linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/memory-failure.c clean up around tk pre-allocation

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Message-ID: <20190801090651.GC31767@hori.linux.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp>
Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 09:06:51 +0000
From:   Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:     Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
CC:     "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/memory-failure.c clean up around tk
 pre-allocation

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 04:01:40PM -0600, Jane Chu wrote:
> add_to_kill() expects the first 'tk' to be pre-allocated, it makes
> subsequent allocations on need basis, this makes the code a bit
> difficult to read. Move all the allocation internal to add_to_kill()
> and drop the **tk argument.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>

# somehow I sent 2 acks to 2/2, sorry about the noise.