Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754593AbYCHLjx (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:39:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753870AbYCHLjp (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:39:45 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:58070 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752563AbYCHLjo (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:39:44 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:41:22 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [6/13] Core maskable allocator Message-ID: <20080308114122.GA27074@one.firstfloor.org> References: <200803071007.493903088@firstfloor.org> <20080307090716.9D3E91B419C@basil.firstfloor.org> <20080308140334.15987554.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080308140334.15987554.kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 565 Lines: 16 > > +early_param("maskzone", setup_maskzone); > > please confirm mask_zone_size is aligned to MAX_ORDER. It's not. Since the buddy allocator is not used MAX_ORDER doesn't really exist for the mask allocator. It can handle arbitary size allocations. Also strictly seen the maskzone is part of the lowmem zone. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/