linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] mm: Move buddy list manipulations into helpers

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:27:05 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] mm: Move buddy list manipulations into helpers

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:31 AM Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon 07-01-19 15:21:16, Dan Williams wrote:
> > In preparation for runtime randomization of the zone lists, take all
> > (well, most of) the list_*() functions in the buddy allocator and put
> > them in helper functions. Provide a common control point for injecting
> > additional behavior when freeing pages.
>
> Looks good in general and it actually makes the code more readable.
> One nit below
>
> [...]
> > +static inline void rmv_page_order(struct page *page)
> > +{
> > +     __ClearPageBuddy(page);
> > +     set_page_private(page, 0);
> > +}
> > +
>
> I guess we do not really need this helper and simply squash it to its
> only user.

Ok.

>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

Thanks.

>
> --
> Michal Hocko
> SUSE Labs