Re: page_alloc.c comments patch

[Andrew Morton]

Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, 18. April 2002 04:26, Mel wrote:
> > This patch is a first cut effort at commenting how the buddy algorithm
> > works for allocating and freeing blocks of pages. No code is changed so
> > the impact is minimal to put it mildly
> 
> Sure?
> 
> > -     index = page_idx >> (1 + order);

It's OK:

-       index = page_idx >> (1 + order);

+       /* index is the number bit inside the free_area_t bitmap stored in
+        * area->map
+        */
+       index = page_idx >> (1 + order);

> Nevertheless, great attempt, Mel.

yes, it is.

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