Re: [PATCH] mm: clear pages_scanned only if draining a pcp adds pagesto the buddy allocator again

[Minchan Kim]

On 06/15/2012 01:16 AM, kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 2ff754fa8f (mm: clear pages_scanned only if draining a pcp adds pages
> to the buddy allocator again) fixed one free_pcppages_bulk() misuse. But two
> another miuse still exist.
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Just nitpick.
Personally, I want to fix it follwing as 
It's more simple and reduce vulnerable error in future.

If you mind, go ahead with your version. I am not against with it, either.

barrios@bbox:~/linux-next$ git diff
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4403009..a32ac56 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -637,6 +637,12 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count,
        int batch_free = 0;
        int to_free = count;
 
+       /*
+        * Let's avoid unnecessary reset of pages_scanned.
+        */
+       if (!count)
+               return;
+
        spin_lock(&zone->lock);
        zone->all_unreclaimable = 0;
        zone->pages_scanned = 0;
@@ -1175,6 +1181,7 @@ static void drain_pages(unsigned int cpu)
 {
        unsigned long flags;
        struct zone *zone;
+       int to_drain;
 
        for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
                struct per_cpu_pageset *pset;
@@ -1184,10 +1191,9 @@ static void drain_pages(unsigned int cpu)
                pset = per_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset, cpu);
 
                pcp = &pset->pcp;
-               if (pcp->count) {
-                       free_pcppages_bulk(zone, pcp->count, pcp);
-                       pcp->count = 0;
-               }
+               to_drain = pcp->count;
+               free_pcppages_bulk(zone, to_drain, pcp);
+               pcp->count -= to_drain;
                local_irq_restore(flags);
        }
 }

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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