The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: compaction: clean up comment for sched contention
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-compaction-clean-up-comment-for-sched-contention.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mm-stable
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From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: compaction: clean up comment for sched contention
Since commit cf66f0700c8f ("mm, compaction: do not consider a need to
reschedule as contention"), async compaction won't abort when scheduling
is needed. Correct the relevant comment accordingly.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220418141253.24298-5-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Charan Teja Kalla <charante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pintu Kumar <pintu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/compaction.c | 11 ++++-------
mm/internal.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compaction-clean-up-comment-for-sched-contention
+++ a/mm/compaction.c
@@ -513,15 +513,12 @@ static bool compact_lock_irqsave(spinloc
* very heavily contended. The lock should be periodically unlocked to avoid
* having disabled IRQs for a long time, even when there is nobody waiting on
* the lock. It might also be that allowing the IRQs will result in
- * need_resched() becoming true. If scheduling is needed, async compaction
- * aborts. Sync compaction schedules.
+ * need_resched() becoming true. If scheduling is needed, compaction schedules.
* Either compaction type will also abort if a fatal signal is pending.
* In either case if the lock was locked, it is dropped and not regained.
*
- * Returns true if compaction should abort due to fatal signal pending, or
- * async compaction due to need_resched()
- * Returns false when compaction can continue (sync compaction might have
- * scheduled)
+ * Returns true if compaction should abort due to fatal signal pending.
+ * Returns false when compaction can continue.
*/
static bool compact_unlock_should_abort(spinlock_t *lock,
unsigned long flags, bool *locked, struct compact_control *cc)
@@ -574,7 +571,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_b
/*
* Periodically drop the lock (if held) regardless of its
* contention, to give chance to IRQs. Abort if fatal signal
- * pending or async compaction detects need_resched()
+ * pending.
*/
if (!(blockpfn % SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
&& compact_unlock_should_abort(&cc->zone->lock, flags,
--- a/mm/internal.h~mm-compaction-clean-up-comment-for-sched-contention
+++ a/mm/internal.h
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ struct compact_control {
bool direct_compaction; /* False from kcompactd or /proc/... */
bool proactive_compaction; /* kcompactd proactive compaction */
bool whole_zone; /* Whole zone should/has been scanned */
- bool contended; /* Signal lock or sched contention */
+ bool contended; /* Signal lock contention */
bool rescan; /* Rescanning the same pageblock */
bool alloc_contig; /* alloc_contig_range allocation */
};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-swapfile-unuse_pte-can-map-random-data-if-swap-read-fails.patch
mm-swapfile-fix-lost-swap-bits-in-unuse_pte.patch
mm-migration-reduce-the-rcu-lock-duration.patch
mm-migration-remove-unneeded-lock-page-and-pagemovable-check.patch
mm-migration-return-errno-when-isolate_huge_page-failed.patch
mm-migration-fix-potential-pte_unmap-on-an-not-mapped-pte.patch
mm-vmscan-take-min_slab_pages-into-account-when-try-to-call-shrink_node.patch
mm-vmscan-add-a-comment-about-madv_free-pages-check-in-folio_check_dirty_writeback.patch
mm-vmscan-introduce-helper-function-reclaim_page_list.patch
mm-vmscan-take-all-base-pages-of-thp-into-account-when-race-with-speculative-reference.patch
mm-vmscan-remove-obsolete-comment-in-kswapd_run.patch
mm-vmscan-use-helper-folio_is_file_lru.patch
mm-vmscan-use-helper-folio_is_file_lru-fix.patch
mm-z3fold-fix-sheduling-while-atomic.patch
mm-z3fold-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereferencing.patch
mm-z3fold-remove-buggy-use-of-stale-list-for-allocation.patch
mm-z3fold-throw-warning-on-failure-of-trylock_page-in-z3fold_alloc.patch
revert-mm-z3foldc-allow-__gfp_highmem-in-z3fold_alloc.patch
mm-z3fold-put-z3fold-page-back-into-unbuddied-list-when-reclaim-or-migration-fails.patch
mm-z3fold-always-clear-page_claimed-under-z3fold-page-lock.patch
mm-z3fold-fix-z3fold_reclaim_page-races-with-z3fold_free.patch
mm-z3fold-fix-z3fold_page_migrate-races-with-z3fold_map.patch
mm-swap-use-helper-is_swap_pte-in-swap_vma_readahead.patch
mm-swap-use-helper-macro-__attr_rw.patch
mm-swap-fold-__swap_info_get-into-its-sole-caller.patch
mm-swap-remove-unneeded-return-value-of-free_swap_slot.patch
mm-swap-print-bad-swap-offset-entry-in-get_swap_device.patch
mm-swap-remove-buggy-cache-nr-check-in-refill_swap_slots_cache.patch
mm-swap-remove-unneeded-p-=-null-check-in-__swap_duplicate.patch
mm-swap-make-page_swapcount-and-__lru_add_drain_all.patch
mm-swap-avoid-calling-swp_swap_info-when-try-to-check-swp_stable_writes.patch
mm-swap-add-helper-swap_offset_available.patch
mm-swap-fix-the-obsolete-comment-for-swp_type_shift.patch
mm-swap-clean-up-the-comment-of-find_next_to_unuse.patch
mm-swap-fix-the-comment-of-get_kernel_pages.patch
mm-swap-fix-comment-about-swap-extent.patch
