linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 6/7] x86, mm: Prepare zone_sizes

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Date:	Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:32:54 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 6/7] x86, mm: Prepare zone_sizes_init() for unification

Hi David,

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:56 AM, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:
> I'd just fold patch 7 into this, it doesn't make much sense to have add
> CONFIG_HIGHMEM code for 64-bit, for example, just to make the next patch
> simpler.

Actually, I don't agree.

Whenever I've done unification patches, I've always made sure the
patch that does the actual unification is just code shuffling. That
improves bisectability and makes reviewing easier.

                        Pekka
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