linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/19] mm: page_alloc: Lookup pageblock migratetype with IRQs enabled during free

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 15:23:05 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux-FSDevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/19] mm: page_alloc: Lookup pageblock migratetype with
 IRQs enabled during free

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 03:36:25PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 11:45 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> >get_pageblock_migratetype() is called during free with IRQs disabled. This
> >is unnecessary and disables IRQs for longer than necessary.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> >Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
> 
> With a comment below,
> 
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> 

Thanks

> >---
> >  mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> >index 3948f0a..fcbf637 100644
> >--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> >+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> >@@ -773,9 +773,9 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
> >  	if (!free_pages_prepare(page, order))
> >  		return;
> >
> >+	migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
> >  	local_irq_save(flags);
> >  	__count_vm_events(PGFREE, 1 << order);
> >-	migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
> >  	set_freepage_migratetype(page, migratetype);
> 
> The line above could be also outside disabled IRQ, no?
> 

I guess it could but the difference would be marginal at
best. get_pfnblock_migratetype is a lookup of the pageblock bitfield and is
an expensive operation. set_freepage_migratetype() on the other hand is just

static inline void set_freepage_migratetype(struct page *page, int migratetype)
{
        page->index = migratetype;
}

If anything the line could be just removed as right now nothing below
that level is actually using the information (it's primarily of interest
in the per-cpu allocator) but that would be outside the scope of this
patch as move_freepages would also need addressing. I feel the gain is
too marginal to justify the churn.

> >  	free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, pfn, order, migratetype);
> >  	local_irq_restore(flags);
> >
> 

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/