The patch titled Subject: mm, page_owner: make init_pages_in_zone() faster has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm, page_owner: make init_pages_in_zone() faster In init_pages_in_zone() we currently use the generic set_page_owner() function to initialize page_owner info for early allocated pages. This means we needlessly do lookup_page_ext() twice for each page, and more importantly save_stack(), which has to unwind the stack and find the corresponding stack depot handle. Because the stack is always the same for the initialization, unwind it once in init_pages_in_zone() and reuse the handle. Also avoid the repeated lookup_page_ext(). This can significantly reduce boot times with page_owner=on on large machines, especially for kernels built without frame pointer, where the stack unwinding is noticeably slower. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170720134029.25268-2-vbabka@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yang Shi <yang.shi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vinayak Menon <vinmenon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_owner.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN mm/page_owner.c~mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster mm/page_owner.c --- a/mm/page_owner.c~mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster +++ a/mm/page_owner.c @@ -183,6 +183,20 @@ noinline void __set_page_owner(struct pa __set_bit(PAGE_EXT_OWNER, &page_ext->flags); } +static void __set_page_owner_init(struct page_ext *page_ext, + depot_stack_handle_t handle) +{ + struct page_owner *page_owner; + + page_owner = get_page_owner(page_ext); + page_owner->handle = handle; + page_owner->order = 0; + page_owner->gfp_mask = 0; + page_owner->last_migrate_reason = -1; + + __set_bit(PAGE_EXT_OWNER, &page_ext->flags); +} + void __set_page_owner_migrate_reason(struct page *page, int reason) { struct page_ext *page_ext = lookup_page_ext(page); @@ -520,10 +534,13 @@ static void init_pages_in_zone(pg_data_t unsigned long pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn, block_end_pfn; unsigned long end_pfn = pfn + zone->spanned_pages; unsigned long count = 0; + depot_stack_handle_t init_handle; /* Scan block by block. First and last block may be incomplete */ pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn; + init_handle = save_stack(0); + /* * Walk the zone in pageblock_nr_pages steps. If a page block spans * a zone boundary, it will be double counted between zones. This does @@ -570,7 +587,7 @@ static void init_pages_in_zone(pg_data_t continue; /* Found early allocated page */ - set_page_owner(page, 0, 0); + __set_page_owner_init(page_ext, init_handle); count++; } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are mm-page_owner-make-init_pages_in_zone-faster.patch mm-page_ext-periodically-reschedule-during-page_ext_init.patch mm-page_owner-dont-grab-zone-lock-for-init_pages_in_zone.patch mm-page_ext-move-page_ext_init-after-page_alloc_init_late.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