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Message-ID: <YOvuw6oLGOSm8Yuj@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:26:59 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hannes@...xchg.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        axboe@...nel.dk, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, alexs@...nel.org,
        apopple@...dia.com, willy@...radead.org, minchan@...nel.org,
        david@...hat.com, shli@...com, hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm/vmscan: add 'else' to remove check_pending label

On Sat 10-07-21 18:03:28, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> We could add 'else' to remove the somewhat odd check_pending label to
> make code core succinct.

Yes, this makes the code easier to follow. The two modes of throttling
depending on the fs reclaim mode is more obvious now.

> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>  mm/vmscan.c | 14 +++++---------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index c580bef6b885..a74760c48bd8 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -3428,18 +3428,14 @@ static bool throttle_direct_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, struct zonelist *zonelist,
>  	 * blocked waiting on the same lock. Instead, throttle for up to a
>  	 * second before continuing.
>  	 */
> -	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS)) {
> +	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
>  		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
>  			allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat), HZ);
> +	else
> +		/* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
> +		wait_event_killable(zone->zone_pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
> +			allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat));
>  
> -		goto check_pending;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* Throttle until kswapd wakes the process */
> -	wait_event_killable(zone->zone_pgdat->pfmemalloc_wait,
> -		allow_direct_reclaim(pgdat));
> -
> -check_pending:
>  	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
>  		return true;
>  
> -- 
> 2.23.0

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs