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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: remove unneeded current_order check
To:     Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@hugovil.com>
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From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
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Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:32:19 +0800
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On 2023/8/8 20:16, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:05:55 +0800
> Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
>> current_order is guaranteed to '>=' min_order while min_order always '>='
>> order. So current_order must be '>=' order.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  mm/page_alloc.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> index 96b7c1a7d1f2..d37ec87515d0 100644
>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> @@ -2072,8 +2072,7 @@ __rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype,
>>  		 * allocation falls back into a different pageblock than this
>>  		 * one, it won't cause permanent fragmentation.
>>  		 */
>> -		if (!can_steal && start_migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE
>> -					&& current_order > order)
>> +		if (!can_steal && start_migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
>>  			goto find_smallest;
> 
> Hi,
> if my analysis is correct, min_order can be initialized to the value of
> order before the loop begins.
> 
> In that case, in the last loop iteration, current_order will be
> equal to min_order and also to order. The condition 'current_order >
> order' will evaluate to false, and the 'if' block should not be
> executed?

Oh, that's my mistake. Thanks for pointing this out. Will drop this patch.

Thanks!