Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible

[PATCH 0/9] Reduce compaction scanning and lock contention · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
[PATCH 1/9] Revert "mm: compaction: check lock contention first before taking lock" · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 1/9] Revert "mm: compaction: check lock contention first before taking lock" · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
[PATCH 3/9] Revert "mm: compaction: abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long" · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 3/9] Revert "mm: compaction: abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long" · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
[PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-26
Re: [PATCH 5/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lru_lock as late as possible · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-26
[PATCH 4/9] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 4/9] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 4/9] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 4/9] mm: compaction: Abort compaction loop if lock is contended or run too long · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
[PATCH 7/9] Revert "mm: have order > 0 compaction start off where it left" · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 7/9] Revert "mm: have order > 0 compaction start off where it left" · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 7/9] Revert "mm: have order > 0 compaction start off where it left" · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
[PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-24
Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 6/9] mm: compaction: Acquire the zone->lock as late as possible · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-25
[PATCH 9/9] mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 9/9] mm: compaction: Restart compaction from near where it left off · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
[PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-24
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-24
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-25
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> · 2012-09-25
[PATCH] mm: compaction: cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated -fix2 · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-27
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-27
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> · 2012-09-26
Re: [PATCH 8/9] mm: compaction: Cache if a pageblock was scanned and no pages were isolated · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-27
[PATCH 2/9] Revert "mm-compaction-abort-compaction-loop-if-lock-is-contended-or-run-too-long-fix" · Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 2/9] Revert "mm-compaction-abort-compaction-loop-if-lock-is-contended-or-run-too-long-fix" · Rafael Aquini <hidden> · 2012-09-21
Re: [PATCH 0/9] Reduce compaction scanning and lock contention · Rik van Riel <hidden> · 2012-09-21

From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Date: 2012-09-25 07:32:54
Also in: kvm, lkml, qemu-devel

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46:20AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:

Compactions free scanner acquires the zone->lock when checking for PageBuddy
pages and isolating them. It does this even if there are no PageBuddy pages
in the range.

This patch defers acquiring the zone lock for as long as possible. In the
event there are no free pages in the pageblock then the lock will not be
acquired at all which reduces contention on zone->lock.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <redacted>

Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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