Re: [PATCH RFC 3/4] mm/page_alloc: always move pages to the tail of the freelist in unset_migratetype_isolate()

From: Wei Yang
Date: Thu Sep 17 2020 - 22:29:17 EST

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 08:34:10PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>Page isolation doesn't actually touch the pages, it simply isolates
>pageblocks and moves all free pages to the MIGRATE_ISOLATE freelist.
>
>We already place pages to the tail of the freelists when undoing
>isolation via __putback_isolated_page(), let's do it in any case
>(e.g., if order == pageblock_order) and document the behavior.
>
>This change results in all pages getting onlined via online_pages() to
>be placed to the tail of the freelist.

I am sorry to not follow again. unset_migratetype_isolate() is used in
__offline_pages if my understanding is correct. How does it contribute on
online_pages?

>
>Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
>Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Scott Cheloha <cheloha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> include/linux/page-isolation.h | 2 ++
> mm/page_alloc.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> mm/page_isolation.c | 8 ++++++--
> 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/include/linux/page-isolation.h b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
>index 572458016331..a36be2cf4dbb 100644
>--- a/include/linux/page-isolation.h
>+++ b/include/linux/page-isolation.h
>@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ struct page *has_unmovable_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
> void set_pageblock_migratetype(struct page *page, int migratetype);
> int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
> int migratetype, int *num_movable);
>+int move_freepages_block_tail(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>+ int migratetype);
>
> /*
> * Changes migrate type in [start_pfn, end_pfn) to be MIGRATE_ISOLATE.
>diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>index bba9a0f60c70..75b0f49b4022 100644
>--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>@@ -899,6 +899,15 @@ static inline void move_to_free_list(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
> list_move(&page->lru, &area->free_list[migratetype]);
> }
>
>+/* Used for pages which are on another list */
>+static inline void move_to_free_list_tail(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
>+ unsigned int order, int migratetype)
>+{
>+ struct free_area *area = &zone->free_area[order];
>+
>+ list_move_tail(&page->lru, &area->free_list[migratetype]);
>+}
>+
> static inline void del_page_from_free_list(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
> unsigned int order)
> {
>@@ -2323,7 +2332,7 @@ static inline struct page *__rmqueue_cma_fallback(struct zone *zone,
> */
> static int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
> struct page *start_page, struct page *end_page,
>- int migratetype, int *num_movable)
>+ int migratetype, int *num_movable, bool to_tail)
> {
> struct page *page;
> unsigned int order;
>@@ -2354,7 +2363,10 @@ static int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_zone(page) != zone, page);
>
> order = page_order(page);
>- move_to_free_list(page, zone, order, migratetype);
>+ if (to_tail)
>+ move_to_free_list_tail(page, zone, order, migratetype);
>+ else
>+ move_to_free_list(page, zone, order, migratetype);
> page += 1 << order;
> pages_moved += 1 << order;
> }
>@@ -2362,8 +2374,9 @@ static int move_freepages(struct zone *zone,
> return pages_moved;
> }
>
>-int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>- int migratetype, int *num_movable)
>+static int __move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>+ int migratetype, int *num_movable,
>+ bool to_tail)
> {
> unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
> struct page *start_page, *end_page;
>@@ -2384,7 +2397,20 @@ int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
> return 0;
>
> return move_freepages(zone, start_page, end_page, migratetype,
>- num_movable);
>+ num_movable, to_tail);
>+}
>+
>+int move_freepages_block(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>+ int migratetype, int *num_movable)
>+{
>+ return __move_freepages_block(zone, page, migratetype, num_movable,
>+ false);
>+}
>+
>+int move_freepages_block_tail(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
>+ int migratetype)
>+{
>+ return __move_freepages_block(zone, page, migratetype, NULL, true);
> }
>
> static void change_pageblock_range(struct page *pageblock_page,
>diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
>index abfe26ad59fd..84aa1d14751d 100644
>--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
>+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
>@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, unsigned migratetype)
> * Because freepage with more than pageblock_order on isolated
> * pageblock is restricted to merge due to freepage counting problem,
> * it is possible that there is free buddy page.
>- * move_freepages_block() doesn't care of merge so we need other
>+ * move_freepages_block*() don't care about merging, so we need another
> * approach in order to merge them. Isolation and free will make
> * these pages to be merged.
> */
>@@ -106,9 +106,13 @@ static void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, unsigned migratetype)
> * If we isolate freepage with more than pageblock_order, there
> * should be no freepage in the range, so we could avoid costly
> * pageblock scanning for freepage moving.
>+ *
>+ * We didn't actually touch any of the isolated pages, so place them
>+ * to the tail of the freelists. This is especially relevant during
>+ * memory onlining.
> */
> if (!isolated_page) {
>- nr_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, migratetype, NULL);
>+ nr_pages = move_freepages_block_tail(zone, page, migratetype);
> __mod_zone_freepage_state(zone, nr_pages, migratetype);
> }
> set_pageblock_migratetype(page, migratetype);
>--
>2.26.2

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