linux-kernel - Re: page allocator regression on nommu

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Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:03:56 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: page allocator regression on nommu

On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:46:27AM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> > What is the output of the following debug patch?
> > 
> 
> ...
> Inode-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Badness at mm/page_alloc.c:1046
> 

Ok, it looks like ownership was not being taken properly and the first
patch was incomplete. Please try

====

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index d052abb..5596880 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -817,13 +815,15 @@ __rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype)
 			 * agressive about taking ownership of free pages
 			 */
 			if (unlikely(current_order >= (pageblock_order >> 1)) ||
-					start_migratetype == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE) {
+					start_migratetype == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE ||
+					page_group_by_mobility_disabled) {
 				unsigned long pages;
 				pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page,
 								start_migratetype);
 
 				/* Claim the whole block if over half of it is free */
-				if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)))
+				if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
+						page_group_by_mobility_disabled)
 					set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
 								start_migratetype);
 
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