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

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Message-ID: <20170524143142.GA14715@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 16:31:42 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Define KB, MB, GB, TB in core VM

On Wed 24-05-17 12:10:13, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
[...]
> So the question is are we willing to do all these changes across
> the tree to achieve common definitions of KB, MB, GB, TB in the
> kernel ? Is it worth ?

I do not think this is worth losing time. Any tree wide change should
have a considerable advantage in the end. These macro helpers do not
sound overly important to care. But that is just my 2c
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs