linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/14] mm: meminit: Remove mminit_verify_page

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:17:06 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>, Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>,
	Daniel Rahn <drahn@...e.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Tom Vaden <tom.vaden@...com>,
	Scott Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 14/14] mm: meminit: Remove mminit_verify_page_links

mminit_verify_page_links() is an extremely paranoid check that was introduced
when memory initialisation was being heavily reworked. Profiles indicated
that up to 10% of parallel memory initialisation was spent on checking
this for every page. The cost could be reduced but in practice this check
only found problems very early during the initialisation rewrite and has
found nothing since. This patch removes an expensive unnecessary check.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 mm/internal.h   | 8 --------
 mm/mm_init.c    | 8 --------
 mm/page_alloc.c | 1 -
 3 files changed, 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 2fad7c066e5c..3c8ac7d21dbd 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -360,10 +360,7 @@ do { \
 } while (0)
 
 extern void mminit_verify_pageflags_layout(void);
-extern void mminit_verify_page_links(struct page *page,
-		enum zone_type zone, unsigned long nid, unsigned long pfn);
 extern void mminit_verify_zonelist(void);
-
 #else
 
 static inline void mminit_dprintk(enum mminit_level level,
@@ -375,11 +372,6 @@ static inline void mminit_verify_pageflags_layout(void)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void mminit_verify_page_links(struct page *page,
-		enum zone_type zone, unsigned long nid, unsigned long pfn)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void mminit_verify_zonelist(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 28fbf87b20aa..fdadf918de76 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -131,14 +131,6 @@ void __init mminit_verify_pageflags_layout(void)
 	BUG_ON(or_mask != add_mask);
 }
 
-void __meminit mminit_verify_page_links(struct page *page, enum zone_type zone,
-			unsigned long nid, unsigned long pfn)
-{
-	BUG_ON(page_to_nid(page) != nid);
-	BUG_ON(page_zonenum(page) != zone);
-	BUG_ON(page_to_pfn(page) != pfn);
-}
-
 static __init int set_mminit_loglevel(char *str)
 {
 	get_option(&str, &mminit_loglevel);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b4c320beebc7..f2c96d02662f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -876,7 +876,6 @@ static void __meminit __init_single_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
 				unsigned long zone, int nid)
 {
 	set_page_links(page, zone, nid, pfn);
-	mminit_verify_page_links(page, zone, nid, pfn);
 	init_page_count(page);
 	page_mapcount_reset(page);
 	page_cpupid_reset_last(page);
-- 
2.1.2

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