linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: DRY cleanup for do_try_to_free

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Message-ID: <f28e270f-ae6d-1779-453d-b1fb3ac5a548@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:54:25 +0800
From:   Jacob Wen <jian.w.wen@...cle.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: DRY cleanup for do_try_to_free_pages()


On 12/18/20 8:17 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 06:22:17PM +0800, Jacob Wen wrote:
>> This patch reduces repetition of set_task_reclaim_state() around
>> do_try_to_free_pages().
> what is a DRY cleanup?
>
DRY is short for "Don't repeat yourself"[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself