Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mm/page_isolation: fixup isolate_single_pageblock() comment regarding splitting free pages

From: Zi Yan
Date: Fri Dec 06 2024 - 12:00:08 EST


On 6 Dec 2024, at 4:59, David Hildenbrand wrote:

> Let's fixup the comment, documenting how free_one_page_maybe_split()
> comes into play.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_isolation.c | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
> index c608e9d728655..63fddf283e681 100644
> --- a/mm/page_isolation.c
> +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
> @@ -298,11 +298,10 @@ __first_valid_page(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> * pagelbocks.
> * [ MAX_PAGE_ORDER ]
> * [ pageblock0 | pageblock1 ]
> - * When either pageblock is isolated, if it is a free page, the page is not
> - * split into separate migratetype lists, which is supposed to; if it is an
> - * in-use page and freed later, __free_one_page() does not split the free page
> - * either. The function handles this by splitting the free page or migrating
> - * the in-use page then splitting the free page.
> + * When either pageblock is isolated, if it is an in-use page and freed later,
> + * __free_one_page_maybe_split() will split the free page if required. If the
> + * page is already free, this function handles this by splitting the free page
> + * through move_freepages_block_isolate()->__free_one_page_maybe_split().
> */
> static int isolate_single_pageblock(unsigned long boundary_pfn, int flags,
> bool isolate_before, bool skip_isolation, int migratetype)

LGTM. Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi