linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: clean up __count_immobile

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:12:14 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: clean up __count_immobile_pages

__count_immobile_pages naming is rather awkward.
This patch changes function name more clear and add comment.

* changelog from v1
  - write down page flag race in function comment
  - commit change log change

Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 543cc2d..dc7f8c5 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5467,26 +5467,28 @@ void set_pageblock_flags_group(struct page *page, unsigned long flags,
 }
 
 /*
- * This is designed as sub function...plz see page_isolation.c also.
- * set/clear page block's type to be ISOLATE.
- * page allocater never alloc memory from ISOLATE block.
+ * This function checks whether pageblock includes unmovable pages or not.
+ * If @count is not zero, it is okay to include less @count unmovable pages
+ *
+ * PageLRU check wihtout isolation or lru_lock could race so that
+ * MIGRATE_MOVABLE block might include unmovable pages. It means you can't
+ * expect this function should be exact.
  */
-
-static int
-__count_immobile_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int count)
+static bool
+__has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int count)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn, iter, found;
 	int mt;
 
 	/*
 	 * For avoiding noise data, lru_add_drain_all() should be called
-	 * If ZONE_MOVABLE, the zone never contains immobile pages
+	 * If ZONE_MOVABLE, the zone never contains unmovable pages
 	 */
 	if (zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE)
-		return true;
+		return false;
 	mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
 	if (mt == MIGRATE_MOVABLE || is_migrate_cma(mt))
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
 	pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
 	for (found = 0, iter = 0; iter < pageblock_nr_pages; iter++) {
@@ -5524,9 +5526,9 @@ __count_immobile_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int count)
 		 * page at boot.
 		 */
 		if (found > count)
-			return false;
+			return true;
 	}
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
@@ -5550,7 +5552,7 @@ bool is_pageblock_removable_nolock(struct page *page)
 			zone->zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages <= pfn)
 		return false;
 
-	return __count_immobile_pages(zone, page, 0);
+	return !__has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, 0);
 }
 
 int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page)
@@ -5589,12 +5591,12 @@ int set_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page)
 	 * FIXME: Now, memory hotplug doesn't call shrink_slab() by itself.
 	 * We just check MOVABLE pages.
 	 */
-	if (__count_immobile_pages(zone, page, arg.pages_found))
+	if (!__has_unmovable_pages(zone, page, arg.pages_found))
 		ret = 0;
-
 	/*
-	 * immobile means "not-on-lru" paes. If immobile is larger than
-	 * removable-by-driver pages reported by notifier, we'll fail.
+	 * Unmovable means "not-on-lru" pages. If Unmovable pages are
+	 * larger than removable-by-driver pages reported by notifier,
+	 * we'll fail.
 	 */
 
 out:
-- 
1.7.9.5

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