linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] mm/page_alloc: Add an array-based interface to the bulk page allocator

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Message-ID: <be02a041-22ff-4ed9-d249-e31e8983bb8d@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:36:50 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Net <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] mm/page_alloc: Add an array-based interface to the
 bulk page allocator

On 3/25/21 12:42 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The proposed callers for the bulk allocator store pages from the bulk
> allocator in an array. This patch adds an array-based interface to the API
> to avoid multiple list iterations. The page list interface is preserved
> to avoid requiring all users of the bulk API to allocate and manage enough
> storage to store the pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>