linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 18/22] sh: Use generic show

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Message-ID: <87ej9nozl4.fsf@saeurebad.de>
Date:	Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:08:39 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, mingo@...e.hu,
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	rmk@....linux.org.uk, tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 18/22] sh: Use generic show_mem()

Hi Paul,

Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:40:24PM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
>> -	printk(KERN_INFO "Total of %ld pages in page table cache\n",
>> -	       quicklist_total_size());
>> -}
>> -
>
> NACK. The quicklists are also absent from the generic implementation.
> Doing things generically is nice and all, but please do not go around
> removing all of the different implementations and consolidating on the
> simplest point of commonality you could come up with. Either combine
> everything in to a generic show_mem() that doesn't sacrifice
> functionality, or only convert the platforms that are identical.

Sorry, I made it an RFC because I was not quite sure if the generic pfn
walker is valid on all affected architectures.  If it is okay, I will
send a patch-set meant for application that does not miss any output.

Thanks,

	Hannes
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