linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/13] mm: meminit: Free pages in large chunks where possible

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:38:20 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>,
	Scott Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/13] mm: meminit: Free pages in large chunks where
 possible

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 03:43:56PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:33:14 +0100 Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> > Parallel struct page frees pages one at a time. Try free pages as single
> > large pages where possible.
> > 
> > ...
> >
> >  void __defermem_init deferred_init_memmap(int nid)
> 
> This function is gruesome in an 80-col display.  Even the code comments
> wrap, which is nuts.  Maybe hoist the contents of the outermost loop
> into a separate function, called for each zone?

I can do better than that because only the highest zone is deferred
in this version and the loop is no longer necessary. I should post a V4
before the end of my day that addresses your feedback.  It caused a lot of
conflicts and it'll be easier to replace the full series than try managing
incremental fixes.

Thanks Andrew.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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