From: Ran Xiaokai <[email protected]>
Since commit 44042b449872 ("mm/page_alloc: allow high-order pages to be
stored on the per-cpu lists"), the per-cpu page allocators (PCP) is not
only for order-0 pages. Update the comments.
Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <[email protected]>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index e5486d47406e..bed7570e0746 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3815,7 +3815,8 @@ static struct page *rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *preferred_zone,
}
/*
- * Allocate a page from the given zone. Use pcplists for order-0 allocations.
+ * Allocate a page from the given zone.
+ * Use pcplists for THP or "cheap" high-order allocations.
*/
static inline
struct page *rmqueue(struct zone *preferred_zone,
--
2.15.2