linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CMA: use MIGRATE_SYNC in alloc_contig

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Message-ID: <20140529063505.GH10092@bbox>
Date:	Thu, 29 May 2014 15:35:05 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CMA: use MIGRATE_SYNC in alloc_contig_range()

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 03:25:50PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> Before commit 'mm, compaction: embed migration mode in compact_control'
> from David is merged, alloc_contig_range() used sync migration,
> instead of sync_light migration. This doesn't break anything currently
> because page isolation doesn't have any difference with sync and
> sync_light, but it could in the future, so change back as it was.
> 
> And pass cc->mode to migrate_pages(), instead of passing MIGRATE_SYNC
> to migrate_pages().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Hello Joonsoo,

Please Ccing me if you send patch related to CMA mm part.
I have reviewed/fixed mm part of CMA for a long time so worth to Cced
although I always don't have a time to look at it. :)

Thanks.

> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 7f97767..97c4185 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -6262,7 +6262,7 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(struct compact_control *cc,
>  		cc->nr_migratepages -= nr_reclaimed;
>  
>  		ret = migrate_pages(&cc->migratepages, alloc_migrate_target,
> -				    NULL, 0, MIGRATE_SYNC, MR_CMA);
> +				    NULL, 0, cc->mode, MR_CMA);
>  	}
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		putback_movable_pages(&cc->migratepages);
> @@ -6301,7 +6301,7 @@ int alloc_contig_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  		.nr_migratepages = 0,
>  		.order = -1,
>  		.zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start)),
> -		.mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT,
> +		.mode = MIGRATE_SYNC,
>  		.ignore_skip_hint = true,
>  	};
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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