linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] mm/page_alloc: add freepage on isolate pageblock to correct buddy list

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Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:44:21 +0900
From:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
To:	Heesub Shin <heesub.shin@...sung.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@...il.com>,
	Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@....com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] mm/page_alloc: add freepage on isolate pageblock
 to correct buddy list

On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 05:22:19PM +0900, Heesub Shin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 10/31/2014 04:25 PM, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> >In free_pcppages_bulk(), we use cached migratetype of freepage
> >to determine type of buddy list where freepage will be added.
> >This information is stored when freepage is added to pcp list, so
> >if isolation of pageblock of this freepage begins after storing,
> >this cached information could be stale. In other words, it has
> >original migratetype rather than MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
> >
> >There are two problems caused by this stale information. One is that
> >we can't keep these freepages from being allocated. Although this
> >pageblock is isolated, freepage will be added to normal buddy list
> >so that it could be allocated without any restriction. And the other
> >problem is incorrect freepage accounting. Freepages on isolate pageblock
> >should not be counted for number of freepage.
> >
> >Following is the code snippet in free_pcppages_bulk().
> >
> >/* MIGRATE_MOVABLE list may include MIGRATE_RESERVEs */
> >__free_one_page(page, page_to_pfn(page), zone, 0, mt);
> >trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, mt);
> >if (likely(!is_migrate_isolate_page(page))) {
> >	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, 1);
> >	if (is_migrate_cma(mt))
> >		__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES, 1);
> >}
> >
> >As you can see above snippet, current code already handle second problem,
> >incorrect freepage accounting, by re-fetching pageblock migratetype
> >through is_migrate_isolate_page(page). But, because this re-fetched
> >information isn't used for __free_one_page(), first problem would not be
> >solved. This patch try to solve this situation to re-fetch pageblock
> >migratetype before __free_one_page() and to use it for __free_one_page().
> >
> >In addition to move up position of this re-fetch, this patch use
> >optimization technique, re-fetching migratetype only if there is
> >isolate pageblock. Pageblock isolation is rare event, so we can
> >avoid re-fetching in common case with this optimization.
> >
> >This patch also correct migratetype of the tracepoint output.
> >
> >Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> >Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> >Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
> >Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> >Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> >---
> >  mm/page_alloc.c |   13 ++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> >index f7a867e..6df23fe 100644
> >--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> >+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> >@@ -725,14 +725,17 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
> >  			/* must delete as __free_one_page list manipulates */
> >  			list_del(&page->lru);
> >  			mt = get_freepage_migratetype(page);
> >+			if (unlikely(has_isolate_pageblock(zone))) {
> 
> How about adding an additional check for 'mt == MIGRATE_MOVABLE'
> here? Then, most of get_pageblock_migratetype() calls could be
> avoided while the isolation is in progress. I am not sure this is
> the case on memory offlining. How do you think?

Hello,

Isolation could be invoked to other migratetype pageblock. You can
reference has_unmovable_pages() in page_alloc.c. So, additional check
'mt == MIGRATE_MOVABLE' should not be inserted.

Thanks.
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