[PATCH] Avoid excessive sorting of early_node_map[]

[Mel Gorman]

find_min_pfn_for_node() and find_min_pfn_with_active_regions() sort
early_node_map[] on every call. This is an excessive amount of sorting and
that can be avoided. This patch always searches the whole early_node_map[]
in find_min_pfn_for_node() instead of returning the first value found. The
map is then only sorted once when required. Successfully boot tested on a
number of machines.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
diff -rup -X /usr/src/patchset-0.6/bin//dontdiff linux-2.6.19-mm1-clean/mm/page_alloc.c linux-2.6.19-mm1-excessivesort/mm/page_alloc.c
--- linux-2.6.19-mm1-clean/mm/page_alloc.c	2006-11-29 21:57:37.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.19-mm1-excessivesort/mm/page_alloc.c	2006-12-14 15:59:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -2607,20 +2607,23 @@ static void __init sort_node_map(void)
 			cmp_node_active_region, NULL);
 }
 
-/* Find the lowest pfn for a node. This depends on a sorted early_node_map */
+/* Find the lowest pfn for a node */
 unsigned long __init find_min_pfn_for_node(unsigned long nid)
 {
 	int i;
-
-	/* Regions in the early_node_map can be in any order */
-	sort_node_map();
+	unsigned long min_pfn = -1UL;
 
 	/* Assuming a sorted map, the first range found has the starting pfn */
 	for_each_active_range_index_in_nid(i, nid)
-		return early_node_map[i].start_pfn;
+		min_pfn = min(min_pfn, early_node_map[i].start_pfn);
 
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not find start_pfn for node %lu\n", nid);
-	return 0;
+	if (min_pfn == -1UL) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING
+			"Could not find start_pfn for node %lu\n", nid);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return min_pfn;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2669,6 +2672,9 @@ void __init free_area_init_nodes(unsigne
 	unsigned long nid;
 	enum zone_type i;
 
+	/* Sort early_node_map as initialisation assumes it is sorted */
+	sort_node_map();
+
 	/* Record where the zone boundaries are */
 	memset(arch_zone_lowest_possible_pfn, 0,
 				sizeof(arch_zone_lowest_possible_pfn));
-
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