Re: Re: [PATCH] vm - swap_prefetch-15

> Or make it a "const static" variable, so compiler will check types and
> everything, but the symbol will not be present in the binary, causing
> no overhead. So it could be:
> 
> const unsigned PREFETCH_PAGES = (SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * swap_prefetch * \
>         (1 + 9 * laptop_mode));

This won't work, AFAICT. swap_prefetch and laptop_mode are variables,
but with the code above, they would be evaluated only once. And maybe
the compiler will reject that code immediately...

Rudo.
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