linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: page_alloc: use the correct type of list for free pages

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Message-ID: <20230621104521.g4qln2k4css5acjj@techsingularity.net>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:45:21 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: page_alloc: use the correct type of list for free
 pages

On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 04:14:28PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Commit bf75f200569d ("mm/page_alloc: add page->buddy_list and page->pcp_list")
> introduces page->buddy_list and page->pcp_list as a union with page->lru, but
> missed to change get_page_from_free_area() to use page->buddy_list to clarify
> the correct type of list for a free page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

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Mel Gorman
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