linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: compaction: Iron out isolate_freepages_block() and isolate_freepages

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Message-ID: <20121008065035.GB13817@bbox>
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:50:35 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: compaction: Iron out isolate_freepages_block() and
 isolate_freepages_range() -fix2

On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 10:59:45AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Thierry reported offline that the strict check "mm: compaction: Iron out
> isolate_freepages_block() and isolate_freepages_range() -fix1" check is
> still too strict because it's possible for more pages to be isolated
> than required. This patch corrects the check.
> 
> There are still CMA-related problems but they are "somewhere else" yet
> to be determined.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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