linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memblock: stop using implicit alignement to SMP_CACHE

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Date:   Tue, 9 Oct 2018 23:01:40 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:     "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] memblock: stop using implicit alignement to
 SMP_CACHE_BYTES

Hi Mike,

On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 12:07:04AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> When a memblock allocation APIs are called with align = 0, the alignment is
> implicitly set to SMP_CACHE_BYTES.
> 
> Replace all such uses of memblock APIs with the 'align' parameter explicitly
> set to SMP_CACHE_BYTES and stop implicit alignment assignment in the
> memblock internal allocation functions.
> 
>%
> 
> Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

  Acked-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com> # MIPS part

Thanks,
    Paul