linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] mm, vmscan: Release/reacquire lru

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:50:25 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] mm, vmscan: Release/reacquire lru_lock on pgdat change

With node-lru, the locking is based on the pgdat. As Minchan pointed
out, there is an opportunity to reduce LRU lock release/acquire in
check_move_unevictable_pages by only changing lock on a pgdat change.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
---
 mm/vmscan.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 45344acf52ba..a6f31617a08c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3775,24 +3775,24 @@ int page_evictable(struct page *page)
 void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
 {
 	struct lruvec *lruvec;
-	struct zone *zone = NULL;
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NULL;
 	int pgscanned = 0;
 	int pgrescued = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page = pages[i];
-		struct zone *pagezone;
+		struct pglist_data *pagepgdat = page_pgdat(page);
 
 		pgscanned++;
-		pagezone = page_zone(page);
-		if (pagezone != zone) {
-			if (zone)
-				spin_unlock_irq(zone_lru_lock(zone));
-			zone = pagezone;
-			spin_lock_irq(zone_lru_lock(zone));
+		pagepgdat = page_pgdat(page);
+		if (pagepgdat != pgdat) {
+			if (pgdat)
+				spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
+			pgdat = pagepgdat;
+			spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 		}
-		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, zone->zone_pgdat);
+		lruvec = mem_cgroup_page_lruvec(page, pgdat);
 
 		if (!PageLRU(page) || !PageUnevictable(page))
 			continue;
@@ -3808,10 +3808,10 @@ void check_move_unevictable_pages(struct page **pages, int nr_pages)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (zone) {
+	if (pgdat) {
 		__count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGRESCUED, pgrescued);
 		__count_vm_events(UNEVICTABLE_PGSCANNED, pgscanned);
-		spin_unlock_irq(zone_lru_lock(zone));
+		spin_unlock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
 	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SHMEM */
-- 
2.6.4