[PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Make deferred page init free pages in MAX_ORDER blocks

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Fri Mar 17 2023 - 11:37:35 EST


Normal page init path frees pages during the boot in MAX_ORDER chunks,
but deferred page init path does it in pageblock blocks.

Change deferred page init path to work in MAX_ORDER blocks.

For cases when pageblock is larger than MAX_ORDER, set migrate type to
MIGRATE_MOVABLE for all pageblocks covered by the page.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Note: the patch depends on the new definiton of MAX_ORDER.

---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 ++
mm/page_alloc.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 96599cb9eb62..f53fe3a7ca45 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
#endif
#define MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES (1 << MAX_ORDER)

+#define IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn) IS_ALIGNED(pfn, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES)
+
/*
* PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER is the order at which allocations are deemed
* costly to service. That is between allocation orders which should
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 87d760236dba..fc02a243425d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1875,9 +1875,10 @@ static void __init deferred_free_range(unsigned long pfn,
page = pfn_to_page(pfn);

/* Free a large naturally-aligned chunk if possible */
- if (nr_pages == pageblock_nr_pages && pageblock_aligned(pfn)) {
- set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
- __free_pages_core(page, pageblock_order);
+ if (nr_pages == MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES && IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn)) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i += pageblock_nr_pages)
+ set_pageblock_migratetype(page + i, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
+ __free_pages_core(page, MAX_ORDER);
return;
}

@@ -1901,19 +1902,19 @@ static inline void __init pgdat_init_report_one_done(void)
/*
* Returns true if page needs to be initialized or freed to buddy allocator.
*
- * We check if a current large page is valid by only checking the validity
+ * We check if a current MAX_ORDER block is valid by only checking the validity
* of the head pfn.
*/
static inline bool __init deferred_pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
{
- if (pageblock_aligned(pfn) && !pfn_valid(pfn))
+ if (IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn) && !pfn_valid(pfn))
return false;
return true;
}

/*
* Free pages to buddy allocator. Try to free aligned pages in
- * pageblock_nr_pages sizes.
+ * MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES sizes.
*/
static void __init deferred_free_pages(unsigned long pfn,
unsigned long end_pfn)
@@ -1924,7 +1925,7 @@ static void __init deferred_free_pages(unsigned long pfn,
if (!deferred_pfn_valid(pfn)) {
deferred_free_range(pfn - nr_free, nr_free);
nr_free = 0;
- } else if (pageblock_aligned(pfn)) {
+ } else if (IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn)) {
deferred_free_range(pfn - nr_free, nr_free);
nr_free = 1;
} else {
@@ -1937,7 +1938,7 @@ static void __init deferred_free_pages(unsigned long pfn,

/*
* Initialize struct pages. We minimize pfn page lookups and scheduler checks
- * by performing it only once every pageblock_nr_pages.
+ * by performing it only once every MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES.
* Return number of pages initialized.
*/
static unsigned long __init deferred_init_pages(struct zone *zone,
@@ -1953,7 +1954,7 @@ static unsigned long __init deferred_init_pages(struct zone *zone,
if (!deferred_pfn_valid(pfn)) {
page = NULL;
continue;
- } else if (!page || pageblock_aligned(pfn)) {
+ } else if (!page || IS_MAX_ORDER_ALIGNED(pfn)) {
page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
} else {
page++;
--
2.39.2