Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:08:53 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v33 1/4] mm: add a function to get free page blocks |
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:08 PM Wei Wang <wei.w.wang@intel.com> wrote: > > This patch adds a function to get free pages blocks from a free page > list. The obtained free page blocks are hints about free pages, because > there is no guarantee that they are still on the free page list after > the function returns.
Ack. This is the kind of simple interface where I don't need to worry about the MM code calling out to random drivers or subsystems.
I think that "order" should be checked for validity, but from a MM standpoint I think this is fine.
Linus
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