linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap: Define DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD

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Message-ID: <3622f8fe-00c4-298e-0b35-06bb61b92cde@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:25:45 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap: Define DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP



On 8/29/23 18:02, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 09:22:48AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This just defines a macro constant i.e DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD_GAP representing
>> the default gap, guarding the stack mapping. This does not cause functional
>> changes.
> 
> But why have you done it at all?

Just as a normal cleanup which also improves readability.