Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mm, page_alloc: remove setup_pageset()

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>]

On Thu 08-10-20 13:41:57, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> We initialize boot-time pagesets with setup_pageset(), which sets high and
> batch values that effectively disable pcplists.
> 
> We can remove this wrapper if we just set these values for all pagesets in
> pageset_init(). Non-boot pagesets then subsequently update them to the proper
> values.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>

Btw. where do we initialize pcp->count? I thought that pcp allocator
zeroes out the allocated memory but alloc_percpu is GFP_KERNEL like.

> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 463f40b12aca..f827b42a2475 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -5899,7 +5899,7 @@ static void build_zonelists(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>   * not check if the processor is online before following the pageset pointer.
>   * Other parts of the kernel may not check if the zone is available.
>   */
> -static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
> +static void pageset_init(struct per_cpu_pageset *p);
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct per_cpu_pageset, boot_pageset);
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct per_cpu_nodestat, boot_nodestats);
>  
> @@ -5967,7 +5967,7 @@ build_all_zonelists_init(void)
>  	 * (a chicken-egg dilemma).
>  	 */
>  	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> -		setup_pageset(&per_cpu(boot_pageset, cpu));
> +		pageset_init(&per_cpu(boot_pageset, cpu));
>  
>  	mminit_verify_zonelist();
>  	cpuset_init_current_mems_allowed();
> @@ -6286,12 +6286,15 @@ static void pageset_init(struct per_cpu_pageset *p)
>  	pcp = &p->pcp;
>  	for (migratetype = 0; migratetype < MIGRATE_PCPTYPES; migratetype++)
>  		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcp->lists[migratetype]);
> -}
>  
> -static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p)
> -{
> -	pageset_init(p);
> -	pageset_update(&p->pcp, 0, 1);
> +	/*
> +	 * Set batch and high values safe for a boot pageset. A true percpu
> +	 * pageset's initialization will update them subsequently. Here we don't
> +	 * need to be as careful as pageset_update() as nobody can access the
> +	 * pageset yet.
> +	 */
> +	pcp->high = 0;
> +	pcp->batch = 1;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 2.28.0

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs