Re: [PATCH v2] mm/page_alloc: drop flag-conversion "optimisation"

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 20:55:28 EST


On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:02:43 -0400 "Zi Yan" <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > This particular patch looks nice to me. Code is cleaner and the change
> > reduces page_alloc.o's .text (x86_64 defconfig) from 46571 to 46443,
> > which is a good sign. So I'll add it, along with a "needs more review"
> > note.
>
> It is actually well reviewed[1], but Brendan forgot to add tags in the
> original patch.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/DJ9KK3Z7BPYU.2HDB5IVO6Q40@xxxxxxxxx/

Yep, thanks, I saw. I added your r-b: because you anticipated the
alloc_flags_nofragment() change.