linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v8 02/15] mm: move page zone helpers into new header-specific file

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Message-ID: <2ff85751-b0b6-eaa6-8338-2bf03ba6e973@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:56:03 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Felix Kuehling <felix.kuehling@....com>,
        Alex Sierra <alex.sierra@....com>, jgg@...dia.com
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, rcampbell@...dia.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        hch@....de, jglisse@...hat.com, apopple@...dia.com,
        willy@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 02/15] mm: move page zone helpers into new
 header-specific file

On 08.07.22 23:25, Felix Kuehling wrote:
> On 2022-07-08 07:28, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 07.07.22 21:03, Alex Sierra wrote:
>>> [WHY]
>>> Have a cleaner way to expose all page zone helpers in one header
>> What exactly is a "page zone"? Do you mean a buddy zone as in
>> include/linux/mmzone.h ?
>>
> Zone as in ZONE_DEVICE. Maybe we could extend mmzone.h instead of 

Yes, I think so. And try moving as little as possible in this patch.

> creating page_zone.h? That should work as long as it's OK to include 
> mmzone.h in memremap.h.

I think so.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb