[PATCH 6/8] vmscan: isolated_lru_pages() stop neighbour search if neighbour cannot be isolated

[Mel Gorman]

From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

isolate_lru_pages() does not just isolate LRU tail pages, but also isolate
neighbour pages of the eviction page. The neighbour search does not stop even
if neighbours cannot be isolated which is excessive as the lumpy reclaim will
no longer result in a successful higher order allocation. This patch stops
the PFN neighbour pages if an isolation fails and moves on to the next block.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/vmscan.c |   17 +++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 00075f3..2836913 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 
 			/* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
 			if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
-				continue;
+				break;
 
 			/*
 			 * If we don't have enough swap space, reclaiming of
@@ -1060,8 +1060,8 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 			 * pointless.
 			 */
 			if (nr_swap_pages <= 0 && PageAnon(cursor_page) &&
-					!PageSwapCache(cursor_page))
-				continue;
+			    !PageSwapCache(cursor_page))
+				break;
 
 			if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) {
 				list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
@@ -1072,11 +1072,16 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 					nr_lumpy_dirty++;
 				scan++;
 			} else {
-				if (mode == ISOLATE_BOTH &&
-						page_count(cursor_page))
-					nr_lumpy_failed++;
+				/* the page is freed already. */
+				if (!page_count(cursor_page))
+					continue;
+				break;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/* If we break out of the loop above, lumpy reclaim failed */
+		if (pfn < end_pfn)
+			nr_lumpy_failed++;
 	}
 
 	*scanned = scan;
-- 
1.7.1

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