Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/8] mm: page_alloc: avoid merging non-fallbackable pageblocks with others.

[David Hildenbrand]

On 05.01.22 22:47, Zi Yan wrote:
> From: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This is done in addition to MIGRATE_ISOLATE pageblock merge avoidance.
> It prepares for the upcoming removal of the MAX_ORDER-1 alignment
> requirement for CMA and alloc_contig_range().
> 
> MIGRARTE_HIGHATOMIC should not merge with other migratetypes like
> MIGRATE_ISOLATE and MIGRARTE_CMA[1], so this commit prevents that too.
> Also add MIGRARTE_HIGHATOMIC to fallbacks array for completeness.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20211130100853.GP3366@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/mmzone.h |  6 ++++++
>  mm/page_alloc.c        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index aed44e9b5d89..0aa549653e4e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ static inline bool is_migrate_movable(int mt)
>  	return is_migrate_cma(mt) || mt == MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
>  }
>  
> +/* See fallbacks[MIGRATE_TYPES][3] in page_alloc.c */
> +static inline bool migratetype_has_fallback(int mt)
> +{
> +	return mt < MIGRATE_PCPTYPES;
> +}
> +
>  #define for_each_migratetype_order(order, type) \
>  	for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) \
>  		for (type = 0; type < MIGRATE_TYPES; type++)
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 8dd6399bafb5..5193c953dbf8 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1042,6 +1042,12 @@ buddy_merge_likely(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long buddy_pfn,
>  	return page_is_buddy(higher_page, higher_buddy, order + 1);
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool has_non_fallback_pageblock(struct zone *zone)
> +{
> +	return has_isolate_pageblock(zone) || zone_cma_pages(zone) != 0 ||
> +		zone->nr_reserved_highatomic != 0;
> +}

Due to zone_cma_pages(), the unlikely() below will be very wrong on many
setups. Previously, isolation really was a corner case. CMA and
highatomic are less of a corner case ...

I'm not even sure if this check is worth having around anymore at all,
or if it would be easier and cheaper to just always check the both
migration types unconditionally. Would certainly simplify the code.

Side node: we actually care about has_free_non_fallback_pageblock(), we
can only merge with free pageblocks. But that might not necessarily be
cheaper to test/track/check.

> +
>  /*
>   * Freeing function for a buddy system allocator.
>   *
> @@ -1117,14 +1123,15 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
>  	}
>  	if (order < MAX_ORDER - 1) {
>  		/* If we are here, it means order is >= pageblock_order.
> -		 * We want to prevent merge between freepages on isolate
> -		 * pageblock and normal pageblock. Without this, pageblock
> -		 * isolation could cause incorrect freepage or CMA accounting.
> +		 * We want to prevent merge between freepages on pageblock
> +		 * without fallbacks and normal pageblock. Without this,
> +		 * pageblock isolation could cause incorrect freepage or CMA
> +		 * accounting or HIGHATOMIC accounting.
>  		 *
>  		 * We don't want to hit this code for the more frequent
>  		 * low-order merging.
>  		 */
> -		if (unlikely(has_isolate_pageblock(zone))) {
> +		if (unlikely(has_non_fallback_pageblock(zone))) {
>  			int buddy_mt;
>  
>  			buddy_pfn = __find_buddy_pfn(pfn, order);
> @@ -1132,8 +1139,8 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,
>  			buddy_mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(buddy);
>  
>  			if (migratetype != buddy_mt
> -					&& (is_migrate_isolate(migratetype) ||
> -						is_migrate_isolate(buddy_mt)))
> +					&& (!migratetype_has_fallback(migratetype) ||
> +						!migratetype_has_fallback(buddy_mt)))
>  				goto done_merging;
>  		}
>  		max_order = order + 1;
> @@ -2484,6 +2491,7 @@ static int fallbacks[MIGRATE_TYPES][3] = {
>  	[MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE]   = { MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE, MIGRATE_MOVABLE,   MIGRATE_TYPES },
>  	[MIGRATE_MOVABLE]     = { MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE, MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE, MIGRATE_TYPES },
>  	[MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE] = { MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE,   MIGRATE_MOVABLE,   MIGRATE_TYPES },
> +	[MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC] = { MIGRATE_TYPES }, /* Never used */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
>  	[MIGRATE_CMA]         = { MIGRATE_TYPES }, /* Never used */
>  #endif
> @@ -2795,8 +2803,8 @@ static void reserve_highatomic_pageblock(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
>  
>  	/* Yoink! */
>  	mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
> -	if (!is_migrate_highatomic(mt) && !is_migrate_isolate(mt)
> -	    && !is_migrate_cma(mt)) {
> +	/* Only reserve normal pageblock */
> +	if (migratetype_has_fallback(mt)) {
>  		zone->nr_reserved_highatomic += pageblock_nr_pages;
>  		set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC);
>  		move_freepages_block(zone, page, MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC, NULL);
> @@ -3545,8 +3553,8 @@ int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>  		struct page *endpage = page + (1 << order) - 1;
>  		for (; page < endpage; page += pageblock_nr_pages) {
>  			int mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
> -			if (!is_migrate_isolate(mt) && !is_migrate_cma(mt)
> -			    && !is_migrate_highatomic(mt))
> +			/* Only change normal pageblock */
> +			if (migratetype_has_fallback(mt))
>  				set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
>  							  MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>  		}

That part is a nice cleanup IMHO. Although the "has fallback" part is a
bit imprecise. "migratetype_is_mergable()" might be a bit clearer.
ideally "migratetype_is_mergable_with_other_types()". Can we come up
with a nice name for that?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb