[RFC PATCH] mm: check global free_list if there is ongoing reclaiming when pcp fail

From: zhaoyang.huang
Date: Fri Sep 16 2022 - 07:06:38 EST


From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Check the global free list again even if rmqueue_bulk failed for pcp pages when
there is ongoing reclaiming, which could eliminate potential direct reclaim by
chance.

Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e008a3d..7e99f7d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3729,7 +3729,8 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
migratetype != MIGRATE_MOVABLE) {
page = rmqueue_pcplist(preferred_zone, zone, order,
gfp_flags, migratetype, alloc_flags);
- goto out;
+ if (page || !test_bit(ZONE_RECLAIM_ACTIVE, &zone->flags))
+ goto out;
}
}

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1.9.1