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SubjectRe: [SPARSEMEM] confusing uses of SPARSEM_EXTREME (try #2)
2006/6/12, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>:
> Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> > Hi Andy
> >
> > 2006/6/12, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>:
> >
> >>
> >> In my mind the positive option is selecting for code supporting EXTREME
> >> so it seems to make sense to use that option.
> >
> >
> > well I find it confusing because in my mind, something like this seems
> > more logical.
> >
> > #ifndef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC
> > static struct mem_section *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
> > {
> > return alloc_bootmem_node(...);
> > }
> > #else
> > static struct mem_section *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
> > {
> > /* nothing to do here, since it has been statically allocated */
> > return 0;
> > }
> > #endif
>
> But also in this case the code in the first stanza is only applicable to
> SPARSEMEM EXTREME, therefore its also logical to say
>

Well I don't think so. Please show me which part of this code is
_only_ applicable to EXTREME.

The only thing that makes it applicable to EXTREME is not in the code
but rather in the Kconfig script:

config SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
def_bool y
depends on SPARSEMEM && !SPARSEMEM_STATIC

--
Franck
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