[RFC PATCH] mm: compaction: avoid fast_isolate_freepages blindly choose improper pageblock

[Barry Song]

Testing shows fast_isolate_freepages can blindly choose an unsuitable
pageblock from time to time particularly while the min mark is used
from XXX path:
 if (!page) {
         cc->fast_search_fail++;
         if (scan_start) {
                 /*
                  * Use the highest PFN found above min. If one was
                  * not found, be pessimistic for direct compaction
                  * and use the min mark.
                  */
                 if (highest >= min_pfn) {
                         page = pfn_to_page(highest);
                         cc->free_pfn = highest;
                 } else {
                         if (cc->direct_compaction && pfn_valid(min_pfn)) { /* XXX */
                                 page = pageblock_pfn_to_page(min_pfn,
                                         min(pageblock_end_pfn(min_pfn),
                                             zone_end_pfn(cc->zone)),
                                         cc->zone);
                                 cc->free_pfn = min_pfn;
                         }
                 }
         }
 }

In contrast, slow path is skipping unsuitable pageblocks in a decent way.

I don't know if it is an intended design or just an oversight. But
it seems more sensible to skip unsuitable pageblock.

Reported-by: Zhanyuan Hu <huzhanyuan@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/compaction.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 01ba298739dd..98c485a25614 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1625,6 +1625,12 @@ static void fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc)
 	cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned;
 	if (!page)
 		return;
+	/*
+	 * Otherwise, we can blindly choose an improper pageblock especially
+	 * while using the min mark
+	 */
+	if (!suitable_migration_target(cc, page))
+		return;
 
 	low_pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
 	fast_isolate_around(cc, low_pfn);
-- 
2.34.1