linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] mm: vmscan: move set_task_reclaim_state() near flush_reclaim

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Message-ID: <CAJD7tkZFnjw4sfvr1aDts0B4uWrHAQ962mgKwA3h=es3P=QWFQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:26:45 -0700
From:   Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
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        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] mm: vmscan: move set_task_reclaim_state() near flush_reclaim_state()

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 4:19 AM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 13.04.23 12:40, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > Move set_task_reclaim_state() near flush_reclaim_state() so that all
> > helpers manipulating reclaim_state are in close proximity.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
> > ---
>
> Hm, it's rather a simple helper to set the reclaim_state for a task, not
> to modify it.
>
> No strong opinion, but I'd just leave it as it.

It's just personal taste to have helpers acting on the same data
structure next to one another. I don't feel strongly about it either,
I left it as a separate patch so that we can simply drop it. Peter
also thought the same, so maybe I should just drop it.

>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> David / dhildenb
>