2023-08-01 13:42:49

by Miaohe Lin

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Subject: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: avoid unneeded alike_pages calculation

When free_pages is 0, alike_pages is not used. So alike_pages calculation
can be avoided by checking free_pages early to save cpu cycles. Also fix
typo 'comparable'. It should be 'compatible' here.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <[email protected]>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8fe9ff917850..d7a357cb21ee 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1833,6 +1833,10 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,

free_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, start_type,
&movable_pages);
+ /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
+ if (!free_pages)
+ goto single_page;
+
/*
* Determine how many pages are compatible with our allocation.
* For movable allocation, it's the number of movable pages which
@@ -1854,14 +1858,9 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
else
alike_pages = 0;
}
-
- /* moving whole block can fail due to zone boundary conditions */
- if (!free_pages)
- goto single_page;
-
/*
* If a sufficient number of pages in the block are either free or of
- * comparable migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block.
+ * compatible migratability as our allocation, claim the whole block.
*/
if (free_pages + alike_pages >= (1 << (pageblock_order-1)) ||
page_group_by_mobility_disabled)
--
2.33.0