From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Add kernel-docs for free_pages()
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:38:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aK4NUS5N9TiX5hk0@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250826193258.902608-2-vishal.moola@gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:32:52PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> +/**
> + * free_pages - Free pages allocated with alloc_pages().
I might reference get_free_pages() here instead of alloc_pages().
We used to have a wonderful document that explained that there was one
allocator with two namespaces to access it; alloc_pages()/__free_pages()
and get_free_pages()/free_pages(). I don't know what happened to it.
Other than that,
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-26 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-26 19:32 [PATCH 0/7] Cleanup free_pages() misuse Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 1/7] mm/page_alloc: Add kernel-docs for free_pages() Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:38 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 2/7] aoe: Stop calling page_address() in free_page() Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-08-26 20:12 ` Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86: Stop calling page_address() in free_pages() Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 4/7] riscv: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 5/7] powerpc: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 6/7] arm64: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
2025-08-26 19:32 ` [PATCH 7/7] virtio_balloon: " Vishal Moola (Oracle)
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