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[PATCH 01/22] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages

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order-0 pages by definition cannot be compound so avoid the check in the
fast path for those pages.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 59de90d5d3a3..5d205bcfe10d 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1024,24 +1024,33 @@ void __meminit reserve_bootmem_region(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 static bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 {
-	bool compound = PageCompound(page);
-	int i, bad = 0;
+	int bad = 0;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
-	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && compound_order(page) != order, page);
 
 	trace_mm_page_free(page, order);
 	kmemcheck_free_shadow(page, order);
 	kasan_free_pages(page, order);
 
+	/*
+	 * Check tail pages before head page information is cleared to
+	 * avoid checking PageCompound for order-0 pages.
+	 */
+	if (order) {
+		bool compound = PageCompound(page);
+		int i;
+
+		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && compound_order(page) != order, page);
+
+		for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++) {
+			if (compound)
+				bad += free_tail_pages_check(page, page + i);
+			bad += free_pages_check(page + i);
+		}
+	}
 	if (PageAnon(page))
 		page->mapping = NULL;
 	bad += free_pages_check(page);
-	for (i = 1; i < (1 << order); i++) {
-		if (compound)
-			bad += free_tail_pages_check(page, page + i);
-		bad += free_pages_check(page + i);
-	}
 	if (bad)
 		return false;
 
-- 
2.6.4

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[PATCH 00/21] Optimise page alloc/free fast paths Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 08/22] mm, page_alloc: Convert alloc_flags to unsigned Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 04/22] mm, page_alloc: Inline zone_statistics Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 21/22] cpuset: use static key better and convert to new API Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 11/22] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation in get_page_from_freelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 14/22] mm, page_alloc: Simplify last cpupid reset Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 13/22] mm, page_alloc: Remove redundant check for empty zonelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 09/22] mm, page_alloc: Convert nr_fair_skipped to bool Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 15/22] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 20/22] mm, page_alloc: Check multiple page fields with a single branch Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 12/22] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation from __alloc_pages_nodemask() Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 19/22] mm, page_alloc: Avoid looking up the first zone in a zonelist twice Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 05/22] mm, page_alloc: Inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 02/22] mm, page_alloc: Use new PageAnonHead helper in the free page fast path Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 16/22] mm, page_alloc: Move __GFP_HARDWALL modifications out of the fastpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 17/22] mm, page_alloc: Reduce cost of fair zone allocation policy retry Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 18/22] mm, page_alloc: Shortcut watermark checks for order-0 pages Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/21] Optimise page alloc/free fast paths Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH 06/22] mm, page_alloc: Use __dec_zone_state for order-0 page allocation Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH 10/22] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary local variable in get_page_from_freelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH 07/22] mm, page_alloc: Avoid unnecessary zone lookups during pageblock operations Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +0200
  [PATCH 01/22] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:40 +0200
  [PATCH 03/22] mm, page_alloc: Reduce branches in zone_statistics Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-11 10:40 +0200

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