linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 03/29] virtio-mem: simplify MAX_ORDER

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Message-ID: <20201015070619.GC86495@L-31X9LVDL-1304.local>
Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:06:19 +0800
From:   Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 03/29] virtio-mem: simplify MAX_ORDER - 1 /
 pageblock_order handling

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 02:52:57PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>Let's use pageblock_nr_pages and MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES instead where
>possible, so we don't have do deal with allocation orders.
>
>Add a comment why we have that restriction for now.
>
>Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
>Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>Cc: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@...il.com>
>Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
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