Re: [PATCH V5 1/6] mm: delete unnecessary TTU_* flags

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Feb 27 2017 - 10:04:36 EST


On Fri 24-02-17 13:31:44, Shaohua Li wrote:
> Johannes pointed out TTU_LZFREE is unnecessary. It's true because we
> always have the flag set if we want to do an unmap. For cases we don't
> do an unmap, the TTU_LZFREE part of code should never run.
>
> Also the TTU_UNMAP is unnecessary. If no other flags set (for
> example, TTU_MIGRATION), an unmap is implied.
>
> The patch includes Johannes's cleanup and dead TTU_ACTION macro removal
> code
>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/rmap.h | 22 +++++++++-------------
> mm/memory-failure.c | 2 +-
> mm/rmap.c | 2 +-
> mm/vmscan.c | 11 ++++-------
> 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
> index 8c89e90..7a39414 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rmap.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
> @@ -83,19 +83,17 @@ struct anon_vma_chain {
> };
>
> enum ttu_flags {
> - TTU_UNMAP = 1, /* unmap mode */
> - TTU_MIGRATION = 2, /* migration mode */
> - TTU_MUNLOCK = 4, /* munlock mode */
> - TTU_LZFREE = 8, /* lazy free mode */
> - TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD = 16, /* split huge PMD if any */
> -
> - TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK = (1 << 8), /* ignore mlock */
> - TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS = (1 << 9), /* don't age */
> - TTU_IGNORE_HWPOISON = (1 << 10),/* corrupted page is recoverable */
> - TTU_BATCH_FLUSH = (1 << 11), /* Batch TLB flushes where possible
> + TTU_MIGRATION = 0x1, /* migration mode */
> + TTU_MUNLOCK = 0x2, /* munlock mode */
> +
> + TTU_SPLIT_HUGE_PMD = 0x4, /* split huge PMD if any */
> + TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK = 0x8, /* ignore mlock */
> + TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS = 0x10, /* don't age */
> + TTU_IGNORE_HWPOISON = 0x20, /* corrupted page is recoverable */
> + TTU_BATCH_FLUSH = 0x40, /* Batch TLB flushes where possible
> * and caller guarantees they will
> * do a final flush if necessary */
> - TTU_RMAP_LOCKED = (1 << 12) /* do not grab rmap lock:
> + TTU_RMAP_LOCKED = 0x80 /* do not grab rmap lock:
> * caller holds it */
> };
>
> @@ -193,8 +191,6 @@ static inline void page_dup_rmap(struct page *page, bool compound)
> int page_referenced(struct page *, int is_locked,
> struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned long *vm_flags);
>
> -#define TTU_ACTION(x) ((x) & TTU_ACTION_MASK)
> -
> int try_to_unmap(struct page *, enum ttu_flags flags);
>
> /* Avoid racy checks */
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 3d0f2fd..b78d080 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_hwpoison_page);
> static int hwpoison_user_mappings(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn,
> int trapno, int flags, struct page **hpagep)
> {
> - enum ttu_flags ttu = TTU_UNMAP | TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK | TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS;
> + enum ttu_flags ttu = TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK | TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS;
> struct address_space *mapping;
> LIST_HEAD(tokill);
> int ret;
> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
> index 8774791..96eb85c 100644
> --- a/mm/rmap.c
> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
> @@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> */
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageSwapCache(page), page);
>
> - if (!PageDirty(page) && (flags & TTU_LZFREE)) {
> + if (!PageDirty(page)) {
> /* It's a freeable page by MADV_FREE */
> dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
> rp->lazyfreed++;
> diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
> index 26c3b40..68ea50d 100644
> --- a/mm/vmscan.c
> +++ b/mm/vmscan.c
> @@ -971,7 +971,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> int may_enter_fs;
> enum page_references references = PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
> bool dirty, writeback;
> - bool lazyfree = false;
> int ret = SWAP_SUCCESS;
>
> cond_resched();
> @@ -1125,7 +1124,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> goto keep_locked;
> if (!add_to_swap(page, page_list))
> goto activate_locked;
> - lazyfree = true;
> may_enter_fs = 1;
>
> /* Adding to swap updated mapping */
> @@ -1143,9 +1141,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
> * processes. Try to unmap it here.
> */
> if (page_mapped(page) && mapping) {
> - switch (ret = try_to_unmap(page, lazyfree ?
> - (ttu_flags | TTU_BATCH_FLUSH | TTU_LZFREE) :
> - (ttu_flags | TTU_BATCH_FLUSH))) {
> + switch (ret = try_to_unmap(page,
> + ttu_flags | TTU_BATCH_FLUSH)) {
> case SWAP_FAIL:
> nr_unmap_fail++;
> goto activate_locked;
> @@ -1353,7 +1350,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
> }
>
> ret = shrink_page_list(&clean_pages, zone->zone_pgdat, &sc,
> - TTU_UNMAP|TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, NULL, true);
> + TTU_IGNORE_ACCESS, NULL, true);
> list_splice(&clean_pages, page_list);
> mod_node_page_state(zone->zone_pgdat, NR_ISOLATED_FILE, -ret);
> return ret;
> @@ -1760,7 +1757,7 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
> if (nr_taken == 0)
> return 0;
>
> - nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, pgdat, sc, TTU_UNMAP,
> + nr_reclaimed = shrink_page_list(&page_list, pgdat, sc, 0,
> &stat, false);
>
> spin_lock_irq(&pgdat->lru_lock);
> --
> 2.9.3
>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs