linux-kernel - Re: Regression: QCA6390 fails with "mm/page_alloc: place pages to tail in __free_pages

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Date:   Thu, 5 Nov 2020 13:55:00 +0100
From:   Pavel Procopiuc <pavel.procopiuc@...il.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: QCA6390 fails with "mm/page_alloc: place pages to
 tail in __free_pages_core()"

Op 05.11.2020 om 12:13 schreef David Hildenbrand:
> It depends in which order memory is exposed to MM, which might depend on other factors in some configurations.
> 
> This smells like it exposes an existing bug. Can you reproduce also with zone shuffling enabled?

So just to make sure I understand you correctly, you'd like to see if the problem with ath11k driver on my hardware 
persists when I boot pristine 5.10-rc2 kernel (without reverting commit 7fef431be9c9ac255838a9578331567b9dba4477) and 
with page_alloc.shuffle=1, right?