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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index d4e106b5dc27..0d8415820fc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
* Lower value means higher priority, analogically to reclaim priority.
*/
enum compact_priority {
+ COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_FULL,
+ MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_FULL,
COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
- MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
+ MIN_COMPACT_COSTLY_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
DEF_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
COMPACT_PRIO_ASYNC,
INIT_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_ASYNC
@@ -49,14 +51,37 @@ enum compact_result {
COMPACT_CONTENDED,
/*
- * direct compaction partially compacted a zone and there might be
- * suitable pages
+ * direct compaction terminated after concluding that the allocation
+ * should now succeed
*/
- COMPACT_PARTIAL,
+ COMPACT_SUCCESS,
};
struct alloc_context; /* in mm/internal.h */
+/*
+ * Number of free order-0 pages that should be available above given watermark
+ * to make sure compaction has reasonable chance of not running out of free
+ * pages that it needs to isolate as migration target during its work.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long compact_gap(unsigned int order)
+{
+ /*
+ * Although all the isolations for migration are temporary, compaction
+ * free scanner may have up to 1 << order pages on its list and then
+ * try to split an (order - 1) free page. At that point, a gap of
+ * 1 << order might not be enough, so it's safer to require twice that
+ * amount. Note that the number of pages on the list is also
+ * effectively limited by COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX, as that's the maximum
+ * that the migrate scanner can have isolated on migrate list, and free
+ * scanner is only invoked when the number of isolated free pages is
+ * lower than that. But it's not worth to complicate the formula here
+ * as a bigger gap for higher orders than strictly necessary can also
+ * improve chances of compaction success.
+ */
+ return 2UL << order;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
extern int sysctl_compact_memory;
extern int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -70,7 +95,6 @@ extern int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
extern enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask,
unsigned int order, unsigned int alloc_flags,
const struct alloc_context *ac, enum compact_priority prio);
-extern void compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order);
extern void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat);
extern enum compact_result compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
unsigned int alloc_flags, int classzone_idx);
@@ -89,7 +113,7 @@ static inline bool compaction_made_progress(enum compact_result result)
* that the compaction successfully isolated and migrated some
* pageblocks.
*/
- if (result == COMPACT_PARTIAL)
+ if (result == COMPACT_SUCCESS)
return true;
return false;
@@ -154,10 +178,6 @@ extern void kcompactd_stop(int nid);
extern void wakeup_kcompactd(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int classzone_idx);
#else
-static inline void compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
-{
-}
-
static inline void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
{
}