linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/35] Use a pre-calculated value for num_online

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Message-ID: <20090318180152.GB24462@csn.ul.ie>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:01:52 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/35] Use a pre-calculated value for num_online_nodes()

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:58:02PM -0400, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Mel Gorman wrote:
> 
> > Naming has never been great, but in this case the static value is a
> > direct replacement of num_online_nodes(). I think having a
> > similarly-named-but-still-different name obscures more than it helps.
> 
> Creates a weird new name. Please use nr_online_nodes. Its useful elsewhere
> too.
> 

Ok, I'm dropping this patch for the first pass altogether and will deal
with it later.

-- 
Mel Gorman
Part-time Phd Student                          Linux Technology Center
University of Limerick                         IBM Dublin Software Lab
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