Re: [PATCH 5/7] Fragmentation Avoidance V16: 005_fallback

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On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 15:46 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> +static struct page *
> +fallback_alloc(int alloctype, struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
> {
...
> +       /*
> +        * Here, the alloc type lists has been depleted as well as the global
> +        * pool, so fallback. When falling back, the largest possible block
> +        * will be taken to keep the fallbacks clustered if possible
> +        */
> +       while ((alloctype = *(++fallback_list)) != -1) {

That's a bit obtuse.  Is there no way to simplify it?  Just keeping an
index instead of a fallback_list pointer should make it quite a bit
easier to grok.

-- Dave

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