+ mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:59:18 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.mm-commits
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The patch titled
     Subject: mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Brendan Jackman" <[email protected]>
Subject: mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:34:29 +0000

fix try_to_compact_pages() kerneldoc

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: "Brendan Jackman" <[email protected]>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

 mm/compaction.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix
+++ a/mm/compaction.c
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ static enum compact_result compact_zone_
 /**
  * try_to_compact_pages - Direct compact to satisfy a high-order allocation
  * @gfp_mask: The GFP mask of the current allocation
- * @order: The order of the current allocation
+ * @order: The order to try to make available
  * @alloc_flags: The allocation flags of the current allocation
  * @ac: The context of current allocation
  * @prio: Determines how hard direct compaction should try to succeed
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

mm-page_alloc-fix-non-movable-reclaim-storm-in-defrag_mode-fix.patch