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From 06a866734b09d636b905e2a5a3423981144119ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Larsson <lukas@erlang.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:44:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "erts: Stop marking memory regions as discardable
 (`madvise(2)`)"

This reverts commit df450823fcdb1657743c94023318abe3731366bb.
---
 erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.c |  19 +++
 erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.h |  64 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 260 insertions(+)

diff --git a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
index 84d67c3078..7f3a9b420b 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/beam/erl_alloc_util.c
@@ -2527,9 +2527,155 @@ mbc_alloc(Allctr_t *allctr, Uint size)
     return BLK2UMEM(blk);
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+    char *ptr;
+    UWord size;
+} ErtsMemDiscardRegion;
+
+/* Construct a discard region for the user memory of a free block, letting the
+ * OS reclaim its physical memory when required.
+ *
+ * Note that we're ignoring both the footer and everything that comes before
+ * the minimum block size as the allocator uses those areas to manage the
+ * block. */
+static void ERTS_INLINE
+mem_discard_start(Allctr_t *allocator, Block_t *block,
+                  ErtsMemDiscardRegion *out)
+{
+    UWord size = BLK_SZ(block);
+
+    ASSERT(size >= allocator->min_block_size);
+
+    if (size > (allocator->min_block_size + FBLK_FTR_SZ)) {
+        out->size = size - allocator->min_block_size - FBLK_FTR_SZ;
+    } else {
+        out->size = 0;
+    }
+
+    out->ptr = (char*)block + allocator->min_block_size;
+}
+
+/* Expands a discard region into a neighboring free block, allowing us to
+ * discard the block header and first page.
+ *
+ * This is very important in small-allocation scenarios where no single block
+ * is large enough to be discarded on its own. */
+static void ERTS_INLINE
+mem_discard_coalesce(Allctr_t *allocator, Block_t *neighbor,
+                     ErtsMemDiscardRegion *region)
+{
+    char *neighbor_start;
+
+    ASSERT(IS_FREE_BLK(neighbor));
+
+    neighbor_start = (char*)neighbor;
+
+    if (region->ptr >= neighbor_start) {
+        char *region_start_page;
+
+        region_start_page = region->ptr - SYS_PAGE_SIZE;
+        region_start_page = (char*)((UWord)region_start_page & ~SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK);
+
+        /* Expand if our first page begins within the previous free block's
+         * unused data. */
+        if (region_start_page >= (neighbor_start + allocator->min_block_size)) {
+            region->size += (region->ptr - region_start_page) - FBLK_FTR_SZ;
+            region->ptr = region_start_page;
+        }
+    } else {
+        char *region_end_page;
+        UWord neighbor_size;
+
+        ASSERT(region->ptr <= neighbor_start);
+
+        region_end_page = region->ptr + region->size + SYS_PAGE_SIZE;
+        region_end_page = (char*)((UWord)region_end_page & ~SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK);
+
+        neighbor_size = BLK_SZ(neighbor) - FBLK_FTR_SZ;
+
+        /* Expand if our last page ends anywhere within the next free block,
+         * sans the footer we'll inherit. */
+        if (region_end_page < neighbor_start + neighbor_size) {
+            region->size += region_end_page - (region->ptr + region->size);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void ERTS_INLINE
+mem_discard_finish(Allctr_t *allocator, Block_t *block,
+                   ErtsMemDiscardRegion *region)
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    char *block_start, *block_end;
+    UWord block_size;
+
+    block_size = BLK_SZ(block);
+
+    /* Ensure that the region is completely covered by the legal area of the
+     * free block. This must hold even when the region is too small to be
+     * discarded. */
+    if (region->size > 0) {
+        ASSERT(block_size > allocator->min_block_size + FBLK_FTR_SZ);
+
+        block_start = (char*)block + allocator->min_block_size;
+        block_end = (char*)block + block_size - FBLK_FTR_SZ;
+
+        ASSERT(region->size == 0 ||
+            (region->ptr + region->size <= block_end &&
+             region->ptr >= block_start &&
+             region->size <= block_size));
+    }
+#else
+    (void)allocator;
+    (void)block;
+#endif
+
+    if (region->size > SYS_PAGE_SIZE) {
+        UWord align_offset, size;
+        char *ptr;
+
+        align_offset = SYS_PAGE_SIZE - ((UWord)region->ptr & SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK);
+
+        size = (region->size - align_offset) & ~SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK;
+        ptr = region->ptr + align_offset;
+
+        if (size > 0) {
+            ASSERT(!((UWord)ptr & SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK));
+            ASSERT(!(size & SYS_PAGE_SZ_MASK));
+
+            erts_mem_discard(ptr, size);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+carrier_mem_discard_free_blocks(Allctr_t *allocator, Carrier_t *carrier)
+{
+    static const int MAX_BLOCKS_TO_DISCARD = 100;
+    Block_t *block;
+    int i;
+
+    block = allocator->first_fblk_in_mbc(allocator, carrier);
+    i = 0;
+
+    while (block != NULL && i < MAX_BLOCKS_TO_DISCARD) {
+        ErtsMemDiscardRegion region;
+
+        ASSERT(IS_FREE_BLK(block));
+
+        mem_discard_start(allocator, block, &region);
+        mem_discard_finish(allocator, block, &region);
+
+        block = allocator->next_fblk_in_mbc(allocator, carrier, block);
+        i++;
+    }
+}
+
 static void
 mbc_free(Allctr_t *allctr, ErtsAlcType_t type, void *p, Carrier_t **busy_pcrr_pp)
 {
+    ErtsMemDiscardRegion discard_region = {0};
+    int discard;
     Uint is_first_blk;
     Uint is_last_blk;
     Uint blk_sz;
@@ -2545,6 +2691,21 @@ mbc_free(Allctr_t *allctr, ErtsAlcType_t type, void *p, Carrier_t **busy_pcrr_pp
     ASSERT(IS_MBC_BLK(blk));
     ASSERT(blk_sz >= allctr->min_block_size);
 
+#ifndef DEBUG
+    /* We want to mark freed blocks as reclaimable to the OS, but it's a fairly
+     * expensive operation which doesn't do much good if we use it again soon
+     * after, so we limit it to deallocations on pooled carriers. */
+    discard = busy_pcrr_pp && *busy_pcrr_pp;
+#else
+    /* Always discard in debug mode, regardless of whether we're in the pool or
+     * not. */
+    discard = 1;
+#endif
+
+    if (discard) {
+        mem_discard_start(allctr, blk, &discard_region);
+    }
+
     HARD_CHECK_BLK_CARRIER(allctr, blk);
 
     crr = ABLK_TO_MBC(blk);
@@ -2562,6 +2723,10 @@ mbc_free(Allctr_t *allctr, ErtsAlcType_t type, void *p, Carrier_t **busy_pcrr_pp
 	blk = PREV_BLK(blk);
 	(*allctr->unlink_free_block)(allctr, blk);
 
+        if (discard) {
+            mem_discard_coalesce(allctr, blk, &discard_region);
+        }
+
 	blk_sz += MBC_FBLK_SZ(blk);
 	is_first_blk = IS_MBC_FIRST_FBLK(allctr, blk);
 	SET_MBC_FBLK_SZ(blk, blk_sz);
@@ -2578,6 +2743,10 @@ mbc_free(Allctr_t *allctr, ErtsAlcType_t type, void *p, Carrier_t **busy_pcrr_pp
 	    /* Coalesce with next block... */
 	    (*allctr->unlink_free_block)(allctr, nxt_blk);
 
+            if (discard) {
+                mem_discard_coalesce(allctr, nxt_blk, &discard_region);
+            }
+
 	    blk_sz += MBC_FBLK_SZ(nxt_blk);
 	    SET_MBC_FBLK_SZ(blk, blk_sz);
 
@@ -2614,6 +2783,10 @@ mbc_free(Allctr_t *allctr, ErtsAlcType_t type, void *p, Carrier_t **busy_pcrr_pp
 	(*allctr->link_free_block)(allctr, blk);
 	HARD_CHECK_BLK_CARRIER(allctr, blk);
 
+        if (discard) {
+            mem_discard_finish(allctr, blk, &discard_region);
+        }
+
         if (busy_pcrr_pp && *busy_pcrr_pp) {
             update_pooled_tree(allctr, crr, blk_sz);
         } else {
@@ -3758,8 +3931,12 @@ abandon_carrier(Allctr_t *allctr, Carrier_t *crr)
     unlink_carrier(&allctr->mbc_list, crr);
     allctr->remove_mbc(allctr, crr);
 
+    /* Mark our free blocks as unused and reclaimable to the OS. */
+    carrier_mem_discard_free_blocks(allctr, crr);
+
     cpool_insert(allctr, crr);
 
+
     iallctr = erts_atomic_read_nob(&crr->allctr);
     if (allctr == crr->cpool.orig_allctr) {
         /* preserve HOMECOMING flag */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.c b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.c
index 6ec21beb08..e3300e3c43 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.c
@@ -32,6 +32,25 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #endif
 
+int erts_mem_guard(void *p, UWord size) {
+#if defined(WIN32)
+    DWORD oldProtect;
+    BOOL success;
+
+    success = VirtualProtect((LPVOID*)p,
+                             size,
+                             PAGE_NOACCESS,
+                             &oldProtect);
+
+    return success ? 0 : -1;
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H)
+    return mprotect(p, size, PROT_NONE);
+#else
+    errno = ENOTSUP;
+    return -1;
+#endif
+}
+
 #if HAVE_ERTS_MMAP
 
 /* #define ERTS_MMAP_OP_RINGBUF_SZ 100 */
diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.h b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.h
index c13a35516b..e4e9dfb7ae 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.h
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/common/erl_mmap.h
@@ -181,4 +181,68 @@ void hard_dbg_remove_mseg(void* seg, UWord sz);
 
 #endif /* HAVE_ERTS_MMAP */
 
+/* Marks the given memory region as permanently inaccessible.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, and -1 on error. */
+int erts_mem_guard(void *p, UWord size);
+
+/* Marks the given memory region as unused without freeing it, letting the OS
+ * reclaim its physical memory with the promise that we'll get it back (without
+ * its contents) the next time it's accessed. */
+ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *p, UWord size);
+
+#if ERTS_GLB_INLINE_INCL_FUNC_DEF
+
+#ifdef VALGRIND
+    #include <valgrind/memcheck.h>
+
+    ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *ptr, UWord size) {
+        VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_UNDEFINED(ptr, size);
+    }
+#elif defined(DEBUG)
+    /* Try to provoke crashes by filling the discard region with garbage. It's
+     * extremely hard to find bugs where we've discarded too much, as the
+     * region often retains its old contents if it's accessed before the OS
+     * reclaims it. */
+    ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *ptr, UWord size) {
+        static const char pattern[] = "DISCARDED";
+        char *data;
+        int i;
+
+        for(i = 0, data = ptr; i < size; i++) {
+            data[i] = pattern[i % sizeof(pattern)];
+        }
+    }
+#elif defined(HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H) && defined(HAVE_MADVISE) && !(defined(__sun) || defined(__sun__))
+    #include <sys/mman.h>
+
+    ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *ptr, UWord size) {
+        /* Note that we don't fall back to MADV_DONTNEED since it promises that
+         * the given region will be zeroed on access, which turned out to be
+         * too much of a performance hit. */
+    #ifdef MADV_FREE
+        madvise(ptr, size, MADV_FREE);
+    #else
+        (void)ptr;
+        (void)size;
+    #endif
+    }
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    #include <winbase.h>
+
+    /* MEM_RESET is defined on all supported versions of Windows, and has the
+     * same semantics as MADV_FREE. */
+    ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *ptr, UWord size) {
+        VirtualAlloc(ptr, size, MEM_RESET, PAGE_READWRITE);
+    }
+#else
+    /* Dummy implementation. */
+    ERTS_GLB_INLINE void erts_mem_discard(void *ptr, UWord size) {
+        (void)ptr;
+        (void)size;
+    }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ERTS_GLB_INLINE_INCL_FUNC_DEF */
+
 #endif /* ERL_MMAP_H__ */
-- 
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