linux-kernel - Re: [03/17] is_vmalloc_addr(): Check if an address is within the vmalloc boundaries

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709191028211.11138@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:29:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@....ac.uk>
cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Mel Gorman <mel@...net.ie>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [03/17] is_vmalloc_addr(): Check if an address is within the
 vmalloc boundaries

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Anton Altaparmakov wrote:

> There even is such a function already in mm/sparse.c::vaddr_in_vmalloc_area()
> with pretty identical content.  I would suggest either this new inline should
> go away completely and use the existing one and export it or the existing one
> should go away and the inline should be used.  It seems silly to have two
> functions with different names doing exactly the same thing!

Just in case you have not noticed: This patchset removes the 
vaddr_in_vmalloc_area() in sparse.c

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