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    mempolicy: convert MPOL constants to enum · a3b51e01
    David Rientjes authored
    The mempolicy mode constants, MPOL_DEFAULT, MPOL_PREFERRED, MPOL_BIND, and
    MPOL_INTERLEAVE, are better declared as part of an enum since they are
    sequentially numbered and cannot be combined.
    
    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 equivalent member of struct shmem_sb_info is also changed from int to
    unsigned short.
    
    For compatibility, the policy formal to get_mempolicy() remains as a pointer
    to an int:
    
    	int get_mempolicy(int *policy, unsigned long *nmask,
    			  unsigned long maxnode, unsigned long addr,
    			  unsigned long flags);
    
    although the only possible values is the range of type unsigned short.
    
    Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
    Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
    Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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