linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: Check kmem_create

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Message-Id: <20161107150712.d7b26fc6cf6c403b85f9e36a@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:07:12 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gthelen@...gle.com,
        vdavydov.dev@...il.com, mhocko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: Check kmem_create_cache flags are commons

On Mon,  7 Nov 2016 13:11:15 -0800 Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote:

> Verify that kmem_create_cache flags are not allocator specific. It is
> done before removing flags that are not available with the current
> configuration.

What is the reason for this change?