linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/15] mm/cma: move init_cma_reserved

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:30:20 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] mm/cma: move init_cma_reserved_pages() to cma.c and
 make it static

On 19.03.23 22:59, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>
> 
> init_cma_reserved_pages() only used in cma.c, no point of having it in
> page_alloc.c.
> 
> Move init_cma_reserved_pages() to cma.c and make it static.

I guess the motivation is to avoid letting too many subsystems mess with 
pageblock migratetypes, managed pages, PG_reserved ...

So it kind of makes sense to have these low-level details out of common 
CMA code, no?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb