linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/memremap.c: use ALIGN/ALIGN_DOWN to calculate align

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4hohqZ0DVriW=cdgH+9jrxWoWq4FFk-KGqvtqJHOTt7eg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:06:13 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/memremap.c: use ALIGN/ALIGN_DOWN to calculate align_start/end

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:02 PM Wei Yang <richardw.yang@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> The purpose of align_start/end is to expand to SECTION boundary. Use
> ALIGN/ALIGN_DOWN directly is more self-explain and clean.

I'm actively trying to kill this code [1] so I don't see the need for
this patch.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/155977193326.2443951.14201009973429527491.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com/