Re: [PATCH 2/3] check unevictable flag in lumy reclaim v2

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Thu Jun 11 2009 - 04:45:04 EST



> How about this ?
>
> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Lumpy reclaim check pages from their pfn. Then, it can find unevictable pages
> in its loop.
> Abort lumpy reclaim when we find Unevictable page, we never get a lump
> of pages for requested order.
>
> Changelog: v1->v2
> - rewrote commet.

Great.
Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmscan.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> Index: lumpy-reclaim-trial/mm/vmscan.c
> ===================================================================
> --- lumpy-reclaim-trial.orig/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ lumpy-reclaim-trial/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -936,6 +936,15 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(u
> /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */
> if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id))
> continue;
> + /*
> + * We tries to free all pages in this range to create
> + * a free large page. Then, if the range includes a page
> + * never be reclaimed, we have no reason to do more.
> + * PageUnevictable page is not a page which can be
> + * easily freed. Abort this scan now.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(PageUnevictable(cursor_page)))
> + break;
> if (__isolate_lru_page(cursor_page, mode, file) == 0) {
> list_move(&cursor_page->lru, dst);
> nr_taken++;
>
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