Re: [PATCH 09/11] mm/page_alloc: Avoid conflating IRQs disabled with zone->lock

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 10:11:11 EST


On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 02:25:36PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > @@ -3294,6 +3295,7 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
> > struct page *page, *next;
> > unsigned long flags, pfn;
> > int batch_count = 0;
> > + int migratetype;
> >
> > /* Prepare pages for freeing */
> > list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, list, lru) {
> > @@ -3301,15 +3303,28 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
> > if (!free_unref_page_prepare(page, pfn))
> > list_del(&page->lru);
> > set_page_private(page, pfn);
>
> Should probably move this below so we don't set private for pages that then go
> through free_one_page()? Doesn't seem to be a bug, just unneccessary.
>

Sure.

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1d87ca364680..a9c1282d9c7b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3293,7 +3293,6 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
if (!free_unref_page_prepare(page, pfn))
list_del(&page->lru);
- set_page_private(page, pfn);

/*
* Free isolated pages directly to the allocator, see
@@ -3307,6 +3306,8 @@ void free_unref_page_list(struct list_head *list)
list_del(&page->lru);
}
}
+
+ set_page_private(page, pfn);
}

local_lock_irqsave(&pagesets.lock, flags);

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs