The patch titled Optimize free_one_page has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is optimize-free_one_page.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Optimize free_one_page From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Free one_page currently adds the page to a fake list and calls free_page_bulk. Fee_page_bulk takes it off again and then calles __free_one_page. Make free_one_page go directly to __free_one_page. Saves list on / off and a temporary list in free_one_page for higher ordered pages. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~optimize-free_one_page mm/page_alloc.c --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~optimize-free_one_page +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -463,9 +463,11 @@ static void free_pages_bulk(struct zone static void free_one_page(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int order) { - LIST_HEAD(list); - list_add(&page->lru, &list); - free_pages_bulk(zone, 1, &list, order); + spin_lock(&zone->lock); + zone->all_unreclaimable = 0; + zone->pages_scanned = 0; + __free_one_page(page, zone ,order); + spin_unlock(&zone->lock); } static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are page-migration-replace-radix_tree_lookup_slot-with-radix_tree_lockup.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-remove-two-strange-uses-of-max_nr_zones.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-fix-max_nr_zones-array-initializations.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-display-of-highmem-counters-conditional-on-config_highmem.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-display-of-highmem-counters-conditional-on-config_highmem-tidy.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-move-highmem-counters-into-highmemc-h.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-move-highmem-counters-into-highmemc-h-fix.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-page-allocator-zone_highmem-cleanup.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-use-enum-to-define-zones-reformat-and-comment.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-use-enum-to-define-zones-reformat-and-comment-cleanup.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-zone_dma32-optional.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-zone_highmem-optional.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-zone_highmem-optional-fix.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-make-zone_highmem-optional-fix-fix.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-remove-display-of-counters-for-unconfigured-zones.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-fix-i386-srat-check-for-max_nr_zones.patch mempolicies-fix-policy_zone-check.patch apply-type-enum-zone_type.patch apply-type-enum-zone_type-fix.patch linearly-index-zone-node_zonelists.patch slab-respect-architecture-and-caller-mandated-alignment.patch slab-optimize-kmalloc_node-the-same-way-as-kmalloc.patch slab-optimize-kmalloc_node-the-same-way-as-kmalloc-fix.patch slab-extract-__kmem_cache_destroy-from-kmem_cache_destroy.patch slab-do-not-panic-when-alloc_kmemlist-fails-and-slab-is-up.patch add-__gfp_thisnode-to-avoid-fallback-to-other-nodes-and-ignore.patch add-__gfp_thisnode-to-avoid-fallback-to-other-nodes-and-ignore-fix.patch sys_move_pages-do-not-fall-back-to-other-nodes.patch guarantee-that-the-uncached-allocator-gets-pages-on-the-correct.patch cleanup-add-zone-pointer-to-get_page_from_freelist.patch profiling-require-buffer-allocation-on-the-correct-node.patch define-easier-to-handle-gfp_thisnode.patch optimize-free_one_page.patch x86-implement-always-locked-bit-ops-for-memory-shared-with-an-smp-hypervisor.patch reduce-max_nr_zones-swap_prefetch-remove-incorrect-use-of-zone_highmem.patch readahead-state-based-method-aging-accounting-apply-type-enum-zone_type-readahead.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html