linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/24] HWPOISON: remove the free buddy page handler

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Message-ID: <20091202133101.GD13277@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:31:01 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/24] HWPOISON: remove the free buddy page handler

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 09:13:30PM +0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 11:12:41AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > The buddy page has already be handled in the very beginning.
> > So remove redundant code.
> 
> I think I prefer the table to be complete, even if some of the 
> cases might not happen currently. A BUG() would be reasonable though.

I'd prefer not to carry around some useless bytes in kernel.

What if we replace it with a comment line in the table?

Thanks,
Fengguang
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