[PATCH 3/9] Revert "mm: compaction: abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long"

From: Mel Gorman
Date: Fri Sep 21 2012 - 06:49:18 EST


This reverts
mm-compaction-abort-compaction-loop-if-lock-is-contended-or-run-too-long.patch
as it is replaced by a later patch in the series.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
---
mm/compaction.c | 12 +++++-------
mm/internal.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 1c873bb..614f18b 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ static bool compact_checklock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags,

/* async aborts if taking too long or contended */
if (!cc->sync) {
- cc->contended = true;
+ if (cc->contended)
+ *cc->contended = true;
return false;
}

@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,

/* Perform the isolation */
low_pfn = isolate_migratepages_range(zone, cc, low_pfn, end_pfn);
- if (!low_pfn || cc->contended)
+ if (!low_pfn)
return ISOLATE_ABORT;

cc->migrate_pfn = low_pfn;
@@ -893,7 +894,6 @@ static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
bool sync, bool *contended,
struct page **page)
{
- unsigned long ret;
struct compact_control cc = {
.nr_freepages = 0,
.nr_migratepages = 0,
@@ -901,15 +901,13 @@ static unsigned long compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone,
.migratetype = allocflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask),
.zone = zone,
.sync = sync,
+ .contended = contended,
.page = page,
};
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);

- ret = compact_zone(zone, &cc);
- if (contended)
- *contended = cc.contended;
- return ret;
+ return compact_zone(zone, &cc);
}

int sysctl_extfrag_threshold = 500;
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index eebbed5..386772f 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ struct compact_control {
int order; /* order a direct compactor needs */
int migratetype; /* MOVABLE, RECLAIMABLE etc */
struct zone *zone;
- bool contended; /* True if a lock was contended */
+ bool *contended; /* True if a lock was contended */
struct page **page; /* Page captured of requested size */
};

--
1.7.9.2

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