[patch 112/262] mm/page_alloc.c: do not acquire zone lock in is_free_buddy_page()

Andrew Morton
2021-11-05T20:40:34Z

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: mm/page_alloc.c: do not acquire zone lock in is_free_buddy_page()

Grabbing zone lock in is_free_buddy_page() gives a wrong sense of safety,
and has potential performance implications when zone is experiencing lock
contention.

In any case, if a caller needs a stable result, it should grab zone lock
before calling this function.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210922152833.4023972-1-eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

mm/page_alloc.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-do-not-acquire-zone-lock-in-is_free_buddy_page
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -9356,21 +9356,21 @@ void __offline_isolated_pages(unsigned l
}
#endif

+/*
+ * This function returns a stable result only if called under zone lock.
+ */
bool is_free_buddy_page(struct page *page)
{
- struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
- unsigned long flags;
unsigned int order;

- spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
struct page *page_head = page - (pfn & ((1 << order) - 1));

- if (PageBuddy(page_head) && buddy_order(page_head) >= order)
+ if (PageBuddy(page_head) &&
+ buddy_order_unsafe(page_head) >= order)
break;
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);

return order < MAX_ORDER;
}
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