Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] mm,page_alloc: Bail out earlier on -ENOMEM in alloc_contig_migrate_range

[Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>]

On 3/10/21 4:08 PM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> Currently, __alloc_contig_migrate_range can generate -EINTR, -ENOMEM or -EBUSY,
> and report them down the chain.
> The problem is that when migrate_pages() reports -ENOMEM, we keep going till we
> exhaust all the try-attempts (5 at the moment) instead of bailing out.
> 
> migrate_pages bails out right away on -ENOMEM because it is considered a fatal
> error. Do the same here instead of keep going and retrying.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>

> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 3e4b29ee2b1e..94467f1b85ff 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -8484,7 +8484,7 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(struct compact_control *cc,
>  			}
>  			tries = 0;
>  		} else if (++tries == 5) {
> -			ret = ret < 0 ? ret : -EBUSY;
> +			ret = -EBUSY;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -8494,6 +8494,12 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(struct compact_control *cc,
>  
>  		ret = migrate_pages(&cc->migratepages, alloc_migration_target,
>  				NULL, (unsigned long)&mtc, cc->mode, MR_CONTIG_RANGE);
> +		/*
> +		 * On -ENOMEM, migrate_pages() bails out right away. It is pointless
> +		 * to retry again over this error, so do the same here.
> +		 */
> +		if (ret == -ENOMEM)
> +			break;
>  	}
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		putback_movable_pages(&cc->migratepages);
>