linux-kernel - Re:Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: try alloc_pages

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Message-ID: <ABEAoQDbD-*iJqfqrqFbUarq.3.1625824439751.Hmail.link@vivo.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jul 2021 17:53:59 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From:   杨欢 <link@...o.com>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...o.com,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Subject: Re:Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: try alloc_pages_bulk first to get order 0 pages fast


>> Vmalloc may offen get pages by loop invoke alloc_pags, this is
>> cost too much time in count watermark/cpuset or something.
>> Let's just try alloc by alloc_pages_bulk, if failed, fullback in
>> original path.
>> 
>> With my own test, simulate loop alloc_page and alloc_pages_bulk_array,
>> get this:
>> size		1M	10M	20M	30
>> normal		44	1278	3665	5581
>> test		34	889	2167	3300
>> optimize	22%	30%	40%	40%
>> And in my vmalloc top sort, zram/f2fs may alloc more than 20MB, so,
>> It's worth to use alloc_pages_bulk.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Huan <link@...o.com>
>
>Thanks. I suggest you take a look at the current merge window and check
>if anything additional needs to be done after the vmalloc bulk allocation
Sorry for that, I will work in linux-next
>by Uladzislau Rezki.
>
>-- 
>Mel Gorman
>SUSE Labs
Yang Huan