Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm/page_alloc.c: remove obsolete comment in free_pcppages_bulk()

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On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 03:49:03PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> On 2021/8/31 21:38, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:10:48PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> >> It's also confusing now. Remove it.
> >>
> > 
> > Why is the whole comment obsolete?
> > 
> > The second two paragraphs about "all pages pinned" and pages_scanned is
> > obsolete and can go but the first paragraph is valid.
> > 
> 
> I think the first paragraph is invalid due to the below statement:
> "Assumes all pages on list are in same zone, and of same order."
> There are NR_PCP_LISTS lists and PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER + 1 + NR_PCP_THP
> orders in pcp. So I think it's obsolete.
> 

Ah.

> Should I delete this statement in the first paragraph only?
> 

Remove ", and of same order"

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs




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