mm, compaction: create compact_gap wrapper
commit9861a62c335cd34a2b6b25aaaf5898e8370299ec
authorVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Fri, 7 Oct 2016 23:57:53 +0000 (7 16:57 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 8 Oct 2016 01:46:27 +0000 (7 18:46 -0700)
tree4eb21fe16acfb2e229422de1927bfcb152781829
parentf2b8228c5f99a92bc07efd36f8dc840e0705a266
mm, compaction: create compact_gap wrapper

Compaction uses a watermark gap of (2UL << order) pages at various
places and it's not immediately obvious why.  Abstract it through a
compact_gap() wrapper to create a single place with a thorough
explanation.

[vbabka@suse.cz: clarify the comment of compact_gap()]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7b6aed1f-fdf8-2063-9ff4-bbe4de712d37@suse.cz
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160810091226.6709-9-vbabka@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Tested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/compaction.h
mm/compaction.c
mm/vmscan.c