Re: [RESEND PATCH v7 6/8] mm: Add APIs to free a folio directly to the buddy bypassing pcp

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Feb 08 2024 - 15:57:10 EST


On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 15:26:06 +0900 Byungchul Park <byungchul@xxxxxx> wrote:

> This is a preparation for migrc mechanism that frees folios at a better

The term "migrc" appears in various places but I don't think we're told
what is actually means?

> time later, rather than the moment migrating folios. The folios freed by
> migrc are too old to keep in pcp.

How do we define "too old" and what causes you to believe this is the case?