Re: [PATCH] [6/13] Core maskable allocator

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sat Mar 08 2008 - 06:39:53 EST


> > +early_param("maskzone", setup_maskzone);
>
> please confirm mask_zone_size is aligned to MAX_ORDER.

It's not. Since the buddy allocator is not used MAX_ORDER doesn't really
exist for the mask allocator. It can handle arbitary size allocations.

Also strictly seen the maskzone is part of the lowmem zone.

-Andi

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