linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] ARM: change vmalloc_min to vmalloc

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 18:38:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
cc:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hailong liu <carver4lio@....com>,
        Tian Tao <tiantao6@...ilicon.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ARM: change vmalloc_min to vmalloc_start

On Wed, 19 May 2021, Linus Walleij wrote:

> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:32 AM Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 May 2021, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > On Wed, 19 May 2021, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > > > please fold in a comment
> > > > with some explanation of that (240 << 20) thing,
> > >
> > > That's an alternative (and deprecated) way to write MB(240).
> >
> > And it seems that MB() isn't globally defined either. Oh well.
> 
> I suppose a comment saying "set vmalloc to be 240 MB" is fair enough.

The comment was some 5 lines below (not ideal I know).


Nicolas