Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations that may be migrated

[Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:

> Mel Gorman wrote:
> > It is often known at allocation time when a page may be migrated or
> > not. This patch adds a flag called __GFP_MOVABLE and a new mask called
> > GFP_HIGH_MOVABLE.
>
> Shouldn't that be HIGHUSER_MOVABLE?

I suppose, but it's a bit verbose. I don't feel very strongly about the 
name and the choice of name was taken from here - 
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/23/157 . I can make it GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE 
in the next revision

--
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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