linux/mm/page_alloc.c, branch v2.6.30.2

mm: fix handling of pagesets for downed cpus

2009-07-02T23:50:33Z

commit 364df0ebfbbb1330bfc6ca159f4d6020efc15a12 upstream. After downing/upping a cpu, an attempt to set /proc/sys/vm/percpu_pagelist_fraction results in an oops in percpu_pagelist_fraction_sysctl_handler(). If a processor is downed then we need to set the pageset pointer back to the boot pageset. Updates of the high water marks should not access pagesets of unpopulated zones (those pointer go to the boot pagesets which would be no longer functional if their size would be increased beyond zero). Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: Nick Piggin Cc: Mel Gorman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

nommu: clamp zone_batchsize() to 0 under NOMMU conditions

2009-05-06T23:36:10Z

Clamp zone_batchsize() to 0 under NOMMU conditions to stop free_hot_cold_page() from queueing and batching frees. The problem is that under NOMMU conditions it is really important to be able to allocate large contiguous chunks of memory, but when munmap() or exit_mmap() releases big stretches of memory, return of these to the buddy allocator can be deferred, and when it does finally happen, it can be in small chunks. Whilst the fragmentation this incurs isn't so much of a problem under MMU conditions as userspace VM is glued together from individual pages with the aid of the MMU, it is a real problem if there isn't an MMU. By clamping the page freeing queue size to 0, pages are returned to the allocator immediately, and the buddy detector is more likely to be able to glue them together into large chunks immediately, and fragmentation is less likely to occur. By disabling batching of frees, and by turning off the trimming of excess space during boot, Coldfire can manage to boot. Reported-by: Lanttor Guo Signed-off-by: David Howells Tested-by: Lanttor Guo Cc: Greg Ungerer Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: use roundown_pow_of_two() in zone_batchsize()

2009-05-06T23:36:10Z

Use roundown_pow_of_two(N) in zone_batchsize() rather than (1 << (fls(N)-1)) as they are equivalent, and with the former it is easier to see what is going on. Signed-off-by: David Howells Tested-by: Lanttor Guo Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-cpumask

2009-04-05T17:33:07Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-cpumask: (36 commits) cpumask: remove cpumask allocation from idle_balance, fix numa, cpumask: move numa_node_id default implementation to topology.h, fix cpumask: remove cpumask allocation from idle_balance x86: cpumask: x86 mmio-mod.c use cpumask_var_t for downed_cpus x86: cpumask: update 32-bit APM not to mug current->cpus_allowed x86: microcode: cleanup x86: cpumask: use work_on_cpu in arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c cpumask: fix CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y cpu hotunplug crash numa, cpumask: move numa_node_id default implementation to topology.h cpumask: convert node_to_cpumask_map[] to cpumask_var_t cpumask: remove x86 cpumask_t uses. cpumask: use cpumask_var_t in uv_flush_tlb_others. cpumask: remove cpumask_t assignment from vector_allocation_domain() cpumask: make Xen use the new operators. cpumask: clean up summit's send_IPI functions cpumask: use new cpumask functions throughout x86 x86: unify cpu_callin_mask/cpu_callout_mask/cpu_initialized_mask/cpu_sibling_setup_mask cpumask: convert struct cpuinfo_x86's llc_shared_map to cpumask_var_t cpumask: convert node_to_cpumask_map[] to cpumask_var_t x86: unify 32 and 64-bit node_to_cpumask_map ...

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial

2009-04-03T22:24:35Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (28 commits) trivial: Update my email address trivial: NULL noise: drivers/mtd/tests/mtd_*test.c trivial: NULL noise: drivers/media/dvb/frontends/drx397xD_fw.h trivial: Fix misspelling of "Celsius". trivial: remove unused variable 'path' in alloc_file() trivial: fix a pdlfush -> pdflush typo in comment trivial: jbd header comment typo fix for JBD_PARANOID_IOFAIL trivial: wusb: Storage class should be before const qualifier trivial: drivers/char/bsr.c: Storage class should be before const qualifier trivial: h8300: Storage class should be before const qualifier trivial: fix where cgroup documentation is not correctly referred to trivial: Give the right path in Documentation example trivial: MTD: remove EOL from MODULE_DESCRIPTION trivial: Fix typo in bio_split()'s documentation trivial: PWM: fix of #endif comment trivial: fix typos/grammar errors in Kconfig texts trivial: Fix misspelling of firmware trivial: cgroups: documentation typo and spelling corrections trivial: Update contact info for Jochen Hein trivial: fix typo "resgister" -> "register" ...

vmscan: fix it to take care of nodemask

2009-04-01T15:59:15Z

try_to_free_pages() is used for the direct reclaim of up to SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX pages when watermarks are low. The caller to alloc_pages_nodemask() can specify a nodemask of nodes that are allowed to be used but this is not passed to try_to_free_pages(). This can lead to unnecessary reclaim of pages that are unusable by the caller and int the worst case lead to allocation failure as progress was not been make where it is needed. This patch passes the nodemask used for alloc_pages_nodemask() to try_to_free_pages(). Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Acked-by: Mel Gorman Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Rik van Riel Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: introduce for_each_populated_zone() macro

2009-04-01T15:59:11Z

Impact: cleanup In almost cases, for_each_zone() is used with populated_zone(). It's because almost function doesn't need memoryless node information. Therefore, for_each_populated_zone() can help to make code simplify. This patch has no functional change. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: small cleanup] Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Mel Gorman Reviewed-by: Johannes Weiner Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'cpumask-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2009-03-31T03:03:50Z

Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c (Both cases: changed in Linus' tree, removed in Ingo's).

Merge branch 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2009-03-31T00:17:35Z

* 'locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (33 commits) lockdep: fix deadlock in lockdep_trace_alloc lockdep: annotate reclaim context (__GFP_NOFS), fix SLOB lockdep: annotate reclaim context (__GFP_NOFS), fix lockdep: build fix for !PROVE_LOCKING lockstat: warn about disabled lock debugging lockdep: use stringify.h lockdep: simplify check_prev_add_irq() lockdep: get_user_chars() redo lockdep: simplify get_user_chars() lockdep: add comments to mark_lock_irq() lockdep: remove macro usage from mark_held_locks() lockdep: fully reduce mark_lock_irq() lockdep: merge the !_READ mark_lock_irq() helpers lockdep: merge the _READ mark_lock_irq() helpers lockdep: simplify mark_lock_irq() helpers #3 lockdep: further simplify mark_lock_irq() helpers lockdep: simplify the mark_lock_irq() helpers lockdep: split up mark_lock_irq() lockdep: generate usage strings lockdep: generate the state bit definitions ...

trivial: Fix dubious bitwise 'or' usage spotted by sparse.

2009-03-30T13:21:56Z

It doesn't change the semantics, but it looks like the logical 'or' was meant to be used here. Signed-off-by: Alexey Zaytsev Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina