>> number of isolate page block is almost always 0. then if we have such counter,
>> we almost always can avoid zone->lock. Just idea.
>
> Yeb. I thought about it but unfortunately we can't have a counter for MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
> Because we have to tweak in page free path for pages which are going to free later after we
> mark pageblock type to MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
I mean,
if (nr_isolate_pageblock != 0)
free_pages -= nr_isolated_free_pages(); // your counting logic
return __zone_watermark_ok(z, alloc_order, mark,
classzone_idx, alloc_flags, free_pages);
I don't think this logic affect your race. zone_watermark_ok() is already
racy. then new little race is no big matter.
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