From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964930AbXCUU1m (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:27:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964896AbXCUU1m (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:27:42 -0400 Received: from smtp.cce.hp.com ([161.114.21.22]:6059 "EHLO ccerelrim01.cce.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964893AbXCUU1l (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:27:41 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1864 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:27:41 EDT From: "Bob Picco" Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:55:37 -0500 To: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Mel Gorman , Bob Picco , Dave Hansen , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] pfn_valid_within() HOLES_WITHIN_ZONES helper Message-ID: <20070321205537.GN10084@localhost> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-PMX-Version: 5.2.1.279297, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.21.124434 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andy Wihitcroft wrote: [Wed Mar 21 2007, 02:14:55PM EST] > The thought of having a helper for the holes within zones code > has come up on two different threads in the last couple of days. > So I took the pfn_valid_within() patch I had developed for the > linear reclaim series and pulled it forward to 2.6.21-rc4-mm1. > I have split it into a three patch series to better align with the > affected patch sets within -mm. > > add-pfn_valid_within-helper-for-sub-MAX_ORDER-hole-detection -- > adds the base helper and utilises it within the buddy allocator, > > anti-fragmentation-switch-over-to-pfn_valid_within() -- changes > references within Mel Gormans anti-fragmentation patch series, and > > lumpy-move-to-using-pfn_valid_within() -- changes references with > my lumpy reclaim patch series. > > -apw Andy, Thanks for doing this. Acked-by: Bob Picco