On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, David Rientjes wrote: > The mempolicy mode constants, MPOL_DEFAULT, MPOL_PREFERRED, MPOL_BIND, > and MPOL_INTERLEAVE, are better declared as part of an enum for type > checking. > > The policy member of struct mempolicy is also converted from type short > to type unsigned short. A negative policy does not have any legitimate > meaning, so it is possible to change its type in preparation for adding > optional mode flags later.
The second paragraphs seems to indicate that such an approach does not work since we also use MPOL_xx constants to set flags in the memory policies? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
