[PATCH 2/4] mm: compaction: Only force pageblock scan completion when skip hints are obeyed

Mel Gorman
2023-05-15T11:37:40Z

fast_find_migrateblock relies on skip hints to avoid rescanning a recently
selected pageblock but compact_zone() only forces the pageblock scan
completion to set the skip hint if in direct compaction. While this
prevents direct compaction repeatedly scanning a subset of blocks due
to fast_find_migrateblock(), it does not prevent proactive compaction,
node compaction and kcompactd encountering the same problem described
in commit cfccd2e63e7e ("mm, compaction: finish pageblocks on complete
migration failure").

Force the scan completion of a pageblock to set the skip hint if skip
hints are obeyed to prevent fast_find_migrateblock() repeatedly selecting
a subset of pageblocks.

Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
mm/compaction.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 81791c124bb8..accc6568091a 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -2456,7 +2456,8 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct capture_control *capc)
}
/*
* If an ASYNC or SYNC_LIGHT fails to migrate a page
- * within the current order-aligned block, scan the
+ * within the current order-aligned block and
+ * fast_find_migrateblock may be used then scan the
* remainder of the pageblock. This will mark the
* pageblock "skip" to avoid rescanning in the near
* future. This will isolate more pages than necessary
@@ -2465,7 +2466,7 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct capture_control *capc)
* recently partially scanned.
*/
if (!pageblock_aligned(cc->migrate_pfn) &&
- cc->direct_compaction && !cc->finish_pageblock &&
+ !cc->ignore_skip_hint && !cc->finish_pageblock &&
(cc->mode < MIGRATE_SYNC)) {
cc->finish_pageblock = true;

--
2.35.3