linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/3] Recalculate per-cpu page allocator batch and high limits after deferred meminit

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:56:03 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Recalculate per-cpu page allocator batch and high limits after deferred meminit

A private report stated that system CPU usage was excessive on an AMD
EPYC 2 machine while building kernels with much longer build times than
expected. The issue is partially explained by high zone lock contention
due to the per-cpu page allocator batch and high limits being calculated
incorrectly. This series addresses a large chunk of the problem. Patch 1
is mostly cosmetic but prepares for patch 2 which is the real fix. Patch
3 is definiely cosmetic but was noticed while implementing the fix. Proper
details are in the changelog for patch 2.

 include/linux/mm.h |  3 ---
 mm/internal.h      |  3 +++
 mm/page_alloc.c    | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

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2.16.4