The patch titled Subject: mm/compaction: remove unnecessary cursor page in isolate_freepages_block has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-compaction-remove-unnecessary-cursor-page-in-isolate_freepages_block.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-compaction-remove-unnecessary-cursor-page-in-isolate_freepages_block.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: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/compaction: remove unnecessary cursor page in isolate_freepages_block Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 01:43:53 +0800 The cursor is only used for page forward currently. We can simply move page forward directly to remove unnecessary cursor. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230729174354.2239980-5-shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compaction-remove-unnecessary-cursor-page-in-isolate_freepages_block +++ a/mm/compaction.c @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_b bool strict) { int nr_scanned = 0, total_isolated = 0; - struct page *cursor; + struct page *page; unsigned long flags = 0; bool locked = false; unsigned long blockpfn = *start_pfn; @@ -594,12 +594,11 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_b if (strict) stride = 1; - cursor = pfn_to_page(blockpfn); + page = pfn_to_page(blockpfn); /* Isolate free pages. */ - for (; blockpfn < end_pfn; blockpfn += stride, cursor += stride) { + for (; blockpfn < end_pfn; blockpfn += stride, page += stride) { int isolated; - struct page *page = cursor; /* * Periodically drop the lock (if held) regardless of its @@ -624,7 +623,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_b if (likely(order <= MAX_ORDER)) { blockpfn += (1UL << order) - 1; - cursor += (1UL << order) - 1; + page += (1UL << order) - 1; nr_scanned += (1UL << order) - 1; } goto isolate_fail; @@ -661,7 +660,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_b } /* Advance to the end of split page */ blockpfn += isolated - 1; - cursor += isolated - 1; + page += isolated - 1; continue; isolate_fail: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-correct-stale-comment-of-function-check_pte.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameters-in-page_table_check_clear.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameters-in-page_table_check_set.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pte_clear.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pmd_clear.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pud_clear.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pte_set.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pmd_set.patch mm-page_table_check-remove-unused-parameter-in-page_table_check_pud_set.patch mm-page_ext-remove-unused-return-value-of-offline_page_ext.patch mm-page_ext-remove-rollback-for-untouched-mem_section-in-online_page_ext.patch mm-page_ext-move-functions-around-for-minor-cleanups-to-page_ext.patch mm-page_ext-add-common-function-to-get-client-data-from-page_ext.patch mm-page_ext-use-page_ext_data-helper-in-page_table_check.patch mm-page_ext-use-page_ext_data-helper-in-page_owner.patch mm-rmap-correct-stale-comment-of-rmap_walk_anon-and-rmap_walk_file.patch mm-page_poison-remove-unused-page_exth-from-page_poison.patch mm-vmstat-remove-unused-page_exth-from-vmstat.patch mm-page_ext-move-page_ext_operations-definition-under-config_page_extension.patch mm-compaction-allow-blockpfn-outside-of-pageblock-for-high-order-buddy-page.patch mm-compaction-set-compact_cached_free_pfn-correctly-in-update_pageblock_skip.patch mm-compaction-remove-unnecessary-cursor-page-in-isolate_freepages_block.patch mm-compaction-remove-unnecessary-else-continue-at-end-of-loop-in-isolate_freepages_block.patch