linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] base/memory: pass the base_section in add_memory

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 15:43:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhocko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] base/memory: pass the base_section in add_memory_block

On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 04:52:12PM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
> The second parameter of init_memory_block() is used to calculate the
> start_section_nr of this block, which means any section in the same block
> would get the same start_section_nr.
> 
> This patch passes the base_section to init_memory_block(), so that to
> reduce a local variable and a check in every loop.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/memory.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Can you resend this and cc: linux-mm?  I think the developers there need
to review this.

thanks,

greg k-h