linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc

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Date:	Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:40:10 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tony.luck@...el.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: don't use vmalloc_end

Hello,

On 12/08/2009 08:35 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h does the same thing.  Did it break too?

Oh... m64k does the same thing.  I think the correct thing to do here
would be to convert arch code as in ia64.  I think defining
VMALLOC_END to vmalloc_end is a bit error-prone.  If it were defined
simply as vmalloc_end, it's unnoticeable by both the compiler and
developer.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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