linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Replace the watermark-related union in struct zone with a watermark[] array

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Message-Id: <1241099300.29485.96.camel@nimitz>
Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:48:20 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Replace the watermark-related union in struct zone with
	a watermark[] array

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 14:35 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> I think what you're saying that you'd be ok with
> 
> zone_wmark_min(z)
> zone_wmark_low(z)
> zone_wmark_high(z)
> 
> and z->pages_mark[WMARK_MIN] =
> and z->pages_mark[WMARK_LOW] =
> and z->pages_mark[WMARK_HIGH] =
> 
> ?
> 
> Is that a significant improvement over what the patch currently does? To
> me, it seems more verbose.

Either way, there are _relatively_ few users.  From a quick cscope, it
appears setup_per_zone_pages_min() is really the heaviest user assigning
them.

Personally, I do like having the 'wmark' or something similar in the
function or structure member names.  But, I also like having the units
in there as well.  There's probably not room for both, though.  I'm fine
with the naming you have above.  The only thing I might consider is
removing 'zone_' from the function names since it's implied from the
variable name:

	min_wmark_pages(z)

The 'z->pages_mark[WMARK_*]' form is ugly, but it should be basically
restricted to use in setup_per_zone_pages_min().  I think that means we
don't need set_foo() functions because of a lack of use sites.

-- Dave

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