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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:32:18 +1000 From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au> To: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/13] maps: Move the page walker code to lib/ Matt Mackall wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 03:50:56PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: > >>Matt Mackall wrote: >> >>>On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 01:51:37PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Matt Mackall wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Move the page walker code to lib/ >>>>> >>>>>This lets it get shared outside of proc/ and linked in only when >>>>>needed. >>>> >>>>I think it would be better in mm/. >>> >>> >>>I originally was looking at putting it in mm/memory.c and possibly >> >>Just put it in its own file in mm/ rather than its own file in lib. >>lib should be for almost-standalone stuff, IMO (ie. only using basic >>kernel functionality). > > > Arguably that's what lib/ should be for, but it's currently largely I disagree. There is code everywhere that exists to provide some functionality via an API to other parts of the kernel. You don't think mm/page_alloc.c should go in lib/? > used to avoid linking in unused code without adding more hair to > Kconfig. Which is what I'm trying to do here. Well if you're doing a nice big reorganisation and jumble, then why would you worry about a few lines in Kconfig? >>Apart from these users outside mm/, I don't see much point in converting >>things over. The page table walking API we have now is neat and simple. >>It takes a few lines of code, but is it a big problem? > > > I don't think it really qualifies as either neat or simple. It may be > about as neat as walking a heterogenous tree with an inconsistent > naming scheme can be, but it's still a headache. A maze of twisty > little passages, all slightly different. All page table range walking code should be the same. It is a simple template to use to walk a range of ptes. It is a headache outside mm/, sure, but not because of its incredible complexity. -- SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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