linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm/zsmalloc: avoid duplicate assignment of prev

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:49:30 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Mahendran Ganesh <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Cc:	ngupta@...are.org, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, ddstreet@...e.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/zsmalloc: avoid duplicate assignment of prev_class

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0800, Mahendran Ganesh wrote:
> In zs_create_pool(), prev_class is assigned (ZS_SIZE_CLASSES - 1)
> times. And the prev_class only references to the previous size_class.
> So we do not need unnecessary assignement.
> 
> This patch assigns *prev_class* when a new size_class structure
> is allocated and uses prev_class to check whether the first class
> has been allocated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mahendran Ganesh <opensource.ganesh@...il.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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