Re: [V5 PATCH 08/26] memcontrol: use N_MEMORY insteadN_HIGH_MEMORY

From: David Rientjes
Date: Mon Oct 29 2012 - 17:07:59 EST


On Mon, 29 Oct 2012, Michal Hocko wrote:

> > > > N_HIGH_MEMORY stands for the nodes that has normal or high memory.
> > > > N_MEMORY stands for the nodes that has any memory.
> > >
> > > What is the difference of those two?
> > >
> >
> > Patch 5 in the series
>
> Strange, I do not see that one at the mailing list.
>

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=135152595827692

> > introduces it to be equal to N_HIGH_MEMORY, so
>
> So this is just a rename? If yes it would be much esier if it was
> mentioned in the patch description.
>

It's not even a rename even though it should be, it's adding yet another
node_states that is equal to N_HIGH_MEMORY since that state already
includes all memory. It's just a matter of taste but I think we should be
renaming it instead of aliasing it (unless you actually want to make
N_HIGH_MEMORY only include nodes with highmem, but nothing depends on
that).
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