linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/compaction: Remove some useless code in compact

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Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:32:51 +0800
From:   "Xu, Yanfei" <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/compaction: Remove some useless code in compact_zone()



On 10/16/20 11:05 PM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 10/14/20 2:28 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 14.10.20 09:23, yanfei.xu@...driver.com wrote:
>>> From: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
>>>
>>> start_pfn has been declared at the begin of compact_zone(), it's
>>> no need to declare it again. And remove an useless semicolon.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
>>> ---
>>>  mm/compaction.c | 3 +--
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
>>> index 176dcded298e..5e69c1f94d96 100644
>>> --- a/mm/compaction.c
>>> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
>>> @@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct 
>>> capture_control *capc)
>>>
>>>      while ((ret = compact_finished(cc)) == COMPACT_CONTINUE) {
>>>          int err;
>>> -        unsigned long start_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
>>> +        start_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
>>
>> There is a user in
>>
>> trace_mm_compaction_end(start_pfn, cc->migrate_pfn, cc->free_pfn,
>> end_pfn, sync, ret);
>>
>> we would now trace a different value, no?
> 
> Agreed. We should rather rename the while-local one to avoid confusion. 
> Something like "iteration_start_pfn" ?
> 

Thank you, David and Vlastimil, for pointing out the impact to the 
tracepoint. I think "iteration_start_pfn" is appropriate and will send V2.

>>>
>>>          /*
>>>           * Avoid multiple rescans which can happen if a page cannot be
>>> @@ -2309,7 +2309,6 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct 
>>> capture_control *capc)
>>>          case ISOLATE_SUCCESS:
>>>              update_cached = false;
>>>              last_migrated_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -            ;
>>
>> Huh, how does something like that happen :)
> 
> Looks like "case ISOLATE_SUCCESS:" used to be an empty implementation, 
> then statements got added, but semicolon not removed.

Yup, this case used to be an empty.