[PATCH 14/30] memblock: add align parameter to memblock_alloc_node()

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On Wed 26-09-18 11:31:27, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 14-09-18 15:10:29, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > With the align parameter memblock_alloc_node() can be used as drop in
> > replacement for alloc_bootmem_pages_node() and __alloc_bootmem_node(),
> > which is done in the following patches.
> 
> /me confused. Why do we need this patch at all? Maybe it should be
> folded into the later patch you are refereing here?

OK, I can see 1536927045-23536-17-git-send-email-rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
now. If you are going to repost for whatever reason please merge those
two. Also I would get rid of the implicit "0 implies SMP_CACHE_BYTES"
behavior. It is subtle and you have to dig deep to find that out. Why
not make it explicit?
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs



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