[PATCH 3.14 57/77] mm: page_alloc: lookup pageblock migratetype with IRQs enabled during free

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jan 27 2015 - 20:51:23 EST


3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

commit cfc47a2803db42140167b92d991ef04018e162c7 upstream.

get_pageblock_migratetype() is called during free with IRQs disabled.
This is unnecessary and disables IRQs for longer than necessary.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -774,9 +774,9 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page
if (!free_pages_prepare(page, order))
return;

+ migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
local_irq_save(flags);
__count_vm_events(PGFREE, 1 << order);
- migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
set_freepage_migratetype(page, migratetype);
free_one_page(page_zone(page), page, pfn, order, migratetype);
local_irq_restore(flags);


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