Re: [PATCH v9 6/7] mm: Make alloc_contig_range handle in-use hugetlb pages

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Fri Apr 16 2021 - 04:36:08 EST



-int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page)
+int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page, struct list_head *list)
{
struct hstate *h;
struct page *head;
+ int ret = -EBUSY;
/*
* The page might have been dissolved from under our feet, so make sure
@@ -2373,13 +2380,18 @@ int isolate_or_dissolve_huge_page(struct page *page)
/*
* Fence off gigantic pages as there is a cyclic dependency between
- * alloc_contig_range and them. Return -ENOME as this has the effect
+ * alloc_contig_range and them. Return -ENOMEM as this has the effect

Nit: belongs into previous patch.

* of bailing out right away without further retrying.
*/
if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
return -ENOMEM;
- return alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(h, head);
+ if (page_count(head) && isolate_huge_page(head, list))
+ ret = 0;
+ else if (!page_count(head))
+ ret = alloc_and_dissolve_huge_page(h, head, list);
+
+ return ret;
}
struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index bb8321026c0c..5199b9696bab 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1703,8 +1703,9 @@ unsigned int reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
LIST_HEAD(clean_pages);
list_for_each_entry_safe(page, next, page_list, lru) {
- if (page_is_file_lru(page) && !PageDirty(page) &&
- !__PageMovable(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+ if (!PageHuge(page) && page_is_file_lru(page) &&
+ !PageDirty(page) && !__PageMovable(page) &&
+ !PageUnevictable(page)) {

Nit: adding to the end of the list would require less modifications ;)

ClearPageActive(page);
list_move(&page->lru, &clean_pages);
}


Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb