Re: [PATCH 02/15] mm/cma: move init_cma_reserved_pages() to cma.c and make it static

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Mon Mar 20 2023 - 07:14:19 EST


On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:30:20AM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 19.03.23 22:59, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > init_cma_reserved_pages() only used in cma.c, no point of having it in
> > page_alloc.c.
> >
> > Move init_cma_reserved_pages() to cma.c and make it static.
>
> I guess the motivation is to avoid letting too many subsystems mess with
> pageblock migratetypes, managed pages, PG_reserved ...

Judging by the git log it just ended up in page_alloc.c because
set_pageblock_migratetype() was static back then ;)

> So it kind of makes sense to have these low-level details out of common CMA
> code, no?

I don't mind keeping it out of cma and folding this into "grand move"
patch.

> --
> Thanks,
>
> David / dhildenb
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.