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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm, page_alloc: drop pointless static qualifier in build_zonelists()
On Tue 08-10-19 19:06:57, Cristopher Lameter wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Sep 2019, Kaitao Cheng wrote:
>
> > There is no need to make the 'node_order' variable static
> > since new value always be assigned before use it.
>
> In the past MAX_NUMMNODES could become quite large like 512 or 1k. Large
> array allocations on the stack are problematic.
>
> Maybe that is no longer the case?

CONFIG_NODES_SHIFT=10 is nothing really unusual in distribution kernels.
Likely wasteful for most HW available but a proper way to address it in
this particular case is to use a different data structure than drop the
static modifier which seems to be more of an misunderstanding than an
intention.
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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