linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] mm: page_isolation: check specified range for unmovable pages

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Date:   Wed, 2 Feb 2022 17:35:22 +0100
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Eric Ren <renzhengeek@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/7] mm: page_isolation: check specified range for
 unmovable pages

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 01:25:28PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> That's the whole idea for being able to allocate parts of an unmovable
> pageblock that are movable.
> 
> If the first part is unmovable but the second part is movable, nothing
> should stop us from trying to allocate the second part.

Yeah, I see, I was a bit slow there, but I see the point now.
 
Thanks David

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE Labs