Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] mm: huge_memory: refactor enabled_store() with change_enabled()

[Zi Yan]

On 10 Mar 2026, at 13:57, Breno Leitao wrote:

> Refactor enabled_store() to use a new change_enabled() helper.
> Introduce a separate enum global_enabled_mode and
> global_enabled_mode_strings[], mirroring the anon_enabled_mode
> pattern from the previous commit.
>
> A separate enum is necessary because the global THP setting does
> not support "inherit", only "always", "madvise", and "never".
> Reusing anon_enabled_mode would leave a NULL gap in the string
> array, causing sysfs_match_string() to stop early and fail to
> match entries after the gap.
>
> The helper uses the same loop pattern as set_anon_enabled_mode(),
> iterating over an array of flag bit positions and using
> __test_and_set_bit()/__test_and_clear_bit() to track whether the state
> actually changed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
Nice cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi