Re: [PATCH v2 28/33] bootmem: Use page->index instead of page->freelist

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On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 07:15:05PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> page->freelist is for the use of slab.  Using page->index is the same
> set of bits as page->freelist, and by using an integer instead of a
> pointer, we can avoid casts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>




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