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Wong" , linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] iomap: avoid compaction for costly folio order allocation In-Reply-To: <20260403193535.9970-2-dipiets@amazon.it> Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:43:06 +0530 Message-ID: References: <20260403193535.9970-1-dipiets@amazon.it> <20260403193535.9970-2-dipiets@amazon.it> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Let's cc: linux-mm too. Salvatore Dipietro writes: > Commit 5d8edfb900d5 ("iomap: Copy larger chunks from userspace") > introduced high-order folio allocations in the buffered write > path. When memory is fragmented, each failed allocation triggers Isn't it the right thing to do i.e. run compaction, when memory is fragmented? > compaction and drain_all_pages() via __alloc_pages_slowpath(), > causing a 0.75x throughput drop on pgbench (simple-update) with > 1024 clients on a 96-vCPU arm64 system. > I think removing the __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM flag unconditionally at the caller may cause -ENOMEM. Note that it is the __filemap_get_folio() which retries with smaller order allocations, so instead of changing the callers, shouldn't this be fixed in __filemap_get_folio() instead? Maybe in there too, we should keep the reclaim flag (if passed by caller) at least for <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER + 1 Thoughts? -ritesh