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| From | Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH 18/28] mm, page_alloc: Shorten the page allocator fast path |
| Date | 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ro7Vi-Er-59@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ro7LB-hc-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <ro7Vg-Er-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
The page allocator fast path checks page multiple times unnecessarily.
This patch avoids all the slowpath checks if the first allocation attempt
succeeds.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 835a1c434832..7a5f6ff4ea06 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3392,22 +3392,17 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
/* First allocation attempt */
page = get_page_from_freelist(alloc_mask, order, alloc_flags, &ac);
- if (unlikely(!page)) {
- /*
- * Runtime PM, block IO and its error handling path
- * can deadlock because I/O on the device might not
- * complete.
- */
- alloc_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask);
- ac.spread_dirty_pages = false;
-
- page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order, &ac);
- }
+ if (likely(page))
+ goto out;
- if (kmemcheck_enabled && page)
- kmemcheck_pagealloc_alloc(page, order, gfp_mask);
+ /*
+ * Runtime PM, block IO and its error handling path can deadlock
+ * because I/O on the device might not complete.
+ */
+ alloc_mask = memalloc_noio_flags(gfp_mask);
+ ac.spread_dirty_pages = false;
- trace_mm_page_alloc(page, order, alloc_mask, ac.migratetype);
+ page = __alloc_pages_slowpath(alloc_mask, order, &ac);
/*
* When updating a task's mems_allowed, it is possible to race with
@@ -3420,6 +3415,12 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
goto retry_cpuset;
}
+out:
+ if (kmemcheck_enabled && page)
+ kmemcheck_pagealloc_alloc(page, order, gfp_mask);
+
+ trace_mm_page_alloc(page, order, alloc_mask, ac.migratetype);
+
return page;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_pages_nodemask);
--
2.6.4
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[PATCH 00/28] Optimise page alloc/free fast paths v3 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:00 +0200
[PATCH 01/28] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 01/28] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-25 11:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 01/28] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-26 12:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 01/28] mm, page_alloc: Only check PageCompound for high-order pages Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:30 +0200
[PATCH 21/28] mm, page_alloc: Avoid looking up the first zone in a zonelist twice Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 21/28] mm, page_alloc: Avoid looking up the first zone in a zonelist twice Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 19:50 +0200
[PATCH 04/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline zone_statistics Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 04/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline zone_statistics Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-25 13:20 +0200
[PATCH 15/28] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 15/28] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 15:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 15/28] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-26 17:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 15/28] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 17:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 15/28] mm, page_alloc: Move might_sleep_if check to the allocator slowpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-26 18:30 +0200
[PATCH 19/28] mm, page_alloc: Reduce cost of fair zone allocation policy retry Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 13/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove redundant check for empty zonelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 22/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove field from alloc_context Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 14/28] mm, page_alloc: Simplify last cpupid reset Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 14/28] mm, page_alloc: Simplify last cpupid reset Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 15:40 +0200
[PATCH 20/28] mm, page_alloc: Shortcut watermark checks for order-0 pages Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 16/28] mm, page_alloc: Move __GFP_HARDWALL modifications out of the fastpath Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 16/28] mm, page_alloc: Move __GFP_HARDWALL modifications out of the fastpath Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 16:20 +0200
[PATCH 17/28] mm, page_alloc: Check once if a zone has isolated pageblocks Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 17/28] mm, page_alloc: Check once if a zone has isolated pageblocks Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 16:30 +0200
[PATCH 18/28] mm, page_alloc: Shorten the page allocator fast path Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 18/28] mm, page_alloc: Shorten the page allocator fast path Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 17:30 +0200
[PATCH 26/28] cpuset: use static key better and convert to new API Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 26/28] cpuset: use static key better and convert to new API Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 22:00 +0200
[PATCH 27/28] mm, page_alloc: Defer debugging checks of freed pages until a PCP drain Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 27/28] mm, page_alloc: Defer debugging checks of freed pages until a PCP drain Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 14:00 +0200
[PATCH 2/3] mm, page_alloc: pull out side effects from free_pages_check Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, page_alloc: pull out side effects from free_pages_check Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-27 14:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, page_alloc: pull out side effects from free_pages_check Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 15:10 +0200
[PATCH 3/3] mm, page_alloc: don't duplicate code in free_pcp_prepare Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 14:10 +0200
[PATCH 1/3] mm, page_alloc: un-inline the bad part of free_pages_check Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm, page_alloc: un-inline the bad part of free_pages_check Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-27 14:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm, page_alloc: un-inline the bad part of free_pages_check Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 15:00 +0200
[PATCH 25/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline pageblock lookup in page free fast paths Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
[PATCH 24/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary variable from free_pcppages_bulk Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
[PATCH 23/28] mm, page_alloc: Check multiple page fields with a single branch Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 23/28] mm, page_alloc: Check multiple page fields with a single branch Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 20:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 23/28] mm, page_alloc: Check multiple page fields with a single branch Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-27 12:10 +0200
[PATCH 28/28] mm, page_alloc: Defer debugging checks of pages allocated from the PCP Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 28/28] mm, page_alloc: Defer debugging checks of pages allocated from the PCP Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-27 16:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 28/28] mm, page_alloc: Defer debugging checks of pages allocated from the PCP Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-27 17:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 13/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove redundant check for empty zonelist Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 13/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove redundant check for empty zonelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-26 15:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 13/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove redundant check for empty zonelist Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-04-26 21:20 +0200
[PATCH 07/28] mm, page_alloc: Avoid unnecessary zone lookups during pageblock operations Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 07/28] mm, page_alloc: Avoid unnecessary zone lookups during pageblock operations Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:30 +0200
[PATCH 02/28] mm, page_alloc: Use new PageAnonHead helper in the free page fast path Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 02/28] mm, page_alloc: Use new PageAnonHead helper in the free page fast path Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-25 12:00 +0200
[PATCH 11/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation in get_page_from_freelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 06/28] mm, page_alloc: Use __dec_zone_state for order-0 page allocation Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 06/28] mm, page_alloc: Use __dec_zone_state for order-0 page allocation Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:30 +0200
[PATCH 09/28] mm, page_alloc: Convert nr_fair_skipped to bool Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 09/28] mm, page_alloc: Convert nr_fair_skipped to bool Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:40 +0200
[PATCH 08/28] mm, page_alloc: Convert alloc_flags to unsigned Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
[PATCH 03/28] mm, page_alloc: Reduce branches in zone_statistics Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 03/28] mm, page_alloc: Reduce branches in zone_statistics Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-25 13:20 +0200
[PATCH 05/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 05/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-25 17:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 05/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-26 12:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 05/28] mm, page_alloc: Inline the fast path of the zonelist iterator Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:10 +0200
[PATCH 10/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary local variable in get_page_from_freelist Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 10/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary local variable in get_page_from_freelist Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 00/28] Optimise page alloc/free fast paths v3 Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> - 2016-04-15 14:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 00/28] Optimise page alloc/free fast paths v3 Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-15 15:10 +0200
[PATCH 12/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation from __alloc_pages_nodemask() Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> - 2016-04-16 09:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 12/28] mm, page_alloc: Remove unnecessary initialisation from __alloc_pages_nodemask() Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> - 2016-04-26 13:50 +0200
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