calculate_totalreserve_pages() currently finds the maximum
lowmem_reserve[j] for a zone by scanning the full forward range [j =
zone_idx .. MAX_NR_ZONES). However, for a given zone i, the
lowmem_reserve[j] array (for j > i) is naturally expected to form a
monotonically non-decreasing sequence in j, not as an implementation
detail, but as a consequence that naturally arises from the semantics of
lowmem_reserve[].
For zone "i", lowmem_reserve[j] expresses how many pages in zone i must
effectively be kept in reserve when deciding whether an allocation class
that may allocate from zones up to j is allowed to fall back into i. It
protects less flexible allocation classes (which cannot use higher zones)
from being starved by more flexible ones.
Viewed from this semantics, it is natural to expect a partial ordering in
j: as j increases, the allocation class gains access to a strictly larger
set of fallback zones. Therefore lowmem_reserve[j] is expected to be
monotonically non-decreasing in j: more flexible allocation classes must
not be allowed to deplete low zones more aggressively than less flexible
ones.
In other words, if lowmem_reserve[j] were ever observed to *decrease* as j
grows, that would be unexpected from the reserve semantics' point of view
and would likely indicate a semantic change or a misconfiguration.
The current implementation in setup_per_zone_lowmem_reserve() reflects
this policy by accumulating managed pages from higher zones and applying
the configured ratio, which results in a non-decreasing sequence. This
patch makes calculate_totalreserve_pages() rely on that monotonicity
explicitly and finds the maximum reserve value by scanning backward and
stopping at the first non-zero entry. This avoids unnecessary iteration
and reflects the conceptual model more directly. No functional behavior
changes.
To maintain this assumption explicitly, a comment is added next to
setup_per_zone_lowmem_reserve() documenting the monotonicity expectation
and noting that calculate_totalreserve_pages() relies on it.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/tencent_EB0FED91B01B1F8B6DAEE96719C5F5797F07@qq.com
Signed-off-by: fujunjie <fujunjie1@qq.com>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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