linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove redundant display of free swap space in show

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Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:47:02 +0100
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove redundant display of free swap space in show_mem()

Hi,

Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com> writes:

> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>> From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
>> 
>> show_free_areas() already displays free swap space, no need to do it a
>> second time in show_mem() which calls the former anyway.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
>
> I heartily approve of this; and yes, it's the per-arch one which should
> go (since its "alignment" looks nasty).  But there's a lot more arches
> than just x86 which should be fixed (and so rather more work, preparing
> those patches for the various maintainers) - is that something you'd
> have time to do?  (Don't worry, "No" is a perfectly fair answer, and
> it's no way essential that all change at once.)

Yes, I will whip something up.  Thanks for the feedback.

	Hannes
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