+ mm-cma-skip-watermarks-check-for-already-isolated-blocks-in-split_free_page.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: cma: skip watermarks check for already isolated blocks in split_free_page()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-cma-skip-watermarks-check-for-already-isolated-blocks-in-split_free_page.patch

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From: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: cma: skip watermarks check for already isolated blocks in split_free_page()

Since commit 2139cbe627b8 ("cma: fix counting of isolated pages") free
pages in isolated pageblocks are not accounted to NR_FREE_PAGES counters,
so watermarks check is not required if one operates on a free page in
isolated pageblock.

Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-cma-skip-watermarks-check-for-already-isolated-blocks-in-split_free_page mm/page_alloc.c
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-cma-skip-watermarks-check-for-already-isolated-blocks-in-split_free_page
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1394,10 +1394,12 @@ int capture_free_page(struct page *page,
 	zone = page_zone(page);
 	order = page_order(page);
 
-	/* Obey watermarks as if the page was being allocated */
-	watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (1 << order);
-	if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
-		return 0;
+	if (get_pageblock_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_ISOLATE) {
+		/* Obey watermarks as if the page was being allocated */
+		watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (1 << order);
+		if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Remove page from free list */
 	list_del(&page->lru);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx are

mm-cma-skip-watermarks-check-for-already-isolated-blocks-in-split_free_page.patch
mm-cma-remove-watermark-hacks.patch

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