The quilt patch titled Subject: mm: compaction: simplify should_compact_retry() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was mm-compaction-simplify-should_compact_retry.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: compaction: simplify should_compact_retry() Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 14:39:56 +0200 The different branches for retry are unnecessarily complicated. There are really only three outcomes: progress (retry n times), skipped (retry if reclaim can help), failed (retry with higher priority). Rearrange the branches and the retry counter to make it simpler. [hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx: restore behavior when hitting max_retries] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230602144705.GB161817@xxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230519123959.77335-3-hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 59 +++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) --- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-compaction-simplify-should_compact_retry +++ a/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -3470,21 +3470,6 @@ should_compact_retry(struct alloc_contex return false; /* - * Compaction managed to coalesce some page blocks, but the - * allocation failed presumably due to a race. Retry some. - */ - if (compact_result == COMPACT_SUCCESS) - (*compaction_retries)++; - - /* - * All zones were scanned completely and still no result. It - * doesn't really make much sense to retry except when the - * failure could be caused by insufficient priority - */ - if (compact_result == COMPACT_COMPLETE) - goto check_priority; - - /* * Compaction was skipped due to a lack of free order-0 * migration targets. Continue if reclaim can help. */ @@ -3494,35 +3479,31 @@ should_compact_retry(struct alloc_contex } /* - * If compaction backed due to being deferred, due to - * contended locks in async mode, or due to scanners meeting - * after a partial scan, retry with increased priority. - */ - if (compact_result == COMPACT_DEFERRED || - compact_result == COMPACT_CONTENDED || - compact_result == COMPACT_PARTIAL_SKIPPED) - goto check_priority; - - /* - * !costly requests are much more important than __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL - * costly ones because they are de facto nofail and invoke OOM - * killer to move on while costly can fail and users are ready - * to cope with that. 1/4 retries is rather arbitrary but we - * would need much more detailed feedback from compaction to - * make a better decision. + * Compaction managed to coalesce some page blocks, but the + * allocation failed presumably due to a race. Retry some. */ - if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) - max_retries /= 4; - if (*compaction_retries <= max_retries) { - ret = true; - goto out; + if (compact_result == COMPACT_SUCCESS) { + /* + * !costly requests are much more important than + * __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL costly ones because they are de + * facto nofail and invoke OOM killer to move on while + * costly can fail and users are ready to cope with + * that. 1/4 retries is rather arbitrary but we would + * need much more detailed feedback from compaction to + * make a better decision. + */ + if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) + max_retries /= 4; + + if (++(*compaction_retries) <= max_retries) { + ret = true; + goto out; + } } /* - * Make sure there are attempts at the highest priority if we exhausted - * all retries or failed at the lower priorities. + * Compaction failed. Retry with increasing priority. */ -check_priority: min_priority = (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) ? MIN_COMPACT_COSTLY_PRIORITY : MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_isolation-write-proper-kerneldoc.patch