Re: [PATCH]mm/page_alloc.c: no need del from lru

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Hello,

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 11:01:21PM +0800, Figo.zhang wrote:
> 
> split_free_page() the page is still free page, it is no need del from lru.

This is in the buddy freelist, see the other list_add in
page_alloc.c. It's not the lru as in release_pages. I see little
chance that if this was wrong it could go unnoticed so long without
major mm corruption reported. Removing it also should result in heavy
mm corruption.

Thanks,
Andrea

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