Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations that may be migrated
- From: Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:
Mel Gorman wrote:It is often known at allocation time when a page may be migrated or
not. This patch adds a flag called __GFP_MOVABLE and a new mask called
GFP_HIGH_MOVABLE.
Shouldn't that be HIGHUSER_MOVABLE?
I suppose, but it's a bit verbose. I don't feel very strongly about the name and the choice of name was taken from here - http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/23/157 . I can make it GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE in the next revision
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Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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