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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 1b1c39e6a9b..6877e22e3aa 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -525,32 +525,38 @@ static void free_pcppages_bulk(struct zone *zone, int count, struct per_cpu_pages *pcp) { int migratetype = 0; + int batch_free = 0; spin_lock(&zone->lock); zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_ALL_UNRECLAIMABLE); zone->pages_scanned = 0; __mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, count); - while (count--) { + while (count) { struct page *page; struct list_head *list; /* - * Remove pages from lists in a round-robin fashion. This spinning - * around potentially empty lists is bloody awful, alternatives that - * don't suck are welcome + * Remove pages from lists in a round-robin fashion. A + * batch_free count is maintained that is incremented when an + * empty list is encountered. This is so more pages are freed + * off fuller lists instead of spinning excessively around empty + * lists */ do { + batch_free++; if (++migratetype == MIGRATE_PCPTYPES) migratetype = 0; list = &pcp->lists[migratetype]; } while (list_empty(list)); - page = list_entry(list->prev, struct page, lru); - /* have to delete it as __free_one_page list manipulates */ - list_del(&page->lru); - trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, migratetype); - __free_one_page(page, zone, 0, migratetype); + do { + page = list_entry(list->prev, struct page, lru); + /* must delete as __free_one_page list manipulates */ + list_del(&page->lru); + __free_one_page(page, zone, 0, migratetype); + trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain(page, 0, migratetype); + } while (--count && --batch_free && !list_empty(list)); } spin_unlock(&zone->lock); } |