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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 16:34:22 +0800
From: Hui Zhu <teawater@...il.com>
To: Heesub Shin <heesub.shin@...sung.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>,
Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>,
"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@...il.com>,
Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@....com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
linux-mm@...ck.org,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] mm/page_alloc: add freepage on isolate pageblock
to correct buddy list
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Heesub Shin <heesub.shin@...sung.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> On 10/31/2014 04:25 PM, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
>>
>> In free_pcppages_bulk(), we use cached migratetype of freepage
>> to determine type of buddy list where freepage will be added.
>> This information is stored when freepage is added to pcp list, so
>> if isolation of pageblock of this freepage begins after storing,
>> this cached information could be stale. In other words, it has
>> original migratetype rather than MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
>>
>> There are two problems caused by this stale information. One is that
>> we can't keep these freepages from being allocated. Although this
>> pageblock is isolated, freepage will be added to normal buddy list
>> so that it could be allocated without any restriction. And the other
>> problem is incorrect freepage accounting. Freepages on isolate pageblock
>> should not be counted for number of freepage.
>>
>> Following is the code snippet in free_pcppages_bulk().
>>
>> /* MIGRATE_MOVABLE list may include MIGRATE_RESERVEs */
>> __free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, 0, mt);
>> trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, mt);
>> if (likely(!is_migrate_isolate_page(page))) {
>> __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, 1);
>> if (is_migrate_cma(mt))
>> __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES, 1);
>> }
>>
>> As you can see above snippet, current code already handle second problem,
>> incorrect freepage accounting, by re-fetching pageblock migratetype
>> through is_migrate_isolate_page(page). But, because this re-fetched
>> information isn't used for __free_one_page(), first problem would not be
>> solved. This patch try to solve this situation to re-fetch pageblock
>> migratetype before __free_one_page() and to use it for __free_one_page().
>>
>> In addition to move up position of this re-fetch, this patch use
>> optimization technique, re-fetching migratetype only if there is
>> isolate pageblock. Pageblock isolation is rare event, so we can
>> avoid re-fetching in common case with this optimization.
>>
>> This patch also correct migratetype of the tracepoint output.
>>
>> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
>> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
>> Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
>> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
>> ---
>> mm/page_alloc.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> index f7a867e..6df23fe 100644
>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> @@ -725,14 +725,17 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone,
>> int count,
>> /* must delete as __free_one_page list manipulates
>> */
>> list_del(&page->lru);
>> mt = get_freepage_migratetype(page);
>> + if (unlikely(has_isolate_pageblock(zone))) {
>
>
> How about adding an additional check for 'mt == MIGRATE_MOVABLE' here? Then,
> most of get_pageblock_migratetype() calls could be avoided while the
> isolation is in progress. I am not sure this is the case on memory
> offlining. How do you think?
I think the reason is that this "mt" may be not the right value of this page.
It is set without zone->lock.
Thanks,
Hui
>
>> + mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
>> + if (is_migrate_isolate(mt))
>> + goto skip_counting;
>> + }
>> + __mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, 1, mt);
>> +
>> +skip_counting:
>> /* MIGRATE_MOVABLE list may include
>> MIGRATE_RESERVEs */
>> __free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, 0,
>> mt);
>> trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, mt);
>> - if (likely(!is_migrate_isolate_page(page))) {
>> - __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES,
>> 1);
>> - if (is_migrate_cma(mt))
>> - __mod_zone_page_state(zone,
>> NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES, 1);
>> - }
>> } while (--to_free && --batch_free && !list_empty(list));
>> }
>> spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
>>
>
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