linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] percpu: some trivial cleanup patches

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:04:38 -0700
From:   Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tj@...nel.org, cl@...ux.com,
        mawupeng1@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] percpu: some trivial cleanup patches

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 09:17:57PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> There's a left issue in my mailbox about percpu code at below. When
> I rechecked it and considered Dennis's comment, I made an attmept
> to fix it with patch 3.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y407wDMKq5ibE9sc@fedora/T/#u
> 
> Patch 1 and 2 are trivial clean up patches when reading percpu code.
> 
> Baoquan He (3):
>   mm/percpu.c: remove redundant check
>   mm/percpu.c: optimize the code in pcpu_setup_first_chunk() a little
>     bit
>   mm/percpu.c: print error message too if atomic alloc failed
> 
>  mm/percpu.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

Thanks for these. I left a few comments. I think I might have some stuff
for v6.6, I'll figure that out in a couple days. If that's so, I can
pull 1, probably massage 2 and send that out again, and then I think
you'll need to resend 3.

Thanks,
Dennis