A couple of patches to try and make the code easier to follow. This is based on an old mm-unstable as v3 is already merged there. Base commit info is attached below. Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v4: - Some more precision about "try to claim" vs "claim" - More improvements to the commentary text. - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250225-clarify-steal-v3-0-f2550ead0139@xxxxxxxxxx Changes in v3: - Rebased onto mm-unstable to get on top of Johannes' cleanups: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250225001023.1494422-1-hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx/ - Fixed missing renames - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250224-clarify-steal-v2-0-be24da656764@xxxxxxxxxx Changes in v2: - Tweaked some naming - Added clarifications of should_claim_block() - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250214-clarify-steal-v1-1-79dc5adf1b79@xxxxxxxxxx --- Brendan Jackman (2): mm/page_alloc: Clarify terminology in migratetype fallback code mm/page_alloc: Clarify should_claim_block() commentary mm/compaction.c | 4 +-- mm/internal.h | 2 +- mm/page_alloc.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 801d47bd96ce22acd43809bc09e004679f707c39 change-id: 20250214-clarify-steal-f244880441c1 Best regards, -- Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
