When free_pages is 0, alike_pages is not used. So alike_pages calculation can be avoided by checking free_pages early to save cpu cycles. Also fix typo 'comparable'. It should be 'compatible' here. Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 8fe9ff917850..d7a357cb21ee 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1833,6 +1833,10 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, free_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type, &movable_pages); + /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */ + if (!free_pages) + goto single_page; + /* * Determine how many pages are compatible with our allocation. * For movable allocation, it's the number of movable pages which @@ -1854,14 +1858,9 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, else alike_pages = 0; } - - /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */ - if (!free_pages) - goto single_page; - /* * If a sufficient number of pages in the block are either free or of - * comparable migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block. + * compatible migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block. */ if (free_pages + alike_pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) || page_group_by_mobility_disabled) -- 2.33.0