Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/page_alloc: refactor build_node_zonelist() out of build_zonelists()

[Gregory Price]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 10:53:13PM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> >> +static void build_node_zonelist(pg_data_t *pgdat, const nodemask_t *candidates,
> >> +				int zlidx)
> 
> Is build_numa_aware_zonelist() a better name? Since the old comment said
> "NUMA-aware ording of nodes" and the code uses find_next_best_node_in().
> 

I think that's a vestige of older version having different ordering
options.  Now the zonelists are always numa aware (except for
!CONFIG_NUMA, which... duh). 

Anyway numa-aware is implied by "node" in the name.

But I don't have strong feelings about the name either way.

~Gregory