From: gaoxiang17 <gaoxiang17@xiaomi.com>

Signed-off-by: gaoxiang17 <gaoxiang17@xiaomi.com>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0aefae4a26b2..8b0634d1728b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1818,6 +1818,13 @@ static bool can_steal_fallback(unsigned int order, int start_mt)
 	if (order >= pageblock_order)
 		return true;
 
+	/*
+	 * movable pages won't cause permanent fragmentation, so when you alloc small pages,
+	 * you just need to temporarily steal unmovable or reclaimable pages that are closest
+	 * to the request size. After a while, memory compact may occur to form large contiguous
+	 * pages, and the next movable allocation may not need to steal. Unmovable and reclaimable
+	 * allocation need to actually steal pages.
+	 */
 	if (order >= pageblock_order / 2 ||
 		start_mt == MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE ||
 		start_mt == MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE ||
-- 
2.34.1