linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6, part3 14/16] mm: concentrate modification of totalram

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Date:	Mon, 13 May 2013 10:19:11 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
	Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6, part3 14/16] mm: concentrate modification of totalram_pages into the mm core

Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com> wrote:

> Concentrate code to modify totalram_pages into the mm core, so the arch
> memory initialized code doesn't need to take care of it. With these
> changes applied, only following functions from mm core modify global
> variable totalram_pages:
> free_bootmem_late(), free_all_bootmem(), free_all_bootmem_node(),
> adjust_managed_page_count().
> 
> With this patch applied, it will be much more easier for us to keep
> totalram_pages and zone->managed_pages in consistence.

I like it.

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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