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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c95
1 files changed, 59 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2ca3e9bd739..b09ce5fe0cd 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,52 @@ static void change_pageblock_range(struct page *pageblock_page,
}
}
+/*
+ * If breaking a large block of pages, move all free pages to the preferred
+ * allocation list. If falling back for a reclaimable kernel allocation, be
+ * more aggressive about taking ownership of free pages.
+ *
+ * On the other hand, never change migration type of MIGRATE_CMA pageblocks
+ * nor move CMA pages to different free lists. We don't want unmovable pages
+ * to be allocated from MIGRATE_CMA areas.
+ *
+ * Returns the new migratetype of the pageblock (or the same old migratetype
+ * if it was unchanged).
+ */
+static int try_to_steal_freepages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
+ int start_type, int fallback_type)
+{
+ int current_order = page_order(page);
+
+ if (is_migrate_cma(fallback_type))
+ return fallback_type;
+
+ /* Take ownership for orders >= pageblock_order */
+ if (current_order >= pageblock_order) {
+ change_pageblock_range(page, current_order, start_type);
+ return start_type;
+ }
+
+ if (current_order >= pageblock_order / 2 ||
+ start_type == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE ||
+ page_group_by_mobility_disabled) {
+ int pages;
+
+ pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type);
+
+ /* Claim the whole block if over half of it is free */
+ if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
+ page_group_by_mobility_disabled) {
+
+ set_pageblock_migratetype(page, start_type);
+ return start_type;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ return fallback_type;
+}
+
/* Remove an element from the buddy allocator from the fallback list */
static inline struct page *
__rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype)
@@ -1015,7 +1061,7 @@ __rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype)
struct free_area *area;
int current_order;
struct page *page;
- int migratetype, i;
+ int migratetype, new_type, i;
/* Find the largest possible block of pages in the other list */
for (current_order = MAX_ORDER-1; current_order >= order;
@@ -1035,51 +1081,28 @@ __rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype)
struct page, lru);
area->nr_free--;
- /*
- * If breaking a large block of pages, move all free
- * pages to the preferred allocation list. If falling
- * back for a reclaimable kernel allocation, be more
- * aggressive about taking ownership of free pages
- *
- * On the other hand, never change migration
- * type of MIGRATE_CMA pageblocks nor move CMA
- * pages on different free lists. We don't
- * want unmovable pages to be allocated from
- * MIGRATE_CMA areas.
- */
- if (!is_migrate_cma(migratetype) &&
- (current_order >= pageblock_order / 2 ||
- start_migratetype == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE ||
- page_group_by_mobility_disabled)) {
- int pages;
- pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page,
- start_migratetype);
-
- /* Claim the whole block if over half of it is free */
- if (pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
- page_group_by_mobility_disabled)
- set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
- start_migratetype);
-
- migratetype = start_migratetype;
- }
+ new_type = try_to_steal_freepages(zone, page,
+ start_migratetype,
+ migratetype);
/* Remove the page from the freelists */
list_del(&page->lru);
rmv_page_order(page);
- /* Take ownership for orders >= pageblock_order */
- if (current_order >= pageblock_order &&
- !is_migrate_cma(migratetype))
- change_pageblock_range(page, current_order,
- start_migratetype);
-
+ /*
+ * Borrow the excess buddy pages as well, irrespective
+ * of whether we stole freepages, or took ownership of
+ * the pageblock or not.
+ *
+ * Exception: When borrowing from MIGRATE_CMA, release
+ * the excess buddy pages to CMA itself.
+ */
expand(zone, page, order, current_order, area,
is_migrate_cma(migratetype)
? migratetype : start_migratetype);
trace_mm_page_alloc_extfrag(page, order, current_order,
- start_migratetype, migratetype);
+ start_migratetype, new_type);
return page;
}