On 2018-10-04 20:21, Michal Hocko wrote:
On Wed 03-10-18 19:09:39, Arun KS wrote:
[...]
+static int online_pages_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long
nr_pages)
+{
+ unsigned long end = start + nr_pages;
+ int order, ret, onlined_pages = 0;
+
+ while (start < end) {
+
On Wed 03-10-18 19:09:39, Arun KS wrote:
[...]
> +static int online_pages_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages)
> +{
> + unsigned long end = start + nr_pages;
> + int order, ret, onlined_pages = 0;
> +
> + while (start < end) {
> + order = min(MAX_ORDER - 1UL,
When free pages are done with higher order, time spend on
coalescing pages by buddy allocator can be reduced. With
section size of 256MB, hot add latency of a single section
shows improvement from 50-60 ms to less than 1 ms, hence
improving the hot add latency by 60%. Modify external
providers of o
