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

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:52:08 +0100
From:	Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@....ac.uk>
To:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
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 19 Sep 2007, at 18:29, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 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

That's great!  And sorry I did not notice that bit...

Best regards,

	Anton
-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
Linux NTFS maintainer, http://www.linux-ntfs.org/


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