Re: [PATCH v10 3/4] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: use kstrtobool for hugetlb_vmemmap param parsing

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu May 12 2022 - 03:41:36 EST


On 09.05.22 08:27, Muchun Song wrote:
> Use kstrtobool rather than open coding "on" and "off" parsing in
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c, which is more powerful to handle all kinds
> of parameters like 'Yy1Nn0' or [oO][NnFf] for "on" and "off".
>
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++---
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 10 +++++-----
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 308da668bbb1..43b8385073ad 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1703,10 +1703,10 @@
> enabled.
> Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
> memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
> - Format: { on | off (default) }
> + Format: { [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1 | [oO][Ff]/N/n/0 (default) }

Really? Can we make the syntax even harder to parse for human beings?! :)

Not to mention that it's partially wrong? What about "oFf" ? That would
have to be [oO][Ff][Ff]

Honestly, "on | off" is good enough. That "oN" and friends work is just
a "nice to have" IMHO. No need to over-complicate this description.
>
> - on: enable the feature
> - off: disable the feature
> + [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1: enable the feature
> + [oO][Ff]/N/n/0: disable the feature
>
> Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
> the default is on.
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index 6254bb2d4ae5..cc4ec752ec16 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>
> static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_early_param(char *buf)
> {
> - if (!buf)
> + bool enable;
> +
> + if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
> + if (enable)
> static_branch_enable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
> - else if (!strcmp(buf, "off"))
> - static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
> else
> - return -EINVAL;
> + static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>
> return 0;
> }


Apart from that

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb