linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] mm/balloon_compaction: isolate balloon pages without lru

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:35:06 -0300
From:	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] mm/balloon_compaction: isolate balloon pages without
 lru_lock

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 07:04:46PM +0400, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> LRU-lock isn't required for balloon page isolation. This check makes migration
> of some ballooned pages mostly impossible because isolate_migratepages_range()
> drops LRU lock periodically.
>
just for historical/explanatory purposes: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/6/183 

> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.8
> ---
>  mm/compaction.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index 21bf292..0653f5f 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_range(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc,
>  		 */
>  		if (!PageLRU(page)) {
>  			if (unlikely(balloon_page_movable(page))) {
> -				if (locked && balloon_page_isolate(page)) {
> +				if (balloon_page_isolate(page)) {
>  					/* Successfully isolated */
>  					goto isolate_success;
>  				}
> 
Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
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