linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm/sparse: start using sparse_init

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 16:04:40 +0200
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...hadventures.net>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Cc:     steven.sistare@...cle.com, daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, mhocko@...e.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com, jack@...e.cz,
        jglisse@...hat.com, jrdr.linux@...il.com, bhe@...hat.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        richard.weiyang@...il.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        rientjes@...gle.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm/sparse: start using sparse_init_nid(), and
 remove old code

On Sun, Jul 01, 2018 at 10:04:17PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> Change sprase_init() to only find the pnum ranges that belong to a specific
> node and call sprase_init_nid() for that range from sparse_init().
> 
> Delete all the code that became obsolete with this change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
 
This looks like an improvement to me.
It also makes the code much easier to follow and to understand.

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3