Re: [RFC 5/5] mm, page_alloc: disable pcplists during page isolation

[Pavel Tatashin]

> because we do not want to call out pcp free lists). I strongly suspect
> that only the memory hotplug really cares for this hard guanrantee.
> alloc_contig_range simply goes with EBUSY.
>

You are right, the strong requirement is for hotplug case only, but if
PCP disable/enable functionality is properly implemented, and we are
still draining the lists in alloc_contig_range case, I do not see a
reason not to disable/enable PCP during CMA as well just to reduce
number of spurious errors.

Thanks,
Pasha