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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory_hotplug.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory_hotplug.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index be3c62e3fb95..ac6961abaa10 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -831,6 +831,14 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, zone->zone_pgdat->node_present_pages += onlined_pages; pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags); + /* + * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the + * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting + * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful + * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial + * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages + * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. + */ shuffle_zone(zone); node_states_set_node(nid, &arg); |