linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/13] mm: meminit: Minimise number of pfn->page lookups during initialisation

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:37:06 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>,
	Scott Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] mm: meminit: Minimise number of pfn->page lookups during initialisation

Deferred struct page initialisation is using pfn_to_page() on every PFN
unnecessarily. This patch minimises the number of lookups and scheduler
checks.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 96f2c2dc8ca6..6e366fd654e1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ void __defermem_init deferred_init_memmap(int nid)
 
 	for_each_mem_pfn_range(i, nid, &walk_start, &walk_end, NULL) {
 		unsigned long pfn, end_pfn;
+		struct page *page = NULL;
 
 		end_pfn = min(walk_end, zone_end_pfn(zone));
 		pfn = first_init_pfn;
@@ -1101,13 +1102,32 @@ void __defermem_init deferred_init_memmap(int nid)
 			pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
 
 		for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) {
-			struct page *page;
-
-			if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
+			if (!pfn_valid_within(pfn))
 				continue;
 
-			if (!meminit_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid, &nid_init_state))
+			/*
+			 * Ensure pfn_valid is checked every
+			 * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES for memory holes
+			 */
+			if ((pfn & (MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1)) == 0) {
+				if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) {
+					page = NULL;
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!meminit_pfn_in_nid(pfn, nid, &nid_init_state)) {
+				page = NULL;
 				continue;
+			}
+
+			/* Minimise pfn page lookups and scheduler checks */
+			if (page && (pfn & (MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES - 1)) != 0) {
+				page++;
+			} else {
+				page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+				cond_resched();
+			}
 
 			if (page->flags) {
 				VM_BUG_ON(page_zone(page) != zone);
@@ -1117,7 +1137,6 @@ void __defermem_init deferred_init_memmap(int nid)
 			__init_single_page(page, pfn, zid, nid);
 			__free_pages_boot_core(page, pfn, 0);
 			nr_pages++;
-			cond_resched();
 		}
 		first_init_pfn = max(end_pfn, first_init_pfn);
 	}
-- 
2.3.5

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