linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/4] mm: separate memory allocation and actual work in alloc_vmap

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Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:22:33 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Roman Gushchin <guroan@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/4] mm: separate memory allocation and actual work in
 alloc_vmap_area()

On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 11:45 -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:40:45AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 10:13 -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 10:07:18AM -0800, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Allocate a region of KVA of the specified size and alignment, within the
> > > > + * vstart and vend.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
> > > > +					 unsigned long align,
> > > > +					 unsigned long vstart,
> > > > +					 unsigned long vend,
> > > > +					 int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct vmap_area *va;
> > > > +	int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +	va = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct vmap_area),
> > > > +			gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK, node);
> > > > +	if (unlikely(!va))
> > > > +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > > > +
> > > > +	ret = init_vmap_area(va, size, align, vstart, vend, node, gfp_mask);
> > > > +	if (ret) {
> > > > +		kfree(va);
> > > > +		return ERR_PTR(ret);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	return va;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > Another spurious blank line?

[wrong spacing noticed]

> Umm ... this blank line changed the file from having one blank line
> after the function to having two blank lines after the function.

right. thanks.