linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/17] mm: page_alloc: Use unsigned int for order in more places

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Message-ID: <53692EA6.5010702@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 May 2014 14:49:10 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux-FSDevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/17] mm: page_alloc: Use unsigned int for order in more
 places

On 05/01/2014 04:44 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> X86 prefers the use of unsigned types for iterators and there is a
> tendency to mix whether a signed or unsigned type if used for page
> order. This converts a number of sites in mm/page_alloc.c to use
> unsigned int for order where possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>


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