linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] make new alloc_pages

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:42:27 -0500
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] make new alloc_pages_exact()

Dave Hansen wrote:
>> > Hand-optimised.  Old school.  Doesn't trust the compiler :)

> Hey, ask the dude who put free_pages_exact() in there! :)

Ugh, I don't remember at all why I wrote it the way I did.  I'm pretty sure I
copied the style from somewhere else, since these functions are not really my
area of expertise.

When you guys finally agree on the order of the parameters :) I'll test out the
functions on my board.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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