Re: [PATCH] mm/page_isolation: unset migratetype directly for non Buddy page

[Oscar Salvador]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 11:36:49AM +0800, Chen Wandun wrote:
> There is no need to try to move_freepages_block for pages that is not
> in buddy in function unset_migratetype_isolate, it can directly set
> migrate type.

The above could benefit from some rephrasing, someting along these lines
maybe?

"In unset_migratetype_isolate(), we can bypass the call to
move_freepages_block() for non-buddy pages"

> 
> It will save a few cpu cycles for some situations such as cma and
> hugetlb when allocating continue pages, in these situation function
> alloc_contig_pages will be called.
> 
> alloc_contig_pages
> 	__alloc_contig_migrate_range
> 	isolate_freepages_range ==> pages has been remove from buddy
> 	undo_isolate_page_range
> 		unset_migratetype_isolate ==> can directly set migratetype
> 
> Fixes: 3c605096d315 ("mm/page_alloc: restrict max order of merging on isolated pageblock")
> Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxx>

I am ok with the "fix", but I don't think this deserves a Fixes tag.
Sure, it can spare some cpu cycles, but besides that, there is no harm
in the actual code unless I missed something.

Others might feel stronger about that.

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>


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