linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] pfn_valid_within() HOLES_WITHIN

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:55:37 -0500
From:	"Bob Picco" <bob.picco@...com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Bob Picco <bob.picco@...com>,
	Dave Hansen <hansendc@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] pfn_valid_within() HOLES_WITHIN_ZONES helper

Andy Wihitcroft wrote:	[Wed Mar 21 2007, 02:14:55PM EST]
> The thought of having a helper for the holes within zones code
> has come up on two different threads in the last couple of days.
> So I took the pfn_valid_within() patch I had developed for the
> linear reclaim series and pulled it forward to 2.6.21-rc4-mm1.
> I have split it into a three patch series to better align with the
> affected patch sets within -mm.
> 
> add-pfn_valid_within-helper-for-sub-MAX_ORDER-hole-detection --
>   adds the base helper and utilises it within the buddy allocator,
> 
> anti-fragmentation-switch-over-to-pfn_valid_within() -- changes
>   references within Mel Gormans anti-fragmentation patch series, and
> 
> lumpy-move-to-using-pfn_valid_within() -- changes references with
>   my lumpy reclaim patch series.
> 
> -apw
Andy,

Thanks for doing this.

Acked-by: Bob Picco <bob.picco@...com>

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