From 4008bab7b3969ad9f9dd1d02096a3f0aa5610bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cody P Schafer Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:01:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: factor out setting of pcp->high and pcp->batch "Problems" with the current code: 1: there is a lack of synchronization in setting ->high and ->batch in percpu_pagelist_fraction_sysctl_handler() 2: stop_machine() in zone_pcp_update() is unnecissary. 3: zone_pcp_update() does not consider the case where percpu_pagelist_fraction is non-zero To fix: 1: add memory barriers, a safe ->batch value, an update side mutex when updating ->high and ->batch, and use ACCESS_ONCE() for ->batch users that expect a stable value. 2: avoid draining pages in zone_pcp_update(), rely upon the memory barriers added to fix #1 3: factor out quite a few functions, and then call the appropriate one. Note that it results in a change to the behavior of zone_pcp_update(), which is used by memory_hotplug. I'm rather certain that I've diserned (and preserved) the essential behavior (changing ->high and ->batch), and only eliminated unneeded actions (draining the per cpu pages), but this may not be the case. Further note that the draining of pages that previously took place in zone_pcp_update() occured after repeated draining when attempting to offline a page, and after the offline has "succeeded". It appears that the draining was added to zone_pcp_update() to avoid refactoring setup_pageset() into 2 funtions. This patch: Creates pageset_set_batch() for use in setup_pageset(). pageset_set_batch() imitates the functionality of setup_pagelist_highmark(), but uses the boot time (percpu_pagelist_fraction == 0) calculations for determining ->high based on ->batch. Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer Cc: Gilad Ben-Yossef Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Pekka Enberg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/page_alloc.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index c3edb624fccf..d4bcc20ab6f0 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -4032,6 +4032,14 @@ static int __meminit zone_batchsize(struct zone *zone) #endif } +/* a companion to setup_pagelist_highmark() */ +static void pageset_set_batch(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long batch) +{ + struct per_cpu_pages *pcp = &p->pcp; + pcp->high = 6 * batch; + pcp->batch = max(1UL, 1 * batch); +} + static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long batch) { struct per_cpu_pages *pcp; @@ -4041,8 +4049,7 @@ static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long batch) pcp = &p->pcp; pcp->count = 0; - pcp->high = 6 * batch; - pcp->batch = max(1UL, 1 * batch); + pageset_set_batch(p, batch); for (migratetype = 0; migratetype < MIGRATE_PCPTYPES; migratetype++) INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pcp->lists[migratetype]); } @@ -4051,7 +4058,6 @@ static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long batch) * setup_pagelist_highmark() sets the high water mark for hot per_cpu_pagelist * to the value high for the pageset p. */ - static void setup_pagelist_highmark(struct per_cpu_pageset *p, unsigned long high) { -- 2.30.2