linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/5] mm, page_alloc(): remove setup

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:57:17 +0200
From:   Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/5] mm, page_alloc(): remove setup_pageset()

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 11:23:07AM +0200, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 06:36:26PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > We initialize boot-time pagesets with setup_pageset(), which sets high and
> > batch values that effectively disable pcplists.
> > 
> > We can remove this wrapper if we just set these values for all pagesets in
> > pageset_init(). Non-boot pagesets then subsequently update them to specific
> > values.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

You would need to squash here the remove of setup_pageset's declaration.
And then remove it from patch#4.

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3