Re: [PATCHv2] mm/page_alloc: Make deferred page init free pages in MAX_ORDER blocks

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Mar 22 2023 - 02:24:14 EST


On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 03:24:15AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> 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 MAX_ORDER is larger than pageblock, set migrate type to
> MIGRATE_MOVABLE for all pageblocks covered by the page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>
> Note: the patch depends on the new definiton of MAX_ORDER.
>
> v2:
>
> - Fix commit message;
>
> ---
> 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
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.