linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations that may be migrated

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0701261323390.19245@skynet.skynet.ie>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:25:14 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations
 that may be migrated

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:

> Mel Gorman wrote:
>> It is often known at allocation time when a page may be migrated or
>> not. This patch adds a flag called __GFP_MOVABLE and a new mask called
>> GFP_HIGH_MOVABLE.
>
> Shouldn't that be HIGHUSER_MOVABLE?
>

I suppose, but it's a bit verbose. I don't feel very strongly about the 
name and the choice of name was taken from here - 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/23/157 . I can make it GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE 
in the next revision

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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