Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] account free buddy areas

[Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>]

Nick Piggin wrote:
> 1/3
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> Keep track of the number of free pages of each order in the buddy allocator.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
> 
> 
> ---
> 
>  linux-2.6-npiggin/include/linux/mmzone.h |    1 +
>  linux-2.6-npiggin/mm/page_alloc.c        |   22 ++++++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~vm-free-order-pages mm/page_alloc.c
> --- linux-2.6/mm/page_alloc.c~vm-free-order-pages	2004-09-05 14:53:53.000000000 +1000
> +++ linux-2.6-npiggin/mm/page_alloc.c	2004-09-05 14:53:53.000000000 +1000
> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static inline void __free_pages_bulk (st
>  		page_idx &= mask;
>  	}
>  	list_add(&(base + page_idx)->lru, &area->free_list);
> +	area->nr_free++;
>  }
>  

Ahh, yes _that_ is why I got an offset in page_alloc.c

Obviously this function needs an area->nr_free-- in the loop somewhere around
list_del(&buddy1->lru);

I have actually tested the complete patchset with this addition, I just forgot
to update the patch.