On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 02:25:13PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 07/20/2015 10:00 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > static bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order,
> > unsigned long mark, int classzone_idx, int alloc_flags,
> > @@ -2259,7 +2261,7 @@ static bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z,
> > unsigned int order,
> > {
> > long min = mark;
> > int o;
> > - long free_cma = 0;
> > + const bool atomic = (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER);
> >
> > /* free_pages may go negative - that's OK */
> > free_pages -= (1 << order) - 1;
> > @@ -2271,7 +2273,7 @@ static bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z,
> > unsigned int order,
> > * If the caller is not atomic then discount the reserves. This will
> > * over-estimate how the atomic reserve but it avoids a search
> > */
> > - if (likely(!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER)))
> > + if (likely(!atomic))
> > free_pages -= z->nr_reserved_highatomic;
> > else
> > min -= min / 4;
> > @@ -2279,22 +2281,30 @@ static bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z,
> > unsigned int order,
> > #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
> > /* If allocation can't use CMA areas don't use free CMA pages */
> > if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_CMA))
> > - free_cma = zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES);
> > + free_pages -= zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES);
> > #endif
> >
> > - if (free_pages - free_cma <= min + z->lowmem_reserve[classzone_idx])
> > + if (free_pages <= min + z->lowmem_reserve[classzone_idx])
> > return false;
> > - for (o = 0; o < order; o++) {
> > - /* At the next order, this order's pages become unavailable */
> > - free_pages -= z->free_area[o].nr_free << o;
> >
> > - /* Require fewer higher order pages to be free */
> > - min >>= 1;
> > + /* order-0 watermarks are ok */
> > + if (!order)
> > + return true;
> > +
> > + /* Check at least one high-order page is free */
> > + for (o = order; o < MAX_ORDER; o++) {
> > + struct free_area *area = &z->free_area[o];
> > + int mt;
> > +
> > + if (atomic && area->nr_free)
> > + return true;
>
> This may be a false positive due to MIGRATE_CMA or MIGRATE_ISOLATE pages being
> the only free ones. But maybe it doesn't matter that much?
>
I don't think it does. If it it's a false positive then a high-order
atomic allocation may fail which is still meant to be a situation the
caller can cope with.
For MIGRATE_ISOLATE, it's a transient situation.
If this can be demonstrated as a problem for users of CMA then it would be
best to be certain there is a use case that requires more reliable high-order
atomic allocations *and* CMA at the same time. Ordinarily, CMA users are
also not atomic because they cannot migrate. If such an important use case
can be identified then it's a one-liner patch and a changelog that adds
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMA) && atomic && area->nr_free)
> >
> > - if (free_pages <= min)
> > - return false;
> > + for (mt = 0; mt < MIGRATE_PCPTYPES; mt++) {
> > + if (!list_empty(&area->free_list[mt]))
> > + return true;
> > + }
>
> This may be a false negative for ALLOC_CMA allocations, if the only free pages
> are of MIGRATE_CMA. Arguably that's the worse case than a false positive?
>
I also think this is unlikely that there are many high-order atomic
allocations and CMA at the same time. If it's identified to be the case
then CMA also needs to check the pageblock type inside when CONFIG_CMA
is enabled. Again, it's something I would prefer to see that has a
concrete use case first.
--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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