linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Move lru

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:39:26 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/27] mm, vmscan: Move lru_lock to the node

On 06/09/2016 08:04 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Node-based reclaim requires node-based LRUs and locking. This is a
> preparation patch that just moves the lru_lock to the node so later patches
> are easier to review. It is a mechanical change but note this patch makes
> contention worse because the LRU lock is hotter and direct reclaim and kswapd
> can contend on the same lock even when reclaiming from different zones.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

One thing...

> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 9d71af25acf9..1e0ad06c33bd 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5944,10 +5944,10 @@ static void __paginginit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
>  		zone->min_slab_pages = (freesize * sysctl_min_slab_ratio) / 100;
>  #endif
>  		zone->name = zone_names[j];
> +		zone->zone_pgdat = pgdat;
>  		spin_lock_init(&zone->lock);
> -		spin_lock_init(&zone->lru_lock);
> +		spin_lock_init(zone_lru_lock(zone));

This means the same lock will be inited MAX_NR_ZONES times. Peterz told
me it's valid but weird. Probably better to do it just once, in case
lockdep/lock debugging gains some checks for that?

>  		zone_seqlock_init(zone);
> -		zone->zone_pgdat = pgdat;
>  		zone_pcp_init(zone);
>  
>  		/* For bootup, initialized properly in watermark setup */