In line 1459, we have "free_pages -= (1 << order) + 1;". Suppose allocating one 0-order page, here we'll get free_pages -= 1 + 1 I wonder why there is a "+ 1"? 1448/* 1449 * Return true if free pages are above 'mark'. This takes into account the order 1450 * of the allocation. 1451 */ 1452static bool __zone_watermark_ok(struct zone *z, int order, unsigned long mark, 1453 int classzone_idx, int alloc_flags, long free_pages) 1454{ 1455 /* free_pages my go negative - that's OK */ 1456 long min = mark; 1457 int o; 1458 1459 free_pages -= (1 << order) + 1; 1460 if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HIGH) 1461 min -= min / 2; 1462 if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_HARDER) 1463 min -= min / 4; 1464 1465 if (free_pages <= min + z->lowmem_reserve[classzone_idx]) 1466 return false; 1467 for (o = 0; o < order; o++) { 1468 /* At the next order, this order's pages become unavailable */ 1469 free_pages -= z->free_area[o].nr_free << o; 1470 1471 /* Require fewer higher order pages to be free */ 1472 min >>= 1; 1473 1474 if (free_pages <= min) 1475 return false; 1476 } 1477 return true; 1478}