Re: [PATCH V4 09/15] mm, compaction: skip rechecks when lock was already held

[Mel Gorman]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 03:48:17PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Compaction scanners try to lock zone locks as late as possible by checking
> many page or pageblock properties opportunistically without lock and skipping
> them if not unsuitable. For pages that pass the initial checks, some properties
> have to be checked again safely under lock. However, if the lock was already
> held from a previous iteration in the initial checks, the rechecks are
> unnecessary.
> 
> This patch therefore skips the rechecks when the lock was already held. This is
> now possible to do, since we don't (potentially) drop and reacquire the lock
> between the initial checks and the safe rechecks anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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