linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Simplify for_each_populated

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:56:19 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kosaki.motohiro@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Simplify for_each_populated_zone()

On 10/19/2012 07:24 PM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 04:25:47PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> Move the check for populated_zone() to the control statement of the
>> 'for' loop and get rid of the odd looking if/else block.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>
>>  include/linux/mmzone.h |    7 ++-----
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> index 50aaca8..5bdf02e 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
>> @@ -913,11 +913,8 @@ extern struct zone *next_zone(struct zone *zone);
>>  
>>  #define for_each_populated_zone(zone)		        \
>>  	for (zone = (first_online_pgdat())->node_zones; \
>> -	     zone;					\
>> -	     zone = next_zone(zone))			\
>> -		if (!populated_zone(zone))		\
>> -			; /* do nothing */		\
>> -		else
>> +	     zone && populated_zone(zone);		\
>> +	     zone = next_zone(zone))
> 
> I don't think we want to /abort/ the loop when encountering an
> unpopulated zone.
> 

Oops! I totally missed that.. thanks for catching it! Please ignore
the patch.

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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