linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: prefer xxx_page() alloc/free functions for order-0 pages

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Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:13:42 +0000
From:   Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: prefer xxx_page() alloc/free functions for order-0
 pages

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 10:24:47AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 12:27:14PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Update instances of alloc_pages(..., 0), __get_free_pages(..., 0) and
> > __free_pages(..., 0) to use alloc_page(), __get_free_page() and
> > __free_page() respectively in core code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@...nel.org>
>
> But why limit this only to mm?

I wanted to keep things 'polite' and within mm to begin with, I may follow up
with a scout around other areas of the kernel.