From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oa0-f41.google.com (mail-oa0-f41.google.com [209.85.219.41]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091BE6B0035 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:59:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id j17so1333741oag.14 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-oa0-x233.google.com (mail-oa0-x233.google.com [2607:f8b0:4003:c02::233]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b5si17913380obq.212.2014.04.29.20.59.09 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oa0-f51.google.com with SMTP id l6so1321501oag.38 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 20:59:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:59:09 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is heap_stack_gap useless? From: Jidong Xiao Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Kernel development list , linux-mm@kvack.org Resend to kernel-development list. The original email wasn't plaintext mode and was rejected by kernel-development list. On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Jidong Xiao wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed this variable, defined in mm/nommu.c, > > mm/nommu.c:int heap_stack_gap = 0; > > This variable only shows up once, and never shows up in elsewhere. > > Can some one tell me is this useless? If so, I will submit a patch to remove > it. > > -Jidong -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org