Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/page_alloc: Do not calculate node's total pages and memmap pages when empty

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Jun 22 2022 - 04:31:29 EST


On 22.06.22 05:56, Muchun Song wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 05:47:22AM +0200, Oscar Salvador wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 09:44:47AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It's worth noting that the check in pgdat_is_empty() is slightly
>>> different. I *think* it doesn't matter in practice, yet I wonder if we
>>> should simply fixup (currently unused) pgdat_is_empty().
>>
>> I guess we could change it to
>>
>> static inline bool pgdat_is_empty(pg_data_t *pgdat)
>> {
>> return node_start_pfn(pgdat->node_id) == node_end_pfn(pgdat->node_id)
>> }
>>
>> ? And maybe even rename it to to node_is_empty (not sure why but I tend to like
>
> At least I like this name (node_is_empty) as well.
>

Let's try keeping it consistent. I think node_is_empty() might indicate
that we're punching in a node id instead of a pgdat.


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb