linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm, hugetlb: move up the code which check availability of free huge page

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:06:04 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm, hugetlb: move up the code which check availability of free huge page

Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 07:31:33PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> writes:
>> 
>> > We don't need to proceede the processing if we don't have any usable
>> > free huge page. So move this code up.
>> 
>> I guess you can also mention that since we are holding hugetlb_lock
>> hstate values can't change.
>
> Okay. I will mention this for v2.
>
>> 
>> 
>> Also.
>> 
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
>> >
>> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
>> > index e2bfbf7..d87f70b 100644
>> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
>> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
>> > @@ -539,10 +539,6 @@ static struct page *dequeue_huge_page_vma(struct hstate *h,
>> >  	struct zoneref *z;
>> >  	unsigned int cpuset_mems_cookie;
>> >
>> > -retry_cpuset:
>> > -	cpuset_mems_cookie = get_mems_allowed();
>> > -	zonelist = huge_zonelist(vma, address,
>> > -					htlb_alloc_mask, &mpol, &nodemask);
>> >  	/*
>> >  	 * A child process with MAP_PRIVATE mappings created by their parent
>> >  	 * have no page reserves. This check ensures that reservations are
>> > @@ -550,11 +546,16 @@ retry_cpuset:
>> >  	 */
>> >  	if (!vma_has_reserves(vma) &&
>> >  			h->free_huge_pages - h->resv_huge_pages == 0)
>> > -		goto err;
>> > +		return NULL;
>> >
>> 
>> If you don't do the above change, the patch will be much simpler. 
>
> The patch will be, but output code will not.
> With this change, we can remove one goto label('err:') and
> this makes code more readable.
>

If you feel stronly about the cleanup, you can do another path for the
cleanups. Don't mix things in a single patch. That makes review difficult.

-aneesh

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