linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm: make tlb_flush

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Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 11:31:37 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        kernel-team <kernel-team@....com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] mm: make tlb_flush_pending global

On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 02:56:15PM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Currently, tlb_flush_pending is used only for CONFIG_[NUMA_BALANCING|
> COMPACTION] but upcoming patches to solve subtle TLB flush bacting

s/bacting/batching/

> problem will use it regardless of compaction/numa so this patch
> doesn't remove the dependency.
> 
> Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>

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Mel Gorman
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