The patch titled Subject: mm: compaction: only set skip flag if cc->no_set_skip_hint is false has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-compaction-only-set-skip-flag-if-cc-no_set_skip_hint-is-false.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-compaction-only-set-skip-flag-if-cc-no_set_skip_hint-is-false.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: compaction: only set skip flag if cc->no_set_skip_hint is false Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 20:53:59 +0800 To keep the same logic as test_and_set_skip(), only set the skip flag if cc->no_set_skip_hint is false, which makes code more reasonable. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0eb2cd2407ffb259ae6e3071e10f70f2d41d0f3e.1685018752.git.baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compaction-only-set-skip-flag-if-cc-no_set_skip_hint-is-false +++ a/mm/compaction.c @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ isolate_abort: * rescanned twice in a row. */ if (low_pfn == end_pfn && (!nr_isolated || cc->finish_pageblock)) { - if (valid_page && !skip_updated) + if (!cc->no_set_skip_hint && valid_page && !skip_updated) set_pageblock_skip(valid_page); update_cached_migrate(cc, low_pfn); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-drop-the-unnecessary-pfn_valid-for-start-pfn.patch mm-compaction-drop-the-redundant-page-validation-in-update_pageblock_skip.patch mm-compaction-change-fast_isolate_freepages-to-void-type.patch mm-compaction-skip-more-fully-scanned-pageblock.patch mm-compaction-only-set-skip-flag-if-cc-no_set_skip_hint-is-false.patch mm-compaction-add-trace-event-for-fast-freepages-isolation.patch mm-compaction-skip-fast-freepages-isolation-if-enough-freepages-are-isolated.patch