linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm, hugetlb: remove hugetlb_zero and hugetlb

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:05:08 -0400
From:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm, hugetlb: remove hugetlb_zero and hugetlb_infinity

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 05:46:35PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> They are unnecessary: "zero" can be used in place of "hugetlb_zero" and 
> passing extra2 == NULL is equivalent to infinity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 1 -
>  kernel/sysctl.c         | 9 +++------
>  mm/hugetlb.c            | 1 -
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t *pud);
>  #endif
>  
>  extern unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
> -extern const unsigned long hugetlb_zero, hugetlb_infinity;
>  extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group;
>  extern struct list_head huge_boot_pages;
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -1240,8 +1240,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
>  		.proc_handler	= hugetlb_sysctl_handler,
> -		.extra1		= (void *)&hugetlb_zero,
> -		.extra2		= (void *)&hugetlb_infinity,
> +		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
>  	{
> @@ -1250,8 +1249,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned long),
>  		.mode           = 0644,
>  		.proc_handler   = &hugetlb_mempolicy_sysctl_handler,
> -		.extra1		= (void *)&hugetlb_zero,
> -		.extra2		= (void *)&hugetlb_infinity,
> +		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #endif
>  	 {
> @@ -1274,8 +1272,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
>  		.mode		= 0644,
>  		.proc_handler	= hugetlb_overcommit_handler,
> -		.extra1		= (void *)&hugetlb_zero,
> -		.extra2		= (void *)&hugetlb_infinity,
> +		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  #endif
>  	{
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
>  #include <linux/node.h>
>  #include "internal.h"
>  
> -const unsigned long hugetlb_zero = 0, hugetlb_infinity = ~0UL;
>  unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable;
>  
>  int hugetlb_max_hstate __read_mostly;
> 
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