[PATCH 04/10] mm: page_alloc: move free pages when converting block during isolation

From: Johannes Weiner
Date: Tue Mar 05 2024 - 23:17:15 EST


When claiming a block during compaction isolation, move any remaining
free pages to the correct freelists as well, instead of stranding them
on the wrong list. Otherwise, this encourages incompatible page mixing
down the line, and thus long-term fragmentation.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 3f9ea4c392d5..0f385531e130 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2666,9 +2666,12 @@ int __isolate_free_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
* Only change normal pageblocks (i.e., they can merge
* with others)
*/
- if (migratetype_is_mergeable(mt))
+ if (migratetype_is_mergeable(mt)) {
set_pageblock_migratetype(page,
MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
+ move_freepages_block(zone, page,
+ MIGRATE_MOVABLE, NULL);
+ }
}
}

--
2.44.0