[PATCH v6 1/6] mm/page_alloc: don't reserve ZONE_HIGHMEM for ZONE_MOVABLE request

From: js1304
Date: Thu Oct 13 2016 - 23:03:39 EST


From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>

Freepage on ZONE_HIGHMEM doesn't work for kernel memory so it's not that
important to reserve. When ZONE_MOVABLE is used, this problem would
theorectically cause to decrease usable memory for GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE
allocation request which is mainly used for page cache and anon page
allocation. So, fix it.

And, defining sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio array by MAX_NR_ZONES - 1 size
makes code complex. For example, if there is highmem system, following
reserve ratio is activated for *NORMAL ZONE* which would be easyily
misleading people.

#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
32
#endif

This patch also fix this situation by defining sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio
array by MAX_NR_ZONES and place "#ifdef" to right place.

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 2 +-
mm/page_alloc.c | 11 ++++++-----
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 7f2ae99..bd30fc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ int min_free_kbytes_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
int watermark_scale_factor_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
-extern int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES-1];
+extern int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES];
int lowmem_reserve_ratio_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
int percpu_pagelist_fraction_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1790391..92b68cc 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -198,17 +198,18 @@ bool pm_suspended_storage(void)
* TBD: should special case ZONE_DMA32 machines here - in those we normally
* don't need any ZONE_NORMAL reservation
*/
-int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES-1] = {
+int sysctl_lowmem_reserve_ratio[MAX_NR_ZONES] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
- 256,
+ [ZONE_DMA] = 256,
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
- 256,
+ [ZONE_DMA32] = 256,
#endif
+ [ZONE_NORMAL] = 32,
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
- 32,
+ [ZONE_HIGHMEM] = INT_MAX,
#endif
- 32,
+ [ZONE_MOVABLE] = INT_MAX,
};

EXPORT_SYMBOL(totalram_pages);
--
1.9.1