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-rw-r--r--mm/page_alloc.c10
-rw-r--r--mm/page_isolation.c5
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index eb79d2af9de6..ea7b697bcf6c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -901,13 +901,17 @@ static inline void add_to_free_list_tail(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
area->nr_free++;
}
-/* Used for pages which are on another list */
+/*
+ * Used for pages which are on another list. Move the pages to the tail
+ * of the list - so the moved pages won't immediately be considered for
+ * allocation again (e.g., optimization for memory onlining).
+ */
static inline void move_to_free_list(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
unsigned int order, int migratetype)
{
struct free_area *area = &zone->free_area[order];
- list_move(&page->lru, &area->free_list[migratetype]);
+ list_move_tail(&page->lru, &area->free_list[migratetype]);
}
static inline void del_page_from_free_list(struct page *page, struct zone *zone,
@@ -2340,7 +2344,7 @@ static inline struct page *__rmqueue_cma_fallback(struct zone *zone,
#endif
/*
- * Move the free pages in a range to the free lists of the requested type.
+ * Move the free pages in a range to the freelist tail of the requested type.
* Note that start_page and end_pages are not aligned on a pageblock
* boundary. If alignment is required, use move_freepages_block()
*/
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index abfe26ad59fd..83692b937784 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ static void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, unsigned migratetype)
* If we isolate freepage with more than pageblock_order, there
* should be no freepage in the range, so we could avoid costly
* pageblock scanning for freepage moving.
+ *
+ * We didn't actually touch any of the isolated pages, so place them
+ * to the tail of the freelist. This is an optimization for memory
+ * onlining - just onlined memory won't immediately be considered for
+ * allocation.
*/
if (!isolated_page) {
nr_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, migratetype, NULL);