Re: [PATCH v2] mm, page_alloc: Fix has_unmovable_pages for HugePages

From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Thu Dec 20 2018 - 08:49:06 EST


On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 01:08:57PM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
> This complicated the calculation.
>
> The original code is correct.
>
> iter = round_up(iter + 1, 1<<compound_order(head)) - 1;

I think it would be correct if we know for sure that everthing
is pageblock aligned.
Because 2mb-hugepages fit in one pageblock, and 1gb-hugepages expands
512 pageblocks exactly.

But I think that it is better if we leave the assumption behind.
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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3