Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:23:07 +0200 | From | Oscar Salvador <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 3/5] mm, page_alloc(): remove setup_pageset() |
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On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 06:36:26PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > We initialize boot-time pagesets with setup_pageset(), which sets high and > batch values that effectively disable pcplists. > > We can remove this wrapper if we just set these values for all pagesets in > pageset_init(). Non-boot pagesets then subsequently update them to specific > values. > > Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Just one question below:
> -static void setup_pageset(struct per_cpu_pageset *p) > -{ > - pageset_init(p); > - pageset_update(&p->pcp, 0, 1); > + /* > + * Set batch and high values safe for a boot pageset. Proper pageset's > + * initialization will update them. > + */ > + pcp->high = 0; > + pcp->batch = 1;
pageset_update was manipulating these values with barriers in between. I guess we do not care here because we are not really updating but initializing them, right?
-- Oscar Salvador SUSE L3
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