linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] alloc_contig_pages() move some functions to page

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Message-ID: <20101121150723.GA20947@barrios-desktop>
Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:07:23 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Bob Liu <lliubbo@...il.com>, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp,
	m.nazarewicz@...sung.com, pawel@...iak.com, andi.kleen@...el.com,
	felipe.contreras@...il.com,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] alloc_contig_pages() move some functions to
 page_isolation.c

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 05:12:39PM +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Memory hotplug is a logic for making pages unused in the specified range
> of pfn. So, some of core logics can be used for other purpose as
> allocating a very large contigous memory block.
> 
> This patch moves some functions from mm/memory_hotplug.c to
> mm/page_isolation.c. This helps adding a function for large-alloc in
> page_isolation.c with memory-unplug technique.
> 
> Changelog: 2010/10/26
>  - adjusted to mmotm-1024 + Bob's 3 clean ups.
> Changelog: 2010/10/21
>  - adjusted to mmotm-1020
> 
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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