Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753137Ab2BDJJN (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2012 04:09:13 -0500 Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:62197 "EHLO mail-we0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750857Ab2BDJJD (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2012 04:09:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1328271538-14502-1-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> <1328271538-14502-9-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:09:02 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/15] mm: mmzone: MIGRATE_CMA migration type added From: Hillf Danton To: Michal Nazarewicz Cc: Marek Szyprowski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, Kyungmin Park , Russell King , Andrew Morton , KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 972 Lines: 24 2012/2/3 Michal Nazarewicz : >>> +static inline bool migrate_async_suitable(int migratetype) > > On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:19:54 +0100, Hillf Danton wrote: >> >> Just nitpick, since the helper is not directly related to what async >> means, >> how about migrate_suitable(int migrate_type) ? > > > I feel current name is better suited since it says that it's OK to scan this > block if it's an asynchronous compaction run. > The input is the migrate type of page considered, and the async is only one of the modes that compaction should be carried out. Plus the helper is also used in other cases where async is entirely not concerned. That said, the naming is not clear, if not misleading. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/