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From: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/13] Drain per-cpu lists when high-order allocations fail
Subject: Drain per-cpu lists when high-order allocations fail
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:22:32 +0100 (IST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070910112231.3097.53548.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070910112011.3097.8438.sendpatchset@skynet.skynet.ie>

Per-cpu pages can accidentally cause fragmentation because they are free, but
pinned pages in an otherwise contiguous block.  When this patch is applied,
the per-cpu caches are drained after the direct-reclaim is entered if the
requested order is greater than 0.  It simply reuses the code used by suspend
and hotplug.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |   24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -rup -X /usr/src/patchset-0.6/bin//dontdiff linux-2.6.23-rc5-006-group-short-lived-and-reclaimable-kernel-allocations/mm/page_alloc.c linux-2.6.23-rc5-007-drain-per-cpu-lists-when-high-order-allocations-fail/mm/page_alloc.c
--- linux-2.6.23-rc5-006-group-short-lived-and-reclaimable-kernel-allocations/mm/page_alloc.c	2007-09-02 16:20:31.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc5-007-drain-per-cpu-lists-when-high-order-allocations-fail/mm/page_alloc.c	2007-09-02 16:20:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ void mark_free_pages(struct zone *zone)
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_PM */
 
 /*
  * Spill all of this CPU's per-cpu pages back into the buddy allocator.
@@ -864,7 +865,25 @@ void drain_local_pages(void)
 	__drain_pages(smp_processor_id());
 	local_irq_restore(flags);	
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_HIBERNATION */
+
+void smp_drain_local_pages(void *arg)
+{
+	drain_local_pages();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Spill all the per-cpu pages from all CPUs back into the buddy allocator
+ */
+void drain_all_local_pages(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__drain_pages(smp_processor_id());
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	smp_call_function(smp_drain_local_pages, NULL, 0, 1);
+}
 
 /*
  * Free a 0-order page
@@ -1452,6 +1471,9 @@ nofail_alloc:
 
 	cond_resched();
 
+	if (order != 0)
+		drain_all_local_pages();
+
 	if (likely(did_some_progress)) {
 		page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, order,
 						zonelist, alloc_flags);

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-10 11:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-10 11:20 [PATCH 0/13] Reduce external fragmentation by grouping pages by mobility v30 Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:20 ` [PATCH 1/13] ia64: parse kernel parameter hugepagesz= in early boot, ia64: parse kernel parameter hugepagesz= in early boot Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:20 ` [PATCH 2/13] Add a bitmap that is used to track flags affecting a block of pages, Add a bitmap that is used to track flags affecting a block of pages Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:21 ` [PATCH 3/13] Fix corruption of memmap on ia64-sparsemem when mem_section is not a power of 2, Fix corruption of memmap on ia64-sparsemem when mem_section is not a power of 2 Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:21 ` [PATCH 4/13] Split the free lists for movable and unmovable allocations, Split the free lists for movable and unmovable allocations Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:21 ` [PATCH 5/13] Choose pages from the per cpu list-based on migration type, Choose pages from the per cpu list-based on migration type Mel Gorman
2009-07-13 19:16   ` [PATCH 5/13] " Andrew Morton
2009-07-14  9:14     ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:22 ` [PATCH 6/13] Group short-lived and reclaimable kernel allocations, Group short-lived and reclaimable kernel allocations Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 19:44   ` Paul Jackson
2007-09-10 21:15     ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:22 ` Mel Gorman [this message]
2007-09-10 15:05   ` [PATCH 7/13] Drain per-cpu lists when high-order allocations fail Nick Piggin
2007-09-11  9:34     ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:22 ` [PATCH 8/13] Move free pages between lists on steal, Move free pages between lists on steal Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:23 ` [PATCH 9/13] Do not group pages by mobility type on low memory systems, Do not group pages by mobility type on low memory systems Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:23 ` [PATCH 10/13] Bias the location of pages freed for min_free_kbytes in the same pageblock_nr_pages areas, Bias the location of pages freed for min_free_kbytes in the same pageblock_nr_pages areas Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:23 ` [PATCH 11/13] Bias the placement of kernel pages at lower pfns, Bias the placement of kernel pages at lower pfns Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:24 ` [PATCH 12/13] Be more agressive about stealing when MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE allocations fallback, Be more agressive about stealing when MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE allocations fallback Mel Gorman
2007-09-10 11:24 ` [PATCH 13/13] Print out statistics in relation to fragmentation avoidance to /proc/pagetypeinfo, Print out statistics in relation to fragmentation avoidance to /proc/pagetypeinfo Mel Gorman
2007-09-14  1:01 ` [PATCH 0/13] Reduce external fragmentation by grouping pages by mobility v30 Andrew Morton
2007-09-14 14:33   ` Mel Gorman
2007-09-16 10:34     ` Andrew Morton

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