Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] mm/compaction: enable compacting >0 order folios.

[Baolin Wang]

On 11/14/2023 1:01 AM, Zi Yan wrote:
> From: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> migrate_pages() supports >0 order folio migration and during compaction,
> even if compaction_alloc() cannot provide >0 order free pages,
> migrate_pages() can split the source page and try to migrate the base pages
> from the split. It can be a baseline and start point for adding support for
> compacting >0 order folios.
>
> Suggested-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   mm/compaction.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index 01ba298739dd..5217dd35b493 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -816,6 +816,21 @@ static bool too_many_isolated(struct compact_control *cc)
>   	return too_many;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * 1. if the page order is larger than or equal to target_order (i.e.,
> + * cc->order and when it is not -1 for global compaction), skip it since
> + * target_order already indicates no free page with larger than target_order
> + * exists and later migrating it will most likely fail;
> + *
> + * 2. compacting > pageblock_order pages does not improve memory fragmentation,
> + * skip them;
> + */
> +static bool skip_isolation_on_order(int order, int target_order)
> +{
> +	return (target_order != -1 && order >= target_order) ||
> +		order >= pageblock_order;
> +}
> +
>   /**
>    * isolate_migratepages_block() - isolate all migrate-able pages within
>    *				  a single pageblock
> @@ -1009,7 +1024,7 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
>   		/*
>   		 * Regardless of being on LRU, compound pages such as THP and
>   		 * hugetlbfs are not to be compacted unless we are attempting
> -		 * an allocation much larger than the huge page size (eg CMA).
> +		 * an allocation larger than the compound page size.
>   		 * We can potentially save a lot of iterations if we skip them
>   		 * at once. The check is racy, but we can consider only valid
>   		 * values and the only danger is skipping too much.
> @@ -1017,11 +1032,18 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
>   		if (PageCompound(page) && !cc->alloc_contig) {
>   			const unsigned int order = compound_order(page);
>   
> -			if (likely(order <= MAX_ORDER)) {
> -				low_pfn += (1UL << order) - 1;
> -				nr_scanned += (1UL << order) - 1;
> +			/*
> +			 * Skip based on page order and compaction target order
> +			 * and skip hugetlbfs pages.
> +			 */
> +			if (skip_isolation_on_order(order, cc->order) ||
> +			    PageHuge(page)) {
> +				if (order <= MAX_ORDER) {
> +					low_pfn += (1UL << order) - 1;
> +					nr_scanned += (1UL << order) - 1;
> +				}
> +				goto isolate_fail;
>   			}
> -			goto isolate_fail;
>   		}
>   
>   		/*
> @@ -1144,17 +1166,18 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
>   					goto isolate_abort;
>   				}
>   			}
> +		}
>   
> -			/*
> -			 * folio become large since the non-locked check,
> -			 * and it's on LRU.
> -			 */
> -			if (unlikely(folio_test_large(folio) && !cc->alloc_contig)) {
> -				low_pfn += folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;
> -				nr_scanned += folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;
> -				folio_set_lru(folio);
> -				goto isolate_fail_put;
> -			}
> +		/*
> +		 * Check LRU folio order under the lock
> +		 */
> +		if (unlikely(skip_isolation_on_order(folio_order(folio),
> +						     cc->order) &&
> +			     !cc->alloc_contig)) {
> +			low_pfn += folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;
> +			nr_scanned += folio_nr_pages(folio) - 1;
> +			folio_set_lru(folio);
> +			goto isolate_fail_put;
>   		}

Why was this part moved out of the 'if (lruvec != locked)' block? If we 
hold the lru lock, then we do not need to check again, right?