The patch titled
Subject: mm/page_alloc: avoid unneeded alike_pages calculation
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-page_alloc-avoid-unneeded-alike_pages-calculation.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-avoid-unneeded-alike_pages-calculation.patch
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From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: avoid unneeded alike_pages calculation
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 20:37:23 +0800
When free_pages is 0, alike_pages is not used. So alike_pages calculation
can be avoided by checking free_pages early to save cpu cycles. Also fix
typo 'comparable'. It should be 'compatible' here.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230801123723.2225543-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-avoid-unneeded-alike_pages-calculation
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1833,6 +1833,10 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(stru
free_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type,
&movable_pages);
+ /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
+ if (!free_pages)
+ goto single_page;
+
/*
* Determine how many pages are compatible with our allocation.
* For movable allocation, it's the number of movable pages which
@@ -1854,14 +1858,9 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(stru
else
alike_pages = 0;
}
-
- /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
- if (!free_pages)
- goto single_page;
-
/*
* If a sufficient number of pages in the block are either free or of
- * comparable migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block.
+ * compatible migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block.
*/
if (free_pages + alike_pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
page_group_by_mobility_disabled)
_
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mm-swapfile-fix-wrong-swap-entry-type-for-hwpoisoned-swapcache-page.patch
mm-memory-failure-fix-potential-unexpected-return-value-from-unpoison_memory.patch
mm-memory-failure-avoid-false-hwpoison-page-mapped-error-info.patch
mm-mm_initc-update-obsolete-comment-in-get_pfn_range_for_nid.patch
mm-memory-failure-fix-unexpected-return-value-in-soft_offline_page.patch
mm-memory-failure-fix-potential-page-refcnt-leak-in-memory_failure.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-unneeded-page-state-check-in-shake_page.patch
memory-tier-use-helper-function-destroy_memory_type.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-unneeded-inline-annotation.patch
mm-mm_initc-remove-obsolete-macro-hash_small.patch
mm-page_alloc-avoid-false-page-outside-zone-error-info.patch
memory-tier-rename-destroy_memory_type-to-put_memory_type.patch
mm-remove-obsolete-comment-above-struct-per_cpu_pages.patch
mm-memcg-minor-cleanup-for-mem_cgroup_id_max.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-unneeded-pagehuge-check.patch
mm-memory-failure-ensure-moving-hwpoison-flag-to-the-raw-error-pages.patch
mm-memory-failure-dont-account-hwpoison_filter-filtered-pages.patch
mm-memory-failure-use-local-variable-huge-to-check-hugetlb-page.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-unneeded-header-files.patch
mm-memory-failure-minor-cleanup-for-comments-and-codestyle.patch
mm-memory-failure-fetch-compound-head-after-extra-page-refcnt-is-held.patch
mm-memory-failure-fix-race-window-when-trying-to-get-hugetlb-folio.patch
mm-huge_memory-use-rmap_none-when-calling-page_add_anon_rmap.patch
mm-memcg-fix-obsolete-comment-above-mem_cgroup_max_reclaim_loops.patch
mm-memcg-minor-cleanup-for-mc_handle_present_pte.patch
memory-tier-use-helper-macro-__attr_rw.patch
mm-fix-obsolete-function-name-above-debug_pagealloc_enabled_static.patch
mm-mprotect-fix-obsolete-function-name-in-change_pte_range.patch
mm-memcg-fix-obsolete-function-name-in-mem_cgroup_protection.patch
mm-memory-failure-add-pageoffline-check.patch
mm-page_alloc-avoid-unneeded-alike_pages-calculation.patch
