linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Skip non present sections on zone initialization

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Message-ID: <20200110145454.mmgmtcy2zsrr63vh@box>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:54:54 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "Jin, Zhi" <zhi.jin@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Skip non present sections on zone
 initialization

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 03:48:39PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> >> +       if (!present_section_nr(section_nr))
> >> +               return section_nr_to_pfn(next_present_section_nr(section_nr));
> > 
> > This won't compile. next_present_section_nr() is static to mm/sparse.c.
> 
> We should then move that to the header IMHO.

It looks like too much for a trivial cleanup.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov