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Date:	Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:32:33 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm: add free_hot_cold_page_list helper

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov
<khlebnikov@...nvz.org> wrote:
> This patch adds helper free_hot_cold_page_list() to free list of 0-order pages.
> It frees pages directly from the list without temporary page-vector.
> It also calls trace_mm_pagevec_free() to simulate pagevec_free() behaviour.
>
> bloat-o-meter:
>
> add/remove: 1/1 grow/shrink: 1/3 up/down: 267/-295 (-28)
> function                                     old     new   delta
> free_hot_cold_page_list                        -     264    +264
> get_page_from_freelist                      2129    2132      +3
> __pagevec_free                               243     239      -4
> split_free_page                              380     373      -7
> release_pages                                606     510     -96
> free_page_list                               188       -    -188
>
> v2: Remove list reinititialization.
> v3: Always free pages in reverse order.
>    The most recently added struct page, the most likely to be hot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim

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