linux-kernel - Re: [patch] sysctl: clean up vm related variable declarations

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Message-ID: <20100203081740.GE19641@balbir.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:47:40 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	minchan.kim@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [patch] sysctl: clean up vm related variable declarations

* David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> [2010-02-02 18:36:42]:

> From: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Now, there are many "extern" declaration in kernel/sysctl.c. "extern"
> declaration in *.c file is not appreciated in general.
> And Hmm...it seems there are a few redundant declarations.
> 
> Because most of sysctl variables are defined in its own header file,
> they should be declared in the same style, be done in its own *.h file.
> 
> This patch removes some VM(memory management) related sysctl's
> variable declaration from kernel/sysctl.c and move them to
> proper places.
> 
> [rientjes@...gle.com: #ifdef fixlet]
> Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h     |    5 +++++
>  include/linux/mmzone.h |    1 +
>  include/linux/oom.h    |    5 +++++
>  kernel/sysctl.c        |   16 ++--------------
>  mm/mmap.c              |    5 +++++
>  5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>

Looks good to me 

-- 
	Balbir
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