Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm: change to return bool for the MMU notifier's young flag check

[Baolin Wang]

On 4/4/26 7:12 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2026, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > -static __always_inline int kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > > -						unsigned long start,
> > > > -						unsigned long end,
> > > > -						gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > > -						bool flush_on_ret)
> > > > +static __always_inline bool kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > > +					      unsigned long start,
> > > > +					      unsigned long end,
> > > > +					      gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > > +					      bool flush_on_ret)
> > >
> > > Can we please fix this terrrible indentation while we're here :)?
> > >
> > > static __always_inline bool kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end, gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > 		bool flush_on_ret)
> > >
> > > Would be nicer, thanks!
>
> No, please keep this as-is.  KVM's preferred style is exactly this (and I personally
> find mm's style much harder to parse).

Um, Andrew has already queued v2[1] into the mm-stable branch. Do you 
want me to send a follow-up patch to restore the original KVM coding style?

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1774075004.git.baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u