[PATCH v2 18/23] percpu: keep track of the best offset for contig hints

From: Dennis Zhou
Date: Mon Jul 24 2017 - 19:05:04 EST


From: "Dennis Zhou (Facebook)" <dennisszhou@xxxxxxxxx>

This patch makes the contig hint starting offset optimization from the
previous patch as honest as it can be. For both chunk and block starting
offsets, make sure it keeps the starting offset with the best alignment.

The block skip optimization is added in a later patch when the
pcpu_find_block_fit iterator is swapped in.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennisszhou@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/percpu.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 3732373..aaad747 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -394,12 +394,18 @@ static inline int pcpu_cnt_pop_pages(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int bit_off,
* @bits: size of free area
*
* This updates the chunk's contig hint and starting offset given a free area.
+ * Choose the best starting offset if the contig hint is equal.
*/
static void pcpu_chunk_update(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk, int bit_off, int bits)
{
if (bits > chunk->contig_bits) {
chunk->contig_bits_start = bit_off;
chunk->contig_bits = bits;
+ } else if (bits == chunk->contig_bits && chunk->contig_bits_start &&
+ (!bit_off ||
+ __ffs(bit_off) > __ffs(chunk->contig_bits_start))) {
+ /* use the start with the best alignment */
+ chunk->contig_bits_start = bit_off;
}
}

@@ -454,7 +460,8 @@ static void pcpu_chunk_refresh_hint(struct pcpu_chunk *chunk)
* @end: end offset in block
*
* Updates a block given a known free area. The region [start, end) is
- * expected to be the entirety of the free area within a block.
+ * expected to be the entirety of the free area within a block. Chooses
+ * the best starting offset if the contig hints are equal.
*/
static void pcpu_block_update(struct pcpu_block_md *block, int start, int end)
{
@@ -470,6 +477,10 @@ static void pcpu_block_update(struct pcpu_block_md *block, int start, int end)
if (contig > block->contig_hint) {
block->contig_hint_start = start;
block->contig_hint = contig;
+ } else if (block->contig_hint_start && contig == block->contig_hint &&
+ (!start || __ffs(start) > __ffs(block->contig_hint_start))) {
+ /* use the start with the best alignment */
+ block->contig_hint_start = start;
}
}

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2.9.3