Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/page_alloc: Clarify terminology in migratetype fallback code

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 06:09:38 EST


On 2/24/25 19:42, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 13:37, Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> int find_suitable_fallback(struct free_area *area, unsigned int order,
>> - int migratetype, bool only_stealable, bool *can_steal);
>> + int migratetype, bool need_whole_block, bool *whole_block);
>
> Agh, sorry, I was meant to rename all of these to claim_block.
> Apparently I got halfway through doing that then got distracted.
>
> (Literally the whole point of this patch was to clean this up, and I
> somehow failed to actually do that!)

Given Johannes' patches went to mm-unstable meanwhile, this now expectedly
conflicts a lot so I'll wait with review for a new rebased version. Thanks!