Re: [PATCH 03/05] mm rationalize __alloc_pages ALLOC_* flag names

• To: Paul Jackson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/05] mm rationalize __alloc_pages ALLOC_* flag names
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• Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:00:09 +1100
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Paul Jackson wrote:

Rationalize mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages() ALLOC flag names.

I don't really see the need for this. The names aren't
clearly better, and the downside is that they move away
from the terminlogy we've been using in the page allocator
for the past few years.

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