+ mm-page_alloc-remove-mistaken-page-==-null-check-in-rmqueue.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/page_alloc: remove mistaken page == NULL check in rmqueue
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-page_alloc-remove-mistaken-page-==-null-check-in-rmqueue.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-remove-mistaken-page-==-null-check-in-rmqueue.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Subject: mm/page_alloc: remove mistaken page == NULL check in rmqueue
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:54:20 +0100

If a page allocation fails, the ZONE_BOOSTER_WATERMARK should be tested,
cleared and kswapd woken whether the allocation attempt was via the PCP or
directly via the buddy list.

Remove the page == NULL so the ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK bit is checked
unconditionally.  As it is unlikely that ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK is set,
mark the branch accordingly.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220624125423.6126-5-mgorman@techsingularity.net
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-remove-mistaken-page-==-null-check-in-rmqueue
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3781,12 +3781,10 @@ struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *prefer
 
 	page = rmqueue_buddy(preferred_zone, zone, order, alloc_flags,
 							migratetype);
-	if (unlikely(!page))
-		return NULL;
 
 out:
 	/* Separate test+clear to avoid unnecessary atomics */
-	if (test_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags)) {
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags))) {
 		clear_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags);
 		wakeup_kswapd(zone, 0, 0, zone_idx(zone));
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mgorman@techsingularity.net are

mm-page_alloc-add-page-buddy_list-and-page-pcp_list.patch
mm-page_alloc-use-only-one-pcp-list-for-thp-sized-allocations.patch
mm-page_alloc-split-out-buddy-removal-code-from-rmqueue-into-separate-helper.patch
mm-page_alloc-remove-mistaken-page-==-null-check-in-rmqueue.patch
mm-page_alloc-protect-pcp-lists-with-a-spinlock.patch
mm-page_alloc-replace-local_lock-with-normal-spinlock.patch