Re: [PATCHv9 02/14] mm: Add support for unaccepted memory

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Mon Apr 03 2023 - 06:03:24 EST


On Mon, Apr 03, 2023 at 11:26:53AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # memblock
>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> Just a small suggestion below:
>
> > +
> > +static bool try_to_accept_memory(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
> > +{
> > + long to_accept;
> > + int ret = false;
> > +
> > + if (!static_branch_unlikely(&zones_with_unaccepted_pages))
> > + return false;
>
>
> This potentially (depends on what compiler decides) means we'll call this
> function just to skip the static branch. OTOH forcing it as inline would be
> wasteful too. So I'd split that away and make the callers do that static
> branch check inline. Just as deferred_pages_enabled() is used.

Like this?

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 07e16e9b49c4..80fe5e4b6cca 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_online_nodes);
static bool page_contains_unaccepted(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
static void accept_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
static bool try_to_accept_memory(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
+static inline bool has_unaccepted_memory(void);
static bool __free_unaccepted(struct page *page);

int page_group_by_mobility_disabled __read_mostly;
@@ -3464,8 +3465,10 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,
gfp_mask)) {
int ret;

- if (try_to_accept_memory(zone, order))
- goto try_this_zone;
+ if (has_unaccepted_memory()) {
+ if (try_to_accept_memory(zone, order))
+ goto try_this_zone;
+ }

#ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
/*
@@ -3519,8 +3522,10 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, int alloc_flags,

return page;
} else {
- if (try_to_accept_memory(zone, order))
- goto try_this_zone;
+ if (has_unaccepted_memory()) {
+ if (try_to_accept_memory(zone, order))
+ goto try_this_zone;
+ }

#ifdef CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
/* Try again if zone has deferred pages */
@@ -7302,9 +7307,6 @@ static bool try_to_accept_memory(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
long to_accept;
int ret = false;

- if (!static_branch_unlikely(&zones_with_unaccepted_pages))
- return false;
-
/* How much to accept to get to high watermark? */
to_accept = high_wmark_pages(zone) -
(zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES) -
@@ -7321,6 +7323,11 @@ static bool try_to_accept_memory(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
return ret;
}

+static inline bool has_unaccepted_memory(void)
+{
+ return static_branch_unlikely(&zones_with_unaccepted_pages);
+}
+
static bool __free_unaccepted(struct page *page)
{
struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
@@ -7398,6 +7405,11 @@ static bool try_to_accept_memory(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
return false;
}

+static inline bool has_unaccepted_memory(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static bool __free_unaccepted(struct page *page)
{
BUILD_BUG();
--
Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov