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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/10] migrate: make core migration code aware of hugepage
On Tue 26-03-13 00:33:35, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:57:01AM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 22-03-13 16:23:47, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
[...]
> > > +int migrate_movable_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
> > > + unsigned long private,
> > > + enum migrate_mode mode, int reason)
> > > +{
> > > + int err = 0;
> > > +
> > > + if (!list_empty(from)) {
> > > + err = migrate_pages(from, get_new_page, private, mode, reason);
> > > + if (err)
> > > + putback_movable_pages(from);
> > > + }
> > > + return err;
> > > +}
> > > +
> >
> > There doesn't seem to be any caller for this function. Please move it to
> > the patch which uses it.
>
> I would do like that if there's only one user of this function, but I thought
> that it's better to separate this part as changes of common code
> because this function is commonly used by multiple users which are added by
> multiple patches later in this series.

Sure there is no hard rule for this. I just find it much easier to
review if there is a caller of introduced functionality. In this
particular case I found out only later that many migrate_pages callers
were changed to use mograte_movable_pages and made the
putback_movable_pages cleanup inconsistent between the two.

It would help to mention what is the planned future usage of the
introduced function if you prefer to introduce it without users.

> I mean doing like
>
> Patch 1: core change
> Patch 2: user A (depend on patch 1)
> Patch 3: user B (depend on patch 1)
> Patch 4: user C (depend on patch 1)
>
> is a bit cleaner and easier in bisecting than doing like
>
> Patch 1: core change + user A
> Patch 2: user B (depend on patch 1)
> Patch 3: user C (depend on patch 1)
>
> . I'm not sure which is standard or well-accepted way.

Whatever makes the review easy ;)
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


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