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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 7c44b49cec40..8d52ab18fe0d 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1123,10 +1123,19 @@ static void change_pageblock_range(struct page *pageblock_page, } /* - * If breaking a large block of pages, move all free pages to the preferred - * allocation list. If falling back for a reclaimable kernel allocation, be - * more aggressive about taking ownership of free pages. If we claim more than - * half of the pageblock, change pageblock's migratetype as well. + * When we are falling back to another migratetype during allocation, try to + * steal extra free pages from the same pageblocks to satisfy further + * allocations, instead of polluting multiple pageblocks. + * + * If we are stealing a relatively large buddy page, it is likely there will + * be more free pages in the pageblock, so try to steal them all. For + * reclaimable and unmovable allocations, we steal regardless of page size, + * as fragmentation caused by those allocations polluting movable pageblocks + * is worse than movable allocations stealing from unmovable and reclaimable + * pageblocks. + * + * If we claim more than half of the pageblock, change pageblock's migratetype + * as well. */ static void try_to_steal_freepages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, int start_type, int fallback_type) @@ -1141,6 +1150,7 @@ static void try_to_steal_freepages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, if (current_order >= pageblock_order / 2 || start_type == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE || + start_type == MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE || page_group_by_mobility_disabled) { int pages; |