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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page_isolation.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page_isolation.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c index abfe26ad59fd..83692b937784 100644 --- a/mm/page_isolation.c +++ b/mm/page_isolation.c @@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ static void unset_migratetype_isolate(struct page *page, unsigned migratetype) * If we isolate freepage with more than pageblock_order, there * should be no freepage in the range, so we could avoid costly * pageblock scanning for freepage moving. + * + * We didn't actually touch any of the isolated pages, so place them + * to the tail of the freelist. This is an optimization for memory + * onlining - just onlined memory won't immediately be considered for + * allocation. */ if (!isolated_page) { nr_pages = move_freepages_block(zone, page, migratetype, NULL); |