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-rw-r--r--include/linux/hugetlb.h30
-rw-r--r--mm/hugetlb.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/migrate.c2
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 087fd5f48c91..1b858d795731 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -506,6 +506,31 @@ static inline bool hugepage_migration_supported(struct hstate *h)
#endif
}
+/*
+ * Movability check is different as compared to migration check.
+ * It determines whether or not a huge page should be placed on
+ * movable zone or not. Movability of any huge page should be
+ * required only if huge page size is supported for migration.
+ * There wont be any reason for the huge page to be movable if
+ * it is not migratable to start with. Also the size of the huge
+ * page should be large enough to be placed under a movable zone
+ * and still feasible enough to be migratable. Just the presence
+ * in movable zone does not make the migration feasible.
+ *
+ * So even though large huge page sizes like the gigantic ones
+ * are migratable they should not be movable because its not
+ * feasible to migrate them from movable zone.
+ */
+static inline bool hugepage_movable_supported(struct hstate *h)
+{
+ if (!hugepage_migration_supported(h))
+ return false;
+
+ if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
{
@@ -602,6 +627,11 @@ static inline bool hugepage_migration_supported(struct hstate *h)
return false;
}
+static inline bool hugepage_movable_supported(struct hstate *h)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline spinlock_t *huge_pte_lockptr(struct hstate *h,
struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
{
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3c504fa6b460..2fb3062a3595 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ retry_cpuset:
/* Movability of hugepages depends on migration support. */
static inline gfp_t htlb_alloc_mask(struct hstate *h)
{
- if (hugepage_migration_supported(h))
+ if (hugepage_movable_supported(h))
return GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE;
else
return GFP_HIGHUSER;
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 181f5d2718a9..0413596fc523 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static int unmap_and_move_huge_page(new_page_t get_new_page,
struct anon_vma *anon_vma = NULL;
/*
- * Movability of hugepages depends on architectures and hugepage size.
+ * Migratability of hugepages depends on architectures and their size.
* This check is necessary because some callers of hugepage migration
* like soft offline and memory hotremove don't walk through page
* tables or check whether the hugepage is pmd-based or not before