Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] mm/cma: remove ALLOC_CMA

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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:30:52AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 05/26/2016 08:22 AM, js1304@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >From: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> >
> >Now, all reserved pages for CMA region are belong to the ZONE_CMA
> >and it only serves for GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE. Therefore, we don't need to
> >consider ALLOC_CMA at all.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
> >---
> > mm/internal.h   |  3 +--
> > mm/page_alloc.c | 27 +++------------------------
> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> 
> [...]
> 
> >@@ -2833,10 +2827,8 @@ bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, unsigned int order, unsigned long mark,
> > 		}
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
> >-		if ((alloc_flags & ALLOC_CMA) &&
> >-		    !list_empty(&area->free_list[MIGRATE_CMA])) {
> >+		if (!list_empty(&area->free_list[MIGRATE_CMA]))
> > 			return true;
> >-		}
> > #endif
> 
> Nitpick: it would be more logical to remove the whole block in this
> patch, as removing ALLOC_CMA means it's effectively false? Also less
> churn.

No, all freepages on ZONE_CMA is attached on area->free_list[MIGRATE_CMA].
We need to check whether there is a freepage on it or not to pass watermark
check for high-order allocation.

Thanks.

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