Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/8] mm: page_alloc: avoid merging non-fallbackable pageblocks with others.

From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>,
	Eric Ren <renzhengeek@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/8] mm: page_alloc: avoid merging non-fallbackable pageblocks with others.
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:28:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ae2862a0-c39c-ed2f-23fe-510c6c2fad5c@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YeAO0vtyjWWMRliF@kernel.org>

On 13.01.22 12:36, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 11:54:49AM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 05.01.22 22:47, Zi Yan wrote:
>>> From: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
>>>
>>> This is done in addition to MIGRATE_ISOLATE pageblock merge avoidance.
>>> It prepares for the upcoming removal of the MAX_ORDER-1 alignment
>>> requirement for CMA and alloc_contig_range().
>>>
>>> MIGRARTE_HIGHATOMIC should not merge with other migratetypes like
>>> MIGRATE_ISOLATE and MIGRARTE_CMA[1], so this commit prevents that too.
>>> Also add MIGRARTE_HIGHATOMIC to fallbacks array for completeness.
>>>
>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20211130100853.GP3366@techsingularity.net/
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/mmzone.h |  6 ++++++
>>>  mm/page_alloc.c        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
>>>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
> 
> ...
> 
>>> @@ -3545,8 +3553,8 @@ int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
>>>  		struct page *endpage = page + (1 << order) - 1;
>>>  		for (; page < endpage; page += pageblock_nr_pages) {
>>>  			int mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
>>> -			if (!is_migrate_isolate(mt) && !is_migrate_cma(mt)
>>> -			    && !is_migrate_highatomic(mt))
>>> +			/* Only change normal pageblock */
>>> +			if (migratetype_has_fallback(mt))
>>>  				set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
>>>  							  MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
>>>  		}
>>
>> That part is a nice cleanup IMHO. Although the "has fallback" part is a
>> bit imprecise. "migratetype_is_mergable()" might be a bit clearer.
>> ideally "migratetype_is_mergable_with_other_types()". Can we come up
>> with a nice name for that?
> 
> migratetype_is_mergable() kinda implies "_with_other_types", no?
> 
> I like migratetype_is_mergable() more than _has_fallback().
> 
> My $0.02 to bikeshedding :)

:)

Yeah, for me migratetype_is_mergable() would also be good enough. I
think I was at first thinking one could mistake it with a dedicated
migratetype. But such functions are historically called

is_migrate_cma/is_migrate_cma/....

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb