Re: [patch 13/15] mm/page_owner: align with pageblock_nr pages

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On Fri 01-12-17 17:58:28, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 11/30/2017 11:15 PM, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: mm/page_owner: align with pageblock_nr pages
> > 
> > When pfn_valid(pfn) returns false, pfn should be aligned with
> > pageblock_nr_pages other than MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES in init_pages_in_zone,
> > because the skipped 2M may be valid pfn, as a result, early allocated
> > count will not be accurate.
> > 
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468938136-24228-1-git-send-email-zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The author never responded and Michal Hocko basically NAKed it in
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20160812130727.GI3639@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I think we should drop it.

Or extend the changelog to actually describe what kind of problem it
fixes and do an additional step to unigy
MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES/pageblock_nr_pages
 
> > ---
> > 
> >  mm/page_owner.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff -puN mm/page_owner.c~mm-page_owner-align-with-pageblock_nr-pages mm/page_owner.c
> > --- a/mm/page_owner.c~mm-page_owner-align-with-pageblock_nr-pages
> > +++ a/mm/page_owner.c
> > @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void init_pages_in_zone(pg_data_t
> >  	 */
> >  	for (; pfn < end_pfn; ) {
> >  		if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) {
> > -			pfn = ALIGN(pfn + 1, MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> > +			pfn = ALIGN(pfn + 1, pageblock_nr_pages);
> >  			continue;
> >  		}
> >  
> > _
> > 
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