A node/zone index is used to check if pages are compatible for merging but this happens unconditionally even if the buddy page is not free. Defer the calculation as long as possible. Ideally we would check the zone boundary but nodes can overlap.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 3b6ae9d..8971953 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -508,16 +508,26 @@ static inline int page_is_buddy(struct page *page, struct page *buddy, if (!pfn_valid_within(page_to_pfn(buddy))) return 0; - if (page_zone_id(page) != page_zone_id(buddy)) - return 0; - if (page_is_guard(buddy) && page_order(buddy) == order) { VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(buddy) != 0, buddy); + + if (page_zone_id(page) != page_zone_id(buddy)) + return 0; + return 1; } if (PageBuddy(buddy) && page_order(buddy) == order) { VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_count(buddy) != 0, buddy); + + /* + * zone check is done late to avoid uselessly + * calculating zone/node ids for pages that could + * never merge. + */ + if (page_zone_id(page) != page_zone_id(buddy)) + return 0; + return 1; } return 0; -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

