linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib: bitmap: introduce bitmap_find_next_zero_area_and

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Date:   Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:32:12 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Jaewon Kim <jaewon31.kim@...sung.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        labbott@...hat.com, mina86@...a86.com, m.szyprowski@...sung.com,
        gregory.0xf0@...il.com, laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com,
        akinobu.mita@...il.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaewon31.kim@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: bitmap: introduce
 bitmap_find_next_zero_area_and_size

On Wed 28-12-16 13:41:24, Jaewon Kim wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2016년 12월 27일 19:05, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > Who is going to use this function? I do not see any caller introduced by
> > this patch.
>
> Hi
> I did not add caller in this patch.

it is preferable to add the caller(s) in the same patch to see the
benefit of the new helper.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs