Re: [PATCH 07/16] mm: page_alloc: Only check the zone id check if pages are buddies

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On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:50:34PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> A node/zone index is used to check if pages are compatible for merging
> but this happens unconditionally even if the buddy page is not free. Defer
> the calculation as long as possible. Ideally we would check the zone boundary
> but nodes can overlap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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