Re: [PATCH 04/11] mm: compaction: export some of the functions

[Michal Nazarewicz]

> > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:29:07 +0100, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Overall, this patch implies that CMA is always compiled in.

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 03:41:04PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> > Not really.  But yes, it produces some bloat when neither CMA nor
> > compaction are compiled.  I assume that linker will be able to deal
> > with that (since the functions are not EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed).

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:40:15 +0100, Mel Gorman <mel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The bloat exists either way. I don't believe the linker strips it out so
> overall it would make more sense to depend on compaction to keep the
> vmstat counters for debugging reasons if nothing else. It's not
> something I feel very strongly about though.

KK, I'll do that then.

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