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authorMel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>2010-05-24 14:32:27 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-25 08:06:59 -0700
commit748446bb6b5a9390b546af38ec899c868a9dbcf0 (patch)
tree4c27d0805a5e094b39ff938ad60dd270b953a79f /mm/page_alloc.c
parentc175a0ce7584e5b498fff8cbdb9aa7912aa9fbba (diff)
downloadlinux-748446bb6b5a9390b546af38ec899c868a9dbcf0.tar.bz2
mm: compaction: memory compaction core
This patch is the core of a mechanism which compacts memory in a zone by relocating movable pages towards the end of the zone. A single compaction run involves a migration scanner and a free scanner. Both scanners operate on pageblock-sized areas in the zone. The migration scanner starts at the bottom of the zone and searches for all movable pages within each area, isolating them onto a private list called migratelist. The free scanner starts at the top of the zone and searches for suitable areas and consumes the free pages within making them available for the migration scanner. The pages isolated for migration are then migrated to the newly isolated free pages. [aarcange@redhat.com: Fix unsafe optimisation] [mel@csn.ul.ie: do not schedule work on other CPUs for compaction] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index cefe6fe8d991..c54376a09f30 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1208,6 +1208,51 @@ void split_page(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
}
/*
+ * Similar to split_page except the page is already free. As this is only
+ * being used for migration, the migratetype of the block also changes.
+ * As this is called with interrupts disabled, the caller is responsible
+ * for calling arch_alloc_page() and kernel_map_page() after interrupts
+ * are enabled.
+ *
+ * Note: this is probably too low level an operation for use in drivers.
+ * Please consult with lkml before using this in your driver.
+ */
+int split_free_page(struct page *page)
+{
+ unsigned int order;
+ unsigned long watermark;
+ struct zone *zone;
+
+ BUG_ON(!PageBuddy(page));
+
+ zone = page_zone(page);
+ order = page_order(page);
+
+ /* Obey watermarks as if the page was being allocated */
+ watermark = low_wmark_pages(zone) + (1 << order);
+ if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, 0, watermark, 0, 0))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Remove page from free list */
+ list_del(&page->lru);
+ zone->free_area[order].nr_free--;
+ rmv_page_order(page);
+ __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(1UL << order));
+
+ /* Split into individual pages */
+ set_page_refcounted(page);
+ split_page(page, order);
+
+ if (order >= pageblock_order - 1) {
+ struct page *endpage = page + (1 << order) - 1;
+ for (; page < endpage; page += pageblock_nr_pages)
+ set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
+ }
+
+ return 1 << order;
+}
+
+/*
* Really, prep_compound_page() should be called from __rmqueue_bulk(). But
* we cheat by calling it from here, in the order > 0 path. Saves a branch
* or two.