Re: [PATCH] mm: drop stale MAX_ORDER references

Zi Yan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hyperv,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-rdma,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 20 Aug 2026, at 9:27, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 08:24:08PM +0800, Qi Xi wrote:
>> The treewide rename in commit 5e0a760b4441 ("mm, treewide: rename
>> MAX_ORDER to MAX_PAGE_ORDER") left a few spots still using the old
>> name:
>>
>>   - two comments in include/net/mana/mana.h and mm/page_alloc.c;
>>   - the gdb helper scripts/gdb/linux/mm.py, where self.MAX_ORDER is
>>     a local mirror of the kernel's MAX_ORDER define.
>>
>> Rename the leftover instances to MAX_PAGE_ORDER so the tree is
>> consistent.
>>
>> No functional changes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  include/net/mana/mana.h | 4 ++--
>>  mm/page_alloc.c         | 2 +-
>>  scripts/gdb/linux/mm.py | 8 ++++----
>>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
>> index 04acb6791dbd..1d5bed71d6a7 100644
>> --- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
>> +++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
>> @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ enum TRI_STATE {
>>  #define COMP_ENTRY_SIZE 64
>>
>>  /* This Max value for RX buffers is derived from __alloc_page()'s max page
>> - * allocation calculation. It allows maximum 2^(MAX_ORDER -1) pages. RX buffer
>> - * size beyond this value gets rejected by __alloc_page() call.
>> + * allocation calculation. It allows maximum 2^(MAX_PAGE_ORDER -1) pages. RX
>
> Should it reference MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES instead?

It is fixed in v2[1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

>
>> + * buffer size beyond this value gets rejected by __alloc_page() call.
>>   */
>>  #define MAX_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 8192
>>  #define DEF_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 1024
>
> -- 
>   Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov


Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
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