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authorMel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>2007-10-16 04:25:48 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-16 12:42:59 -0400
commitb2a0ac8875a0a3b9f0739b60526f8c5977d2200f (patch)
tree31826716b3209751a5468b840ff14190b4a5a8a2 /include
parent835c134ec4dd755e5c4470af566db226d1e96742 (diff)
Split the free lists for movable and unmovable allocations
This patch adds the core of the fragmentation reduction strategy. It works by grouping pages together based on their ability to migrate or be reclaimed. Basically, it works by breaking the list in zone->free_area list into MIGRATE_TYPES number of lists. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mmzone.h10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pageblock-flags.h1
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 322e8048463e..57700038e669 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -33,8 +33,16 @@
33 */ 33 */
34#define PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER 3 34#define PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER 3
35 35
36#define MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE 0
37#define MIGRATE_MOVABLE 1
38#define MIGRATE_TYPES 2
39
40#define for_each_migratetype_order(order, type) \
41 for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) \
42 for (type = 0; type < MIGRATE_TYPES; type++)
43
36struct free_area { 44struct free_area {
37 struct list_head free_list; 45 struct list_head free_list[MIGRATE_TYPES];
38 unsigned long nr_free; 46 unsigned long nr_free;
39}; 47};
40 48
diff --git a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
index 96b623f9b4db..3619d52a425c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/pageblock-flags.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
31 31
32/* Bit indices that affect a whole block of pages */ 32/* Bit indices that affect a whole block of pages */
33enum pageblock_bits { 33enum pageblock_bits {
34 PB_range(PB_migrate, 1), /* 1 bit required for migrate types */
34 NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS 35 NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS
35}; 36};
36 37