linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: replace min & max with clamp() in xfs_max_open

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Message-ID: <aHTjD6FxJYEu6C6R@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 03:59:27 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Cc: George Hu <integral@...hlinux.org>, Carlos Maiolino <cem@...nel.org>,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: replace min & max with clamp() in
 xfs_max_open_zones()

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:58:59AM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> > @@ -1133,9 +1133,7 @@ xfs_max_open_zones(
> >   	/*
> >   	 * Cap the max open limit to 1/4 of available space
> >   	 */
> 
> Maybe you can keep this comment, but it was pretty much describing the code
> and not explaining the rationale.

Let me send an incremental patch to explain the rational as long as I
can still remember it :)