On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:24:49 -0400 kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > When __rmqueue_fallback() don't find out a free block with the same size > of required, it splits a larger page and puts back rest peiece of the page > to free list. > > But it has one serious mistake. When putting back, __rmqueue_fallback() > always use start_migratetype if type is not CMA. However, __rmqueue_fallback() > is only called when all of start_migratetype queue are empty. That said, > __rmqueue_fallback always put back memory to wrong queue except > try_to_steal_freepages() changed pageblock type (i.e. requested size is > smaller than half of page block). Finally, antifragmentation framework > increase fragmenation instead of decrease. > > Mel's original anti fragmentation do the right thing. But commit 47118af076 > (mm: mmzone: MIGRATE_CMA migration type added) broke it. > > This patch restores sane and old behavior. What are the user-visible runtime effects of this change? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>