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

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Message-ID: <20170523084007.GA10308@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 01:40:07 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Define KB, MB, GB, TB in core VM

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:38:17AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Those defined in the patch are binary, not decimal. Do we even need
> decimal ones?

Oh, good point.  In which case the names should change to avoid the
confusion.