1. We always have target in range started with next_page and full free range started with current_buddy. 2. The last splited range size is 1 << low and low should be >= 0, then size >= 1, then page + size and page will not interleave. As summary, current_page will not equal to target page. Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_alloc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 88c5f5aea9b0..bb74b40dc195 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -6510,10 +6510,8 @@ static void break_down_buddy_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page, if (set_page_guard(zone, current_buddy, high, migratetype)) continue; - if (current_buddy != target) { - add_to_free_list(current_buddy, zone, high, migratetype); - set_buddy_order(current_buddy, high); - } + add_to_free_list(current_buddy, zone, high, migratetype); + set_buddy_order(current_buddy, high); } } -- 2.30.0