Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Skip non present sections on zone initialization

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 07:05:19PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 10.01.20 18:55, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 03:56:14PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> >> On 10.01.20 15:54, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 03:48:39PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> >>>>>> +       if (!present_section_nr(section_nr))
> >>>>>> +               return section_nr_to_pfn(next_present_section_nr(section_nr));
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This won't compile. next_present_section_nr() is static to mm/sparse.c.
> >>>>
> >>>> We should then move that to the header IMHO.
> >>>
> >>> It looks like too much for a trivial cleanup.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Cleanup? This is a performance improvement ("fix the issue."). We should
> >> avoid duplicating code where it can be avoided.
> > 
> > My original patch is in -mm tree and fixes the issue. The thread is about
> > tiding it up.
> 
> Just send a v2? This thread is review of this patch.
> 
> If you don't want to clean it up, I can send patches ...

Please send cleanups on top. My patch is less intrusive and easier to
backport if needed.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov