pageblock_flags is used as long, since every pageblock_flags is just 4
bits, 'long' size will include 8(32bit machine) or 16 pageblocks' flags,
that flag setting has to sync in cmpxchg with 7 or 15 other pageblock
flags. It would cause long waiting for sync.

If we could change the pageblock_flags variable as char, we could use
char size cmpxchg, which just sync up with 2 pageblock flags. it could
relief much false sharing in cmpxchg.

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex....@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hu...@google.com>
Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.du...@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux...@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/mmzone.h          |  6 +++---
 include/linux/pageblock-flags.h |  2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c                 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 0ed520954843..c92d6d24527d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ struct zone {
         * Flags for a pageblock_nr_pages block. See pageblock-flags.h.
         * In SPARSEMEM, this map is stored in struct mem_section
         */
-       unsigned long           *pageblock_flags;
+       unsigned char           *pageblock_flags;
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM */
 
        /* zone_start_pfn == zone_start_paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT */
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ struct mem_section_usage {
        DECLARE_BITMAP(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
 #endif
        /* See declaration of similar field in struct zone */
-       unsigned long pageblock_flags[0];
+       unsigned char   pageblock_flags[0];
 };
 
 void subsection_map_init(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages);
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ struct mem_section {
 extern struct mem_section mem_section[NR_SECTION_ROOTS][SECTIONS_PER_ROOT];
 #endif
 
-static inline unsigned long *section_to_usemap(struct mem_section *ms)
+static inline unsigned char *section_to_usemap(struct mem_section *ms)
 {
        return ms->usage->pageblock_flags;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
index fff52ad370c1..d189441568eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enum pageblock_bits {
 /* Forward declaration */
 struct page;
 
-unsigned long get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page,
+unsigned char get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page,
                                unsigned long pfn,
                                unsigned long mask);
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c0b0b32de50e..f60071e8a4e1 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static inline bool defer_init(int nid, unsigned long pfn, 
unsigned long end_pfn)
 #endif
 
 /* Return a pointer to the bitmap storing bits affecting a block of pages */
-static inline unsigned long *get_pageblock_bitmap(struct page *page,
+static inline unsigned char *get_pageblock_bitmap(struct page *page,
                                                        unsigned long pfn)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
@@ -474,24 +474,24 @@ static inline int pfn_to_bitidx(struct page *page, 
unsigned long pfn)
  * Return: pageblock_bits flags
  */
 static __always_inline
-unsigned long __get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page,
+unsigned char __get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page,
                                        unsigned long pfn,
                                        unsigned long mask)
 {
-       unsigned long *bitmap;
-       unsigned long bitidx, word_bitidx;
-       unsigned long word;
+       unsigned char *bitmap;
+       unsigned long bitidx, byte_bitidx;
+       unsigned char byte;
 
        bitmap = get_pageblock_bitmap(page, pfn);
        bitidx = pfn_to_bitidx(page, pfn);
-       word_bitidx = bitidx / BITS_PER_LONG;
-       bitidx &= (BITS_PER_LONG-1);
+       byte_bitidx = bitidx / BITS_PER_BYTE;
+       bitidx &= (BITS_PER_BYTE-1);
 
-       word = bitmap[word_bitidx];
-       return (word >> bitidx) & mask;
+       byte = bitmap[byte_bitidx];
+       return (byte >> bitidx) & mask;
 }
 
-unsigned long get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
+unsigned char get_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn,
                                        unsigned long mask)
 {
        return __get_pfnblock_flags_mask(page, pfn, mask);
@@ -513,29 +513,29 @@ void set_pfnblock_flags_mask(struct page *page, unsigned 
long flags,
                                        unsigned long pfn,
                                        unsigned long mask)
 {
-       unsigned long *bitmap;
-       unsigned long bitidx, word_bitidx;
-       unsigned long old_word, word;
+       unsigned char *bitmap;
+       unsigned long bitidx, byte_bitidx;
+       unsigned char old_byte, byte;
 
        BUILD_BUG_ON(NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS != 4);
        BUILD_BUG_ON(MIGRATE_TYPES > (1 << PB_migratetype_bits));
 
        bitmap = get_pageblock_bitmap(page, pfn);
        bitidx = pfn_to_bitidx(page, pfn);
-       word_bitidx = bitidx / BITS_PER_LONG;
-       bitidx &= (BITS_PER_LONG-1);
+       byte_bitidx = bitidx / BITS_PER_BYTE;
+       bitidx &= (BITS_PER_BYTE-1);
 
        VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!zone_spans_pfn(page_zone(page), pfn), page);
 
        mask <<= bitidx;
        flags <<= bitidx;
 
-       word = READ_ONCE(bitmap[word_bitidx]);
+       byte = READ_ONCE(bitmap[byte_bitidx]);
        for (;;) {
-               old_word = cmpxchg(&bitmap[word_bitidx], word, (word & ~mask) | 
flags);
-               if (word == old_word)
+               old_byte = cmpxchg(&bitmap[byte_bitidx], byte, (byte & ~mask) | 
flags);
+               if (byte == old_byte)
                        break;
-               word = old_word;
+               byte = old_byte;
        }
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.1

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