Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: huge_memory: use sysfs_match_string() in defrag_store()

[Breno Leitao]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 03:45:25PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 4/2/26 15:42, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 10:21:30AM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> >> On 3/20/26 17:05, Breno Leitao wrote:
> >>> +enum defrag_mode {
> >>> +	DEFRAG_ALWAYS		= 0,
> >>> +	DEFRAG_DEFER		= 1,
> >>> +	DEFRAG_DEFER_MADVISE	= 2,
> >>> +	DEFRAG_MADVISE		= 3,
> >>> +	DEFRAG_NEVER		= 4,
> >>> +};
> >>
> >> These numbers should get assigned as default (C standard) I think, and
> >> can be dropped.
> >
> > You're correct that they would be assigned by default. However, I've
> > explicitly set them to clarify that we iterate over these enum values
> > using an integer and require these specific values.
> >
> > This was discussed in the previous patch series:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260308140530.9ab6d1445d0936467eab4aef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Please let me know if it should be removed here, and I will update the
> > patch,
>
> It's ok to leave it. It's just ... unnecessary :)
>
> What I saw in the past is that we highlight it by only setting the "= 0"
> on the first entry.

Understood. You're right that I was overly verbose here.

Thanks for the review,
--breno