linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH V2 1/4] mm: Export alloc_migrate_huge

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Message-ID: <20180906123111.GC26069@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Thu, 6 Sep 2018 14:31:11 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
        mpe@...erman.id.au, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V2 1/4] mm: Export alloc_migrate_huge_page

On Thu 06-09-18 11:13:39, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> We want to use this to support customized huge page migration.

Please be much more specific. Ideally including the user. Btw. why do
you want to skip the hugetlb pools? In other words alloc_huge_page_node*
which are intended to an external use?

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs