Re: [PATCH] 1/4: rework alloc_pages

Andrew Morton
2004-08-06T05:19:58Z

Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> Previously the ->protection[] logic was broken. It was difficult to follow
> and basically didn't use the asynch reclaim watermarks properly.

eh?

Broken how?

What is an "asynch reclaim watermark"?

> This one uses ->protection only for lower-zone protection, and gives the
> allocator flexibility to add the watermarks as desired.

eh?