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On 06-Oct-20 17:47, David Miller wrote:
 > From: Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@nvidia.com>
 > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 16:02:24 +0300
 >
 >> Buddy allocator allocates blocks of different sizes, so when it
 >> scans the bits array, the allocator looks for free *area* of at
 >> least the required size.
 >> Can't store this info in a 'lowest set bit' counter.
 >
 > If you make it per-order, why not?

OK, I=E2=80=99ll send the V2 series with the standard allocator.
The optimization will be handled in a separate patch later on.

Thanks