Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] mm/compaction: optimize >0 order folio compaction with free page split.

[Yu Zhao]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:35 AM Zi Yan <zi.yan@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> During migration in a memory compaction, free pages are placed in an array
> of page lists based on their order.  But the desired free page order
> (i.e., the order of a source page) might not be always present, thus
> leading to migration failures and premature compaction termination.  Split
> a high order free pages when source migration page has a lower order to
> increase migration successful rate.
>
> Note: merging free pages when a migration fails and a lower order free
> page is returned via compaction_free() is possible, but there is too much
> work.  Since the free pages are not buddy pages, it is hard to identify
> these free pages using existing PFN-based page merging algorithm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Adam Manzanares <a.manzanares@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/compaction.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
> index d0a05a621b67..25908e36b97c 100644
> --- a/mm/compaction.c
> +++ b/mm/compaction.c
> @@ -1832,15 +1832,41 @@ static struct folio *compaction_alloc(struct folio *src, unsigned long data)
>         struct compact_control *cc = (struct compact_control *)data;
>         struct folio *dst;
>         int order = folio_order(src);
> +       bool has_isolated_pages = false;
> +       int start_order;
> +       struct page *freepage;
> +       unsigned long size;
> +
> +again:
> +       for (start_order = order; start_order < NR_PAGE_ORDERS; start_order++)
> +               if (!list_empty(&cc->freepages[start_order]))
> +                       break;
>
> -       if (list_empty(&cc->freepages[order])) {
> -               isolate_freepages(cc);
> -               if (list_empty(&cc->freepages[order]))
> +       /* no free pages in the list */
> +       if (start_order == NR_PAGE_ORDERS) {
> +               if (!has_isolated_pages) {
> +                       isolate_freepages(cc);
> +                       has_isolated_pages = true;
> +                       goto again;
> +               } else
>                         return NULL;

Nit: remove the "else" above, or just:

        if (has_isolated_pages)
                return NULL;
        isolate_freepages(cc);
        has_isolated_pages = true;
        goto again;