Re: [RFC PROTOTYPE] mm: reliable 1GB page allocation

[Rik van Riel]

On Sun, 2026-10-11 at 22:58 +0530, Dev Jain wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/10/26 11:06 am, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > 
> > When the kernel free lists run low, the slow path moves pages and
> > page
> > blocks from inside mixed gigablocks onto the kernel free lists.
> 
> Did you consider a design to introduce MIGRATE_POLLUTED: simply
> have another migratetype which stores polluted pageblocks.
> This idea can work in general, not sure how relevant it is
> for gigablock concept.
> 
Don't the first half a dozen or so changes from this
prototype do that already?

What differences do you have in mind?


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