linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/2] mm/page_alloc: Some clarifications for migratetype fallback

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Message-ID: <20250225-clarify-steal-v3-0-f2550ead0139@google.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:29:47 +0000
From: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>, 
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>, 
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/2] mm/page_alloc: Some clarifications for migratetype fallback

A couple of patches to try and make the code easier to follow.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
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Changes in v3:
- Rebased onto mm-unstable to get on top of Johannes' cleanups:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250225001023.1494422-1-hannes@cmpxchg.org/
- Fixed missing renames
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250224-clarify-steal-v2-0-be24da656764@google.com

Changes in v2:
- Tweaked some naming
- Added clarifications of should_claim_block()
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250214-clarify-steal-v1-1-79dc5adf1b79@google.com

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Brendan Jackman (2):
      mm/page_alloc: Clarify terminology in migratetype fallback code
      mm/page_alloc: Clarify should_claim_block() commentary

 mm/compaction.c |  4 +--
 mm/internal.h   |  2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 801d47bd96ce22acd43809bc09e004679f707c39
change-id: 20250214-clarify-steal-f244880441c1

Best regards,
-- 
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>