The patch titled
Subject: mm, compaction: Simplify __alloc_pages_direct_compact feedback interface
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-compaction-simplify-__alloc_pages_direct_compact-feedback-interface.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-compaction-simplify-__alloc_pages_direct_compact-feedback-interface.patch
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From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm, compaction: Simplify __alloc_pages_direct_compact feedback interface
__alloc_pages_direct_compact communicates potential back off by two
variables:
- deferred_compaction tells that the compaction returned
COMPACT_DEFERRED
- contended_compaction is set when there is a contention on
zone->lock resp. zone->lru_lock locks
__alloc_pages_slowpath then backs of for THP allocation requests to
prevent from long stalls. This is rather messy and it would be much
cleaner to return a single compact result value and hide all the nasty
details into __alloc_pages_direct_compact.
This patch shouldn't introduce any functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-compaction-simplify-__alloc_pages_direct_compact-feedback-interface mm/page_alloc.c
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-compaction-simplify-__alloc_pages_direct_compact-feedback-interface
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2948,29 +2948,21 @@ out:
static struct page *
__alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
- enum migrate_mode mode, int *contended_compaction,
- bool *deferred_compaction)
+ enum migrate_mode mode, enum compact_result *compact_result)
{
- enum compact_result compact_result;
struct page *page;
+ int contended_compaction;
if (!order)
return NULL;
current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
- compact_result = try_to_compact_pages(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
- mode, contended_compaction);
+ *compact_result = try_to_compact_pages(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
+ mode, &contended_compaction);
current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;
- switch (compact_result) {
- case COMPACT_DEFERRED:
- *deferred_compaction = true;
- /* fall-through */
- case COMPACT_SKIPPED:
+ if (*compact_result <= COMPACT_INACTIVE)
return NULL;
- default:
- break;
- }
/*
* At least in one zone compaction wasn't deferred or skipped, so let's
@@ -2996,6 +2988,24 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_m
*/
count_vm_event(COMPACTFAIL);
+ /*
+ * In all zones where compaction was attempted (and not
+ * deferred or skipped), lock contention has been detected.
+ * For THP allocation we do not want to disrupt the others
+ * so we fallback to base pages instead.
+ */
+ if (contended_compaction == COMPACT_CONTENDED_LOCK)
+ *compact_result = COMPACT_CONTENDED;
+
+ /*
+ * If compaction was aborted due to need_resched(), we do not
+ * want to further increase allocation latency, unless it is
+ * khugepaged trying to collapse.
+ */
+ if (contended_compaction == COMPACT_CONTENDED_SCHED
+ && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+ *compact_result = COMPACT_CONTENDED;
+
cond_resched();
return NULL;
@@ -3004,8 +3014,7 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_m
static inline struct page *
__alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
- enum migrate_mode mode, int *contended_compaction,
- bool *deferred_compaction)
+ enum migrate_mode mode, enum compact_result *compact_result)
{
return NULL;
}
@@ -3254,8 +3263,7 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, u
unsigned long pages_reclaimed = 0;
unsigned long did_some_progress;
enum migrate_mode migration_mode = MIGRATE_ASYNC;
- bool deferred_compaction = false;
- int contended_compaction = COMPACT_CONTENDED_NONE;
+ enum compact_result compact_result;
int no_progress_loops = 0;
/*
@@ -3354,8 +3362,7 @@ retry:
*/
page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
migration_mode,
- &contended_compaction,
- &deferred_compaction);
+ &compact_result);
if (page)
goto got_pg;
@@ -3368,25 +3375,14 @@ retry:
* to heavily disrupt the system, so we fail the allocation
* instead of entering direct reclaim.
*/
- if (deferred_compaction)
- goto nopage;
-
- /*
- * In all zones where compaction was attempted (and not
- * deferred or skipped), lock contention has been detected.
- * For THP allocation we do not want to disrupt the others
- * so we fallback to base pages instead.
- */
- if (contended_compaction == COMPACT_CONTENDED_LOCK)
+ if (compact_result == COMPACT_DEFERRED)
goto nopage;
/*
- * If compaction was aborted due to need_resched(), we do not
- * want to further increase allocation latency, unless it is
- * khugepaged trying to collapse.
+ * Compaction is contended so rather back off than cause
+ * excessive stalls.
*/
- if (contended_compaction == COMPACT_CONTENDED_SCHED
- && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD))
+ if(compact_result == COMPACT_CONTENDED)
goto nopage;
}
@@ -3446,8 +3442,7 @@ noretry:
*/
page = __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags,
ac, migration_mode,
- &contended_compaction,
- &deferred_compaction);
+ &compact_result);
if (page)
goto got_pg;
nopage:
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mhocko@xxxxxxxx are
include-linux-nodemaskh-create-next_node_in-helper-fix.patch
mm-oom-rework-oom-detection.patch
mm-throttle-on-io-only-when-there-are-too-many-dirty-and-writeback-pages.patch
mm-compaction-change-compact_-constants-into-enum.patch
mm-compaction-cover-all-compaction-mode-in-compact_zone.patch
mm-compaction-distinguish-compact_deferred-from-compact_skipped.patch
mm-compaction-distinguish-between-full-and-partial-compact_complete.patch
mm-compaction-update-compaction_result-ordering.patch
mm-compaction-simplify-__alloc_pages_direct_compact-feedback-interface.patch
mm-compaction-abstract-compaction-feedback-to-helpers.patch
mm-oom-protect-costly-allocations-some-more.patch
mm-consider-compaction-feedback-also-for-costly-allocation.patch
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