[PATCH 18/25] Do not disable interrupts in free_page_mlock()

Mel Gorman
2009-04-20T22:20:10Z

free_page_mlock() tests and clears PG_mlocked using locked versions of the
bit operations. If set, it disables interrupts to update counters and this
happens on every page free even though interrupts are disabled very shortly
afterwards a second time. This is wasteful.

This patch splits what free_page_mlock() does. The bit check is still
made. However, the update of counters is delayed until the interrupts are
disabled and the non-lock version for clearing the bit is used. One potential
weirdness with this split is that the counters do not get updated if the
bad_page() check is triggered but a system showing bad pages is getting
screwed already.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/internal.h | 11 +++--------
mm/page_alloc.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 987bb03..58ec1bc 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -157,14 +157,9 @@ static inline void mlock_migrate_page(struct page *newpage, struct page *page)
*/
static inline void free_page_mlock(struct page *page)
{
- if (unlikely(TestClearPageMlocked(page))) {
- unsigned long flags;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
- __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_MLOCK);
- __count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_MLOCKFREED);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- }
+ __ClearPageMlocked(page);
+ __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_MLOCK);
+ __count_vm_event(UNEVICTABLE_MLOCKFREED);
}

#else /* CONFIG_HAVE_MLOCKED_PAGE_BIT */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a1ca038..bf4b8d9 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static inline void __free_one_page(struct page *page,

static inline int free_pages_check(struct page *page)
{
- free_page_mlock(page);
if (unlikely(page_mapcount(page) |
(page->mapping != NULL) |
(page_count(page) != 0) |
@@ -556,6 +555,7 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
unsigned long flags;
int i;
int bad = 0;
+ int clearMlocked = PageMlocked(page);

for (i = 0 ; i < (1 << order) ; ++i)
bad += free_pages_check(page + i);
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
kernel_map_pages(page, 1 << order, 0);

local_irq_save(flags);
+ if (unlikely(clearMlocked))
+ free_page_mlock(page);
__count_vm_events(PGFREE, 1 << order);
free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, order,
get_pageblock_migratetype(page));
@@ -1018,6 +1020,7 @@ static void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)
struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
struct per_cpu_pages *pcp;
unsigned long flags;
+ int clearMlocked = PageMlocked(page);

if (PageAnon(page))
page->mapping = NULL;
@@ -1033,7 +1036,10 @@ static void free_hot_cold_page(struct page *page, int cold)

pcp = &zone_pcp(zone, get_cpu())->pcp;
local_irq_save(flags);
+ if (unlikely(clearMlocked))
+ free_page_mlock(page);
__count_vm_event(PGFREE);
+
if (cold)
list_add_tail(&page->lru, &pcp->list);
else
--
1.5.6.5