There is no compact_defer_limit. It should be compact_defer_shift in
use. and add compact_order_failed explanation.
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/mmzone.h | 1 +
mm/compaction.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index df1f08486d81..7ae464188588 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ struct zone {
* On compaction failure, 1<<compact_defer_shift compactions
* are skipped before trying again. The number attempted since
* last failure is tracked with compact_considered.
+ * compact_order_failed is the minimum compaction failed order.
*/
unsigned int compact_considered;
unsigned int compact_defer_shift;
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index fd988b7e5f2b..48114f98e362 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void __ClearPageMovable(struct page *page)
/*
* Compaction is deferred when compaction fails to result in a page
- * allocation success. 1 << compact_defer_limit compactions are skipped up
+ * allocation success. compact_defer_shift++, compactions are skipped up
* to a limit of 1 << COMPACT_MAX_DEFER_SHIFT
*/
void defer_compaction(struct zone *zone, int order)
--
1.8.3.1
