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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:51:32 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] resources: introduce generic page_is_ram()
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On 01/21/2010 07:21 PM, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> --- linux-mm.orig/kernel/resource.c	2010-01-22 11:20:34.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-mm/kernel/resource.c	2010-01-22 11:20:35.000000000 +0800
> @@ -327,6 +327,17 @@ int walk_system_ram_range(unsigned long 
>  
>  #endif
>  
> +#define PAGE_IS_RAM	24
> +static int __is_ram(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg)
> +{
> +	return PAGE_IS_RAM;
> +}
> +int __attribute__((weak)) page_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
> +{
> +	return PAGE_IS_RAM == walk_system_ram_range(pfn, 1, NULL, __is_ram);
> +}
> +#undef PAGE_IS_RAM
> +

Stylistic nitpick:

The use of the magic number "24" here is pretty ugly; it seems to imply
that there is something peculiar with this number and that it is trying
to avoid an overlap, whereas in fact any number but 0 and -1 would do.

I would rather see just returning 1 and do:

	return walk_system_ram_range(pfn, 1, NULL, __is_ram) == 1;

(walk_system_ram_range() returning -1 on error, and 0 means continue.)

Note also that we don't write "constant == expression"; although some
schools teach it as a way to avoid the "=" versus "==" beginner C
mistake, it makes the code less intuitive to read.

Other than that, the patchset looks good; if Ingo doesn't beat me to it
I'll put it in tomorrow (need sleep right now.)

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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