than zero.
So we can never get a null pointer back from mmap. */
assert (mem != NULL);
diff --git a/nptl/nptl-stack.c b/nptl/nptl-stack.c
index 5eb7773575..e829711cb5 100644
--- a/nptl/nptl-stack.c
+++ b/nptl/nptl-stack.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include <pthreadP.h>
size_t __nptl_stack_cache_maxsize = 40 * 1024 * 1024;
+int32_t __nptl_stack_hugetlb = 1;
void
__nptl_stack_list_del (list_t *elem)
diff --git a/nptl/nptl-stack.h b/nptl/nptl-stack.h
index 34f8bbb15e..d5b2612b4a 100644
--- a/nptl/nptl-stack.h
+++ b/nptl/nptl-stack.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
/* Maximum size of the cache, in bytes. 40 MiB by default. */
extern size_t __nptl_stack_cache_maxsize attribute_hidden;
+/* Should allow stacks to use hugetlb. 1 is default */
+extern int32_t __nptl_stack_hugetlb;
+
/* Check whether the stack is still used or not. */
static inline bool
__nptl_stack_in_use (struct pthread *pd)
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_mutex_conf.c b/nptl/pthread_mutex_conf.c
index 329c4cbb8f..60ef9095aa 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_mutex_conf.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_mutex_conf.c
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_stack_cache_size) (tunable_val_t *valp)
__nptl_stack_cache_maxsize = valp->numval;
}
+static void
+TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_stack_hugetlb) (tunable_val_t *valp)
+{
+ __nptl_stack_hugetlb = (int32_t) valp->numval;
+}
+
void
__pthread_tunables_init (void)
{
@@ -52,5 +58,7 @@ __pthread_tunables_init (void)
TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_mutex_spin_count));
TUNABLE_GET (stack_cache_size, size_t,
TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_stack_cache_size));
+ TUNABLE_GET (stack_hugetlb, int32_t,
+ TUNABLE_CALLBACK (set_stack_hugetlb));
}
#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tunables.list b/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tunables.list
index bd1ddb121d..22fa9e0d12 100644
--- a/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tunables.list
+++ b/sysdeps/nptl/dl-tunables.list
@@ -33,5 +33,11 @@ glibc {
maxval: 1
default: 1
}
+ stack_hugetlb {
+ type: INT_32
+ minval: 0
+ maxval: 1
+ default: 0
+ }
}
}
--
2.30.2
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