Re: [PATCH 2/5] hugetlb: convert page_huge_active() to HP_Migratable flag

From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Sat Jan 16 2021 - 07:07:47 EST


On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 04:24:16AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> and name these HPG_restore_reserve and HPG_migratable
>
> and generate the calls to hugetlb_set_page_flag etc from macros, eg:
>
> #define TESTHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
> static __always_inline bool HPage##uname(struct page *page) \
> { return test_bit(HPG_##lname, &page->private); }
> ...
> #define HPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
> TESTHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
> SETHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname) \
> CLEARHPAGEFLAG(uname, lname)
>
> HPAGEFLAG(RestoreReserve, restore_reserve)
> HPAGEFLAG(Migratable, migratable)
>
> just to mirror page-flags.h more closely.

That is on me.
I thought that given the low number of flags, we coud get away with:

hugetlb_{set,test,clear}_page_flag(page, flag)

and call it from the code.
But some of the flags need to be set/tested outside hugetlb code, so
it indeed looks nicer and more consistent to follow page-flags.h convention.

Sorry for the noise.

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Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3