linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm, oom: move task_will_free_mem up in the file to be used in process

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Message-ID: <CAJuCfpFRXkfV_2dFt1vE-qJw8_oerE6tEza8hGZgFetPyQ6NkQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:15:57 -0700
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
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        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>,
        Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
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        kernel-team <kernel-team@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm, oom: move task_will_free_mem up in the file to
 be used in process_mrelease

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 1:59 PM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 1:51 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:19:35 -0700 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > This would not require moving other functions.
> > > > > Would that be better than the current approach or the forward declaration?
> > > >
> > > > IMHO that could be an easy, possible alternative.
> > >
> > > Andrew, others? Should I follow this path instead?
> >
> > Whatever you prefer ;)
>
> I understand David's concern too well to ignore it, so I prefer to
> follow this middle-ground approach if you don't mind :)

v3 with the refactoring is posted at
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/project/lkml/list/?series=509230