From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: davej@codemonkey.org.uk, tony.luck@intel.com, ak@suse.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Break out memory initialisation code from page_alloc.c to mem_init.c
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:07:19 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <443B8DE7.4000900@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060411104147.18153.64342.sendpatchset@skynet>
Mel Gorman wrote:
> page_alloc.c contains a large amount of memory initialisation code. This patch
> breaks out the initialisation code to a separate file to make page_alloc.c
> a bit easier to read.
>
Seems like a very good idea to me.
> +/*
> + * mm/mem_init.c
> + * Initialises the architecture independant view of memory. pgdats, zones, etc
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
> + * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie
> + * Support of BIGMEM added by Gerhard Wichert, Siemens AG, July 1999
> + * Reshaped it to be a zoned allocator, Ingo Molnar, Red Hat, 1999
> + * Discontiguous memory support, Kanoj Sarcar, SGI, Nov 1999
> + * Zone balancing, Kanoj Sarcar, SGI, Jan 2000
> + * Per cpu hot/cold page lists, bulk allocation, Martin J. Bligh, Sept 2002
> + * (lots of bits borrowed from Ingo Molnar & Andrew Morton)
> + * Arch-independant zone size and hole calculation, Mel Gorman, IBM, Apr 2006
> + * (lots of bits taken from architecture code)
> + */
Maybe drop the duplicated changelog? (just retain copyrights I guess)
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From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: davej@codemonkey.org.uk, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
tony.luck@intel.com, ak@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Break out memory initialisation code from page_alloc.c to mem_init.c
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:07:19 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <443B8DE7.4000900@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060411104147.18153.64342.sendpatchset@skynet>
Mel Gorman wrote:
> page_alloc.c contains a large amount of memory initialisation code. This patch
> breaks out the initialisation code to a separate file to make page_alloc.c
> a bit easier to read.
>
Seems like a very good idea to me.
> +/*
> + * mm/mem_init.c
> + * Initialises the architecture independant view of memory. pgdats, zones, etc
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Linus Torvalds
> + * Swap reorganised 29.12.95, Stephen Tweedie
> + * Support of BIGMEM added by Gerhard Wichert, Siemens AG, July 1999
> + * Reshaped it to be a zoned allocator, Ingo Molnar, Red Hat, 1999
> + * Discontiguous memory support, Kanoj Sarcar, SGI, Nov 1999
> + * Zone balancing, Kanoj Sarcar, SGI, Jan 2000
> + * Per cpu hot/cold page lists, bulk allocation, Martin J. Bligh, Sept 2002
> + * (lots of bits borrowed from Ingo Molnar & Andrew Morton)
> + * Arch-independant zone size and hole calculation, Mel Gorman, IBM, Apr 2006
> + * (lots of bits taken from architecture code)
> + */
Maybe drop the duplicated changelog? (just retain copyrights I guess)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-11 14:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-11 10:39 [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:40 ` [PATCH 1/6] Introduce mechanism for registering active regions of memory Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:40 ` [PATCH 2/6] Have Power use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes() Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:40 ` [PATCH 3/6] Have x86 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:41 ` [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 " Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:41 ` [PATCH 5/6] Have ia64 " Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 10:41 ` [PATCH 6/6] Break out memory initialisation code from page_alloc.c to mem_init.c Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 11:07 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2006-04-11 11:07 ` Nick Piggin
2006-04-11 16:59 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 16:59 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner Luck, Tony
2006-04-11 22:20 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-11 23:23 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-11 23:23 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 0:05 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 0:05 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 10:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 10:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 15:46 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 15:46 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 16:00 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 16:00 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 16:36 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 16:36 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 17:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 17:50 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 17:07 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 17:07 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 17:18 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-12 17:18 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-12 17:32 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 17:32 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 15:54 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-12 15:54 ` Luck, Tony
2006-04-11 23:29 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-11 23:29 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-12 0:02 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 0:02 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 1:38 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-12 1:38 ` Bob Picco
2006-04-12 10:59 ` Mel Gorman
2006-04-12 10:59 ` Mel Gorman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-05-08 14:10 [PATCH 0/6] Sizing zones and holes in an architecture independent manner V6 Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` [PATCH 6/6] Break out memory initialisation code from page_alloc.c to mem_init.c Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-08 14:12 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
2006-05-09 8:24 ` Mel Gorman
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