* in mm/page_alloc.c
*/
+/*
+ * Structure for holding the mostly immutable allocation parameters passed
+ * between functions involved in allocations, including the alloc_pages*
+ * family of functions.
+ *
+ * nodemask, migratetype and high_zoneidx are initialized only once in
+ * __alloc_pages_nodemask() and then never change.
+ *
+ * zonelist, preferred_zone and classzone_idx are set first in
+ * __alloc_pages_nodemask() for the fast path, and might be later changed
+ * in __alloc_pages_slowpath(). All other functions pass the whole strucure
+ * by a const pointer.
+ */
+struct alloc_context {
+ struct zonelist *zonelist;
+ nodemask_t *nodemask;
+ struct zone *preferred_zone;
+ int classzone_idx;
+ int migratetype;
+ enum zone_type high_zoneidx;
+};
+
/*
* Locate the struct page for both the matching buddy in our
* pair (buddy1) and the combined O(n+1) page they form (page).