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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_alloc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_alloc.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c index 7a2853b7967d..a887ba2cc91d 100644 --- a/mm/page_alloc.c +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c @@ -1855,6 +1855,14 @@ static bool can_steal_fallback(unsigned int order, int start_mt) if (order >= pageblock_order) return true; + /* + * Movable pages won't cause permanent fragmentation, so when you alloc + * small pages, you just need to temporarily steal unmovable or + * reclaimable pages that are closest to the request size. After a + * while, memory compaction may occur to form large contiguous pages, + * and the next movable allocation may not need to steal. Unmovable and + * reclaimable allocations need to actually steal pages. + */ if (order >= pageblock_order / 2 || start_mt == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE || start_mt == MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE || |