Re: [patch 1/4] mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum

[Christoph Lameter]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, David Rientjes wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> 
> > Then you could follow through with the enum mempolicy thing 
> > throughtout. Why not use enum mempolicy in struct mempolicy?
> > 
> 
> Mempolicy flags, as I implemented them in patch 2 in this series, are not 
> integer constants that are enumerated starting at 0.  They are individual 
> bits that are shifted a pre-defined length and intersected with the 
> enumerated mode.  This allows both the mode and the flags to be stored in 
> the same object.

Ok. Now are you are making the same point that I did before. Lets leave 
enum out if we need to do these tricks with the upper bits.
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