linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/vma: Make is_vma_temporary

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:03:17 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/vma: Make is_vma_temporary_stack() available for
 general use

On 2/26/20 5:50 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Currently the declaration and definition for is_vma_temporary_stack() are
> scattered. Lets make is_vma_temporary_stack() helper available for general
> use and also drop the declaration from (include/linux/huge_mm.h) which is
> no longer required. This should not cause any functional change.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>

The move made it plainly visible that the is_vma_* name differs from all the
other vma_is_* names. So this is a good chance to unify it?

Thanks,
Vlastimil