Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_owner: Introduce SNPRINTF() macro that includes length error check

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 16:19:04 EST


On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 02:56:41PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> In print_page_owner(), there is a repetitive check after each snprintf()
> to make sure that the final length is less than the buffer size. Simplify
> the code and make it easier to read by embedding the buffer length
> check and increment inside the macro.

This does not follow the kernel coding style of not putting control flow
statements in macros.[1]

>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_owner.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

And in the end you only saved 4 lines of code to read... Not worth it IMO.

Ira

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.17/process/coding-style.html

>
> diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
> index 99e360df9465..c52ce9d6bc3b 100644
> --- a/mm/page_owner.c
> +++ b/mm/page_owner.c
> @@ -325,12 +325,20 @@ void pagetypeinfo_showmixedcount_print(struct seq_file *m,
> seq_putc(m, '\n');
> }
>
> +#define SNPRINTF(_buf, _size, _len, _err, _fmt, ...) \
> + do { \
> + _len += snprintf(_buf + _len, _size - _len, _fmt, \
> + ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> + if (_len >= _size) \
> + goto _err; \
> + } while (0)
> +
> static ssize_t
> print_page_owner(char __user *buf, size_t count, unsigned long pfn,
> struct page *page, struct page_owner *page_owner,
> depot_stack_handle_t handle)
> {
> - int ret, pageblock_mt, page_mt;
> + int ret = 0, pageblock_mt, page_mt;
> char *kbuf;
>
> count = min_t(size_t, count, PAGE_SIZE);
> @@ -338,44 +346,32 @@ print_page_owner(char __user *buf, size_t count, unsigned long pfn,
> if (!kbuf)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - ret = snprintf(kbuf, count,
> - "Page allocated via order %u, mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d, ts %llu ns, free_ts %llu ns\n",
> - page_owner->order, page_owner->gfp_mask,
> - &page_owner->gfp_mask, page_owner->pid,
> - page_owner->ts_nsec, page_owner->free_ts_nsec);
> -
> - if (ret >= count)
> - goto err;
> + SNPRINTF(kbuf, count, ret, err,
> + "Page allocated via order %u, mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d, ts %llu ns, free_ts %llu ns\n",
> + page_owner->order, page_owner->gfp_mask,
> + &page_owner->gfp_mask, page_owner->pid,
> + page_owner->ts_nsec, page_owner->free_ts_nsec);
>
> /* Print information relevant to grouping pages by mobility */
> pageblock_mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
> page_mt = gfp_migratetype(page_owner->gfp_mask);
> - ret += snprintf(kbuf + ret, count - ret,
> - "PFN %lu type %s Block %lu type %s Flags %pGp\n",
> - pfn,
> - migratetype_names[page_mt],
> - pfn >> pageblock_order,
> - migratetype_names[pageblock_mt],
> - &page->flags);
> -
> - if (ret >= count)
> - goto err;
> + SNPRINTF(kbuf, count, ret, err,
> + "PFN %lu type %s Block %lu type %s Flags %pGp\n",
> + pfn, migratetype_names[page_mt],
> + pfn >> pageblock_order,
> + migratetype_names[pageblock_mt],
> + &page->flags);
>
> ret += stack_depot_snprint(handle, kbuf + ret, count - ret, 0);
> if (ret >= count)
> goto err;
>
> - if (page_owner->last_migrate_reason != -1) {
> - ret += snprintf(kbuf + ret, count - ret,
> + if (page_owner->last_migrate_reason != -1)
> + SNPRINTF(kbuf, count, ret, err,
> "Page has been migrated, last migrate reason: %s\n",
> migrate_reason_names[page_owner->last_migrate_reason]);
> - if (ret >= count)
> - goto err;
> - }
>
> - ret += snprintf(kbuf + ret, count - ret, "\n");
> - if (ret >= count)
> - goto err;
> + SNPRINTF(kbuf, count, ret, err, "\n");
>
> if (copy_to_user(buf, kbuf, ret))
> ret = -EFAULT;
> --
> 2.27.0
>
>