[PATCH/RFC] AutoPage Migration - V0.1 - 8/8 hook automigration to migrate-on-fault

[Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>]

AutoPage Migration - V0.1 - 8/8 hook automigration to migrate-on-fault

N.B., this patch depends on the "migrate-on-fault" patch series.

Add a /sys/kernel/migration control--sched_migrate_lazy--to use 
migrate-on-fault when sched_migrate_memory enabled.

Modify migrate_vma_to_node() to just unmap the eligible pages
via migrate_pages_unmap_only() when sched_migrate_lazy enabled.

Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>

Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5-git11/mm/mempolicy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5-git11.orig/mm/mempolicy.c	2006-03-09 16:19:57.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-git11/mm/mempolicy.c	2006-03-09 16:46:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -187,6 +187,37 @@ static ssize_t sched_migrate_interval_st
 }
 MIGRATION_ATTR_RW(sched_migrate_interval);
 
+/*
+ * sched_migrate_lazy:  use "lazy migration"--i.e., migration-on-fault--
+ * for scheduler driven task memory migration.
+ */
+int sched_migrate_lazy = 0;
+
+static int __init set_sched_migrate_lazy(char *str)
+{
+	get_option(&str, &sched_migrate_lazy);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("sched_migrate_lazy", set_sched_migrate_lazy);
+
+static ssize_t sched_migrate_lazy_show(struct subsystem *subsys, char *page)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "sched_migrate_lazy %s\n",
+			sched_migrate_lazy ? "on" : "off");
+}
+static ssize_t sched_migrate_lazy_store(struct subsystem *subsys,
+				      const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+        unsigned long n = simple_strtoul(page, NULL, 10);
+	if (n)
+		sched_migrate_lazy = 1;
+	else
+		sched_migrate_lazy = 0;
+        return count;
+}
+MIGRATION_ATTR_RW(sched_migrate_lazy);
+
 
 decl_subsys(migration, NULL, NULL);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(migration_subsys);
@@ -194,6 +225,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(migration_subsys);
 static struct attribute *migration_attrs[] = {
 	&sched_migrate_memory_attr.attr,
 	&sched_migrate_interval_attr.attr,
+	&sched_migrate_lazy_attr.attr,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -882,8 +914,12 @@ static int migrate_vma_to_node(struct vm
 
 	if (IS_ERR(vma))
 		err = PTR_ERR(vma);
-	else if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
-		err = migrate_pages_to(&pagelist, NULL, dest);
+	else if (!list_empty(&pagelist)) {
+		if (!sched_migrate_lazy)
+			err = migrate_pages_to(&pagelist, NULL, dest);
+		else
+			err = migrate_pages_unmap_only(&pagelist);
+	}
 
 	if (!list_empty(&pagelist))
 		putback_lru_pages(&pagelist);


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