Re: [-mm][PATCH 2/4] Setup the memrlimit controller (v5)

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Thu Jun 12 2008 - 02:14:25 EST


Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> #define PAGE_ALIGN(addr) ALIGN(addr, PAGE_SIZE)
>
> ?
>
> afaict ALIGN() tries to do the right thing, and if it doesn't, we
> should fix ALIGN().
>

That should do the right thing, provided there are no duplicate ALIGN defintions
elsewhere

kernel.h has


#define ALIGN(x,a) __ALIGN_MASK(x,(typeof(x))(a)-1)
#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))

Which seems like the correct thing, since we use typeof(x) for (a) - 1.



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Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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