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From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Subject: [PATCH 4/5] lumpy: update commentry on subtle comparisons and rounding assumptions Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:35:53 -0800 [thread overview] Message-ID: <809581470a06dbac8c3e709828bf7e72@kernel> (raw) In-Reply-To: exportbomb.1172604830@kernel We have a number of subtle comparisons when scanning a block, and we make use of a lot of buddy mem_map guarentees. Add commentary about each. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> --- diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 2bfad79..bef7e92 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -709,7 +709,11 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan, /* * Attempt to take all pages in the order aligned region * surrounding the tag page. Only take those pages of - * the same active state as that tag page. + * the same active state as that tag page. We may safely + * round the target page pfn down to the requested order + * as the mem_map is guarenteed valid out to MAX_ORDER, + * where that page is in a different zone we will detect + * it from its zone id and abort this block scan. */ zone_id = page_zone_id(page); page_pfn = page_to_pfn(page); @@ -718,12 +722,15 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan, for (; pfn < end_pfn; pfn++) { struct page *cursor_page; + /* The target page is in the block, ignore it. */ if (unlikely(pfn == page_pfn)) continue; + /* Avoid holes within the zone. */ if (unlikely(!pfn_valid(pfn))) break; cursor_page = pfn_to_page(pfn); + /* Check that we have not crossed a zone boundary. */ if (unlikely(page_zone_id(cursor_page) != zone_id)) continue; scan++;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-27 19:35 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2007-02-27 19:33 [PATCH 0/5] Lumpy Reclaim V4 Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-27 19:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] Lumpy Reclaim V3 Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-28 18:14 ` Christoph Lameter 2007-03-02 15:45 ` Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-27 19:34 ` [PATCH 2/5] lumpy: isolate_lru_pages wants to specifically take active or inactive pages Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-28 18:17 ` Christoph Lameter 2007-03-02 15:57 ` Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-27 19:35 ` [PATCH 3/5] lumpy: ensure that we compare PageActive and active safely Andy Whitcroft 2007-02-27 19:35 ` Andy Whitcroft [this message] 2007-02-27 19:36 ` [PATCH 5/5] lumpy: only check for valid pages when holes are present Andy Whitcroft
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