linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: page allocator: Update free page counters after pages are placed on the free list

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Date:	Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:38:59 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: page allocator: Update free page counters after
 pages are placed on the free list

On Fri,  3 Sep 2010 10:08:44 +0100
Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie> wrote:

> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -588,12 +588,12 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
>  {
>  	int migratetype = 0;
>  	int batch_free = 0;
> +	int freed = count;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
>  	zone->all_unreclaimable = 0;
>  	zone->pages_scanned = 0;
>  
> -	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, count);
>  	while (count) {
>  		struct page *page;
>  		struct list_head *list;
> @@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
>  			trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, page_private(page));
>  		} while (--count && --batch_free && !list_empty(list));
>  	}
> +	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, freed);
>  	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
>  }
>  

nit: this is why it's evil to modify the value of incoming args.  It's
nicer to leave them alone and treat them as const across the lifetime
of the callee.

Can I do this?

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page-allocator-update-free-page-counters-after-pages-are-placed-on-the-free-list-fix
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -588,13 +588,13 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zo
 {
 	int migratetype = 0;
 	int batch_free = 0;
-	int freed = count;
+	int to_free = count;
 
 	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
 	zone->all_unreclaimable = 0;
 	zone->pages_scanned = 0;
 
-	while (count) {
+	while (to_free) {
 		struct page *page;
 		struct list_head *list;
 
@@ -619,9 +619,9 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zo
 			/* MIGRATE_MOVABLE list may include MIGRATE_RESERVEs */
 			__free_one_page(page, zone, 0, page_private(page));
 			trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, page_private(page));
-		} while (--count && --batch_free && !list_empty(list));
+		} while (--to_free && --batch_free && !list_empty(list));
 	}
-	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, freed);
+	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, count);
 	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
 }
 
_

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