Subject: Re: [net-next 01/15] net/mlx5: DR, Add buddy allocator utilities

From: David Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:41:49 -0700 (PDT)

From: Yevgeny Kliteynik <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:58:59 +0000

> By replacing the bits-per-long array with a single counter we loose
> this ability to jump faster to the free spot.

I don't understand why this is true, because upon the free we will
update the hint and that's where the next bit search will start.

Have you even tried my suggestion?