Re: [PATCH] mm: compaction: Iron out isolate_freepages_block() andisolate_freepages_range() -fix1

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Mon Oct 08 2012 - 02:49:17 EST


On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:00:17PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The following patch is still missing from linux-next/akpm so am
> resending in case it got lost in the mess.
>
>
> CMA is reported to be broken in next-20120926. Minchan Kim pointed out
> that this was due to nr_scanned != total_isolated in the case of CMA
> because PageBuddy pages are one scan but many isolations in CMA. This
> patch should address the problem.
>
> This patch is a fix for
> mm-compaction-acquire-the-zone-lock-as-late-as-possible-fix-2.patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

Andrew, please fold this into [1] and pick.
Mel, Thanks for seeing this problem while I enjoy holiday.

[1] mm: compaction: Iron out isolate_freepages_block() and isolate_freepages_range() -fix2
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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