linux-kernel - [Patch v3 0/5] mm/page_alloc.c: cleanup on check page

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Date:   Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:03:52 +0000
From:   Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rientjes@...gle.com, anshuman.khandual@....com, david@...hat.com,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
Subject: [Patch v3 0/5] mm/page_alloc.c: cleanup on check page

The patch set does some cleanup related to check page.

1. Remove unnecessary bad_reason assignment
2. Remove bad_flags to bad_page()
3. Rename function for naming convention
4. Extract common part to check page

Thanks suggestions from David Rientjes and Anshuman Khandual.

Wei Yang (5):
  mm/page_alloc.c: bad_[reason|flags] is not necessary when PageHWPoison
  mm/page_alloc.c: bad_flags is not necessary for bad_page()
  mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check_bad() to
    check_free_page_bad()
  mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check() to check_free_page()
  mm/page_alloc.c: extract check_[new|free]_page_bad() common part to
    page_bad_reason()

 mm/page_alloc.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

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