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

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Message-ID: <8f65781d-1ef0-8314-2baf-586b57a42e9c@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:38:07 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, 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 02/26/2020 07:33 PM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> 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?

Yes, we can unify it while moving. Will change.