Re: [PATCH V3 1/5] mm/hugetlb: Distinguish between migratability and movability

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Hi Anshuman,

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 06:31:57PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> During huge page allocation it's migratability is checked to determine if
> it should be placed under movable zones with GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE. But the
> movability aspect of the huge page could depend on other factors than just
> migratability. Movability in itself is a distinct property which should not
> be tied with migratability alone.
> 
> This differentiates these two and implements an enhanced movability check
> which also considers huge page size to determine if it is feasible to be
> placed under a movable zone. At present it just checks for gigantic pages
> but going forward it can incorporate other enhanced checks.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

FWIW:
Reviewed-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@xxxxxxx>





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