Re: [PATCH v3] mm/page_alloc: detect allocation forbidden by cpuset and bail out early

[Michal Hocko <mhocko-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue 14-09-21 10:01:26, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 9/14/21 05:40, Feng Tang wrote:
[...]
> > +/* Whether the 'nodes' are all movable nodes */
> > +static inline bool movable_only_nodes(nodemask_t *nodes)
> > +{
> > +	struct zonelist *zonelist;
> > +	struct zoneref *z;
> > +
> > +	if (nodes_empty(*nodes))
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	zonelist =
> > +	    &NODE_DATA(first_node(*nodes))->node_zonelists[ZONELIST_FALLBACK];
> > +	z = first_zones_zonelist(zonelist, ZONE_NORMAL,	nodes);
> > +	return (!z->zone) ? true : false;
> > +}
> 
> Hmm, could all that become just this?
> 
> !nodes_intersects(&node_states[N_NORMAL_MEMORY], nodes)

Maybe yes but I find the zonelist approach much easier to follow even
though the code looks more complex at first sight. It talks about an
empty zone list for ZONE_NORMAL request which is quite clear from the
scribble. I always have to re-learn how the N*MEMORY works TBH. Maybe
this is just me though.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs