linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] docum/vm: split txt and source files

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Message-ID: <20100209105231.GA3781@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:52:31 +0000
From:	Eric B Munson <ebmunson@...ibm.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] docum/vm: split txt and source files

On Mon, 08 Feb 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> Documentation/vm/:
> Expose example and tool source files in the Documentation/ directory in
> their own files instead of being buried (almost hidden) in readme/txt files.
> This should help to prevent bitrot.
> 
> This will make them more visible/usable to users who may need
> to use them, to developers who may need to test with them, and
> to anyone who would fix/update them if they were more visible.
> 
> Also, if any of these possibly should not be in the kernel tree at
> all, it will be clearer that they are here and we can discuss if
> they should be removed.
> 
> Also build the recently-added map_hugetlb.c.
> Make several functions static to prevent linker warnings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Eric B Munson <ebmunson@...ibm.com>

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