Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm/page_alloc: Rename alloced to allocated

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 3/25/21 12:42 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Review feedback of the bulk allocator twice found problems with "alloced"
> being a counter for pages allocated. The naming was based on the API name
> "alloc" and was based on the idea that verbal communication about malloc
> tends to use the fake word "malloced" instead of the fake word mallocated.
> To be consistent, this preparation patch renames alloced to allocated
> in rmqueue_bulk so the bulk allocator and per-cpu allocator use similar
> names when the bulk allocator is introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index dfa9af064f74..8a3e13277e22 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -2908,7 +2908,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  			unsigned long count, struct list_head *list,
>  			int migratetype, unsigned int alloc_flags)
>  {
> -	int i, alloced = 0;
> +	int i, allocated = 0;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
>  	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
> @@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  		 * pages are ordered properly.
>  		 */
>  		list_add_tail(&page->lru, list);
> -		alloced++;
> +		allocated++;
>  		if (is_migrate_cma(get_pcppage_migratetype(page)))
>  			__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES,
>  					      -(1 << order));
> @@ -2940,12 +2940,12 @@ static int rmqueue_bulk(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order,
>  	/*
>  	 * i pages were removed from the buddy list even if some leak due
>  	 * to check_pcp_refill failing so adjust NR_FREE_PAGES based
> -	 * on i. Do not confuse with 'alloced' which is the number of
> +	 * on i. Do not confuse with 'allocated' which is the number of
>  	 * pages added to the pcp list.
>  	 */
>  	__mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES, -(i << order));
>  	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
> -	return alloced;
> +	return allocated;
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>