Re: [PATCH v2] mm/migrate: Continue to migrate for non-hugetlb folios

From: Huang, Ying
Date: Sun Jan 29 2023 - 00:39:42 EST


Chen Wandun <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> migrate_hugetlbs returns -ENOMEM when no enough hugetlb,
> however there may be free non-hugetlb folios available,
> so continue to migrate for non-hugetlb folios.
>
> Nowdays the only negtive return value of migrate_hugetlbs
> is -ENOMEM, keep compatible for coming negtive return value
> instead of ignore return value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxx>

LGTM, Thanks!

Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> ---
> v1 --> v2: modify changelog and comment. thanks Huang Ying.
> ---
> mm/migrate.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index b971edbf32fc..68927aa06f9b 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -1939,7 +1939,8 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
>
> rc_gather = migrate_hugetlbs(from, get_new_page, put_new_page, private,
> mode, reason, &stats, &ret_folios);
> - if (rc_gather < 0)
> + /* There may be free non-hugetlb folios available, continue to migrate. */
> + if (rc_gather < 0 && rc_gather != -ENOMEM)
> goto out;
> again:
> nr_pages = 0;