linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/28] mm, page_alloc: Convert alloc

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Message-ID: <571F51A7.3000300@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:31:51 +0200
From:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/28] mm, page_alloc: Convert alloc_flags to unsigned

On 04/15/2016 10:59 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> alloc_flags is a bitmask of flags but it is signed which does not
> necessarily generate the best code depending on the compiler. Even
> without an impact, it makes more sense that this be unsigned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>