Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm/page_alloc.c: remove obsolete comment in free_pcppages_bulk()

From: Miaohe Lin
Date: Thu Sep 02 2021 - 02:25:39 EST


On 2021/9/1 23:14, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 03:49:03PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> On 2021/8/31 21:38, Mel Gorman wrote:
>>> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:10:48PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>> It's also confusing now. Remove it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why is the whole comment obsolete?
>>>
>>> The second two paragraphs about "all pages pinned" and pages_scanned is
>>> obsolete and can go but the first paragraph is valid.
>>>
>>
>> I think the first paragraph is invalid due to the below statement:
>> "Assumes all pages on list are in same zone, and of same order."
>> There are NR_PCP_LISTS lists and PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER + 1 + NR_PCP_THP
>> orders in pcp. So I think it's obsolete.
>>
>
> Ah.
>
>> Should I delete this statement in the first paragraph only?
>>
>
> Remove ", and of same order"

Will do this in v2. Thanks.

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