linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] mm, compaction: do not recheck suitable_migration

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Message-Id: <1402305982-6928-1-git-send-email-vbabka@suse.cz>
Date:	Mon,  9 Jun 2014 11:26:13 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] mm, compaction: do not recheck suitable_migration_target under lock

isolate_freepages_block() rechecks if the pageblock is suitable to be a target
for migration after it has taken the zone->lock. However, the check has been
optimized to occur only once per pageblock, and compact_checklock_irqsave()
might be dropping and reacquiring lock, which means somebody else might have
changed the pageblock's migratetype meanwhile.

Furthermore, nothing prevents the migratetype to change right after
isolate_freepages_block() has finished isolating. Given how imperfect this is,
it's simpler to just rely on the check done in isolate_freepages() without
lock, and not pretend that the recheck under lock guarantees anything. It is
just a heuristic after all.

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
---
I suggest folding mm-compactionc-isolate_freepages_block-small-tuneup.patch into this

 mm/compaction.c | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 5175019..b73b182 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc,
 	struct page *cursor, *valid_page = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool locked = false;
-	bool checked_pageblock = false;
 
 	cursor = pfn_to_page(blockpfn);
 
@@ -307,18 +306,6 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc,
 		if (!locked)
 			break;
 
-		/* Recheck this is a suitable migration target under lock */
-		if (!strict && !checked_pageblock) {
-			/*
-			 * We need to check suitability of pageblock only once
-			 * and this isolate_freepages_block() is called with
-			 * pageblock range, so just check once is sufficient.
-			 */
-			checked_pageblock = true;
-			if (!suitable_migration_target(page))
-				break;
-		}
-
 		/* Recheck this is a buddy page under lock */
 		if (!PageBuddy(page))
 			goto isolate_fail;
-- 
1.8.4.5

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