On 09.04.19 15:31, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 11:20:36AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> BTW I like the idea of allocating pages that have already been hinted as >> last "choice", allocating pages that have not been hinted yet first. > > OK I guess but note this is just a small window during which > not all pages have been hinted. Yes, good point. It might sound desirable but might be completely irrelevant in practice. > > So if we actually think this has value then we need > to design something that will desist and not drop pages > in steady state too. By dropping, you mean dropping hints of e.g. MAX_ORDER - 1 or e.g. not reporting MAX_ORDER - 3? -- Thanks, David / dhildenb
