Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] Buddy allocator like (or non-uniform) folio split

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Feb 06 2025 - 03:01:19 EST

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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 22:14:10 -0500 Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patchset adds a new buddy allocator like (or non-uniform) large folio
> split to reduce the total number of after-split folios, the amount of memory
> needed for multi-index xarray split, and keep more large folios after a split.

It would be useful (vital, really) to provide some measurements which
help others understand the magnitude of these resource savings, please.

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