linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: use some helper functions to cleanup code

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Message-ID: <4bb381fc-eae5-effd-214d-8d62e66da272@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:35:13 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mike.kravetz@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: use some helper functions to cleanup code

On 10.02.21 07:53, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> We could use pages_per_huge_page to get the number of pages per hugepage,
> use get_hstate_idx to calculate hstate index, and use hstate_is_gigantic
> to check if a hstate is gigantic to make code more succinct.
> 

Another suggestion, please collect and group your cleanups for a 
subsystem and send them in a single cleanup patch series where possible. 
Again, makes life easier for reviewers and maintainers.

Thanks!


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb