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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com, dwagner@suse.de, tobin@kernel.org,
	cl@linux.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ying.huang@intel.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, cai@lca.pw
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmscan: move RECLAIM* bits to uapi header
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:56:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d48be7a9-ee18-956b-a14f-7eda08aa7bc0@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200701154635.2dwwz2b6xbeyp2rc@intel.com>

On 7/1/20 8:46 AM, Ben Widawsky wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * These bit locations are exposed in the vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl
>> + * ABI.  New bits are OK, but existing bits can never change.
>> + */
>> +#define RECLAIM_ZONE  (1<<0)	/* Run shrink_inactive_list on the zone */
>> +#define RECLAIM_WRITE (1<<1)	/* Writeout pages during reclaim */
>> +#define RECLAIM_UNMAP (1<<2)	/* Unmap pages during reclaim */
> Have you considered turning this into an enum while moving it?

The thought occurred to me, but all of the other bits in the uapi file
were defined this way.  I decided to not not attempt to buck the trend
in their new home.


  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-01 15:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-01 15:26 [PATCH 0/3] [v2] Repair and clean up vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl ABI Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 15:26 ` [PATCH 1/3] mm/vmscan: restore zone_reclaim_mode ABI Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 20:03   ` David Rientjes
2020-07-02 11:28   ` Huang, Ying
2020-07-02 14:36     ` Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmscan: move RECLAIM* bits to uapi header Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 15:46   ` Ben Widawsky
2020-07-01 15:56     ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2020-07-01 20:03   ` David Rientjes
2020-07-01 15:26 ` [PATCH 3/3] mm/vmscan: replace implicit RECLAIM_ZONE checks with explicit checks Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 20:03   ` David Rientjes
2020-07-01 20:04     ` Ben Widawsky
2020-07-01 21:29       ` Dave Hansen
2020-07-01 22:01         ` David Rientjes
2020-07-01 16:00 ` [PATCH 0/3] [v2] Repair and clean up vm.zone_reclaim_mode sysctl ABI Ben Widawsky

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