Re: [PATCH 1/6] mm: page_alloc: remove pcppage migratetype caching

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Wed Sep 13 2023 - 09:34:45 EST


On 9/13/23 15:24, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Hello Vlastimil,
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 11:33:52AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> On 9/12/23 16:50, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>> > From 429d13322819ab38b3ba2fad6d1495997819ccc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> > From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:16:10 -0400
>> > Subject: [PATCH] mm: page_alloc: optimize free_unref_page_list()
>> >
>> > Move direct freeing of isolated pages to the lock-breaking block in
>> > the second loop. This saves an unnecessary migratetype reassessment.
>> >
>> > Minor comment and local variable scoping cleanups.
>>
>> Looks like batch_count and locked_zone could be moved to the loop scope as well.
>
> Hm they both maintain values over multiple iterations, so I don't
> think that's possible. Am I missing something?

True, disregard :D

>> > Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks! I'll send this out properly with your tag.

np!