Hi Joonsoo, On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 12:28:41AM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > __alloc_pages_direct_compact has many arguments so invoking it is very costly. It's already slow path so it's pointless for such optimization. > And in almost invoking case, order is 0, so return immediately. You can't make sure it. > > Let's not invoke it when order 0 Let's not ruin git blame. > > Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c > index 6092f33..f4039aa 100644 > --- a/mm/page_alloc.c > +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c > @@ -2056,7 +2056,10 @@ out: > } > > #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION > -/* Try memory compaction for high-order allocations before reclaim */ > +/* > + * Try memory compaction for high-order allocations before reclaim > + * Must be called with order > 0 > + */ > static struct page * > __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, > struct zonelist *zonelist, enum zone_type high_zoneidx, > @@ -2067,8 +2070,7 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, > { > struct page *page; > > - if (!order) > - return NULL; > + BUG_ON(!order); > > if (compaction_deferred(preferred_zone, order)) { > *deferred_compaction = true; > @@ -2363,15 +2365,17 @@ rebalance: > * Try direct compaction. The first pass is asynchronous. Subsequent > * attempts after direct reclaim are synchronous > */ > - page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, > - zonelist, high_zoneidx, > - nodemask, > - alloc_flags, preferred_zone, > - migratetype, sync_migration, > - &deferred_compaction, > - &did_some_progress); > - if (page) > - goto got_pg; > + if (unlikely(order)) { > + page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, > + zonelist, high_zoneidx, > + nodemask, > + alloc_flags, preferred_zone, > + migratetype, sync_migration, > + &deferred_compaction, > + &did_some_progress); > + if (page) > + goto got_pg; > + } > sync_migration = true; > > /* > @@ -2446,15 +2450,17 @@ rebalance: > * direct reclaim and reclaim/compaction depends on compaction > * being called after reclaim so call directly if necessary > */ > - page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, > - zonelist, high_zoneidx, > - nodemask, > - alloc_flags, preferred_zone, > - migratetype, sync_migration, > - &deferred_compaction, > - &did_some_progress); > - if (page) > - goto got_pg; > + if (unlikely(order)) { > + page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, > + zonelist, high_zoneidx, > + nodemask, > + alloc_flags, preferred_zone, > + migratetype, sync_migration, > + &deferred_compaction, > + &did_some_progress); > + if (page) > + goto got_pg; > + } > } > > nopage: > -- > 1.7.9.5 > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in > the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, > see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . > Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>