[PATCH v3] mm/compaction: remove unnecessary order check in direct compact path

From: Ganesh Mahendran
Date: Wed Jun 15 2016 - 22:43:04 EST


In direct compact path, both __alloc_pages_direct_compact and
try_to_compact_pages check (order == 0).

This patch removes the check in __alloc_pages_direct_compact() and
move the modifying of current->flags to the entry point of direct
page compaction where we really do the compaction.

Signed-off-by: Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
remove the check in __alloc_pages_direct_compact - Anshuman Khandual
v3:
remove check in __alloc_pages_direct_compact and move current->flags
modifying to try_to_compact_pages
---
mm/compaction.c | 7 ++++++-
mm/page_alloc.c | 5 -----
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index fbb7b38..dcfaf57 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1686,12 +1686,16 @@ enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,

*contended = COMPACT_CONTENDED_NONE;

- /* Check if the GFP flags allow compaction */
+ /*
+ * Check if this is an order-0 request and
+ * if the GFP flags allow compaction.
+ */
if (!order || !may_enter_fs || !may_perform_io)
return COMPACT_SKIPPED;

trace_mm_compaction_try_to_compact_pages(order, gfp_mask, mode);

+ current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
/* Compact each zone in the list */
for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist, ac->high_zoneidx,
ac->nodemask) {
@@ -1768,6 +1772,7 @@ break_loop:
all_zones_contended = 0;
break;
}
+ current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;

/*
* If at least one zone wasn't deferred or skipped, we report if all
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b9ea618..dd3a2b6 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3173,13 +3173,8 @@ __alloc_pages_direct_compact(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
struct page *page;
int contended_compaction;

- if (!order)
- return NULL;
-
- current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
*compact_result = try_to_compact_pages(gfp_mask, order, alloc_flags, ac,
mode, &contended_compaction);
- current->flags &= ~PF_MEMALLOC;

if (*compact_result <= COMPACT_INACTIVE)
return NULL;
--
1.9.1