linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] mm/mempolicy: kill v.preferred

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Message-ID: <YHbnAii50shoetsp@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:58:42 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] mm/mempolicy: kill v.preferred_nodes

On Wed 17-03-21 11:40:03, Feng Tang wrote:
> From: Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@...el.com>
> 
> Now that preferred_nodes is just a mask, and policies are mutually
> exclusive, there is no reason to have a separate mask.
> 
> This patch is optional. It definitely helps clean up code in future
> patches, but there is no functional difference to leaving it with the
> previous name. I do believe it helps demonstrate the exclusivity of the
> fields.

Yeah, let's just do it after the whole thing is merged. The separation
helps a bit to review the code at this stage because it is so much
easier to grep for preferred_nodes than nodes.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs