linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Define KB, MB, GB, TB in core VM

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 14:11:49 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Define KB, MB, GB, TB in core VM

On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:47:42 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> There are many places where we define size either left shifting integers
> or multiplying 1024s without any generic definition to fall back on. But
> there are couples of (powerpc and lz4) attempts to define these standard
> memory sizes. Lets move these definitions to core VM to make sure that
> all new usage come from these definitions eventually standardizing it
> across all places.

Grep further - there are many more definitions and some may now
generate warnings.

Newly including mm.h for these things seems a bit heavyweight.  I can't
immediately think of a more appropriate place.  Maybe printk.h or
kernel.h.