Re: [PATCH 1/7] mm/hugetlb: add folio support to hugetlb specific flag macros

[Mike Kravetz]

On 08/30/22 11:09, Sidhartha Kumar wrote:
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> On 8/29/22 8:33 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 04:00:08PM -0700, Sidhartha Kumar wrote:
> > >   #define TESTHPAGEFLAG(uname, flname)				\
> > > +static __always_inline								\
> > > +int folio_test_hugetlb_##flname(struct folio *folio)		\
> > One change I made was to have folio_test_foo() return bool instead of
> > int.  It helps the compiler really understand what's going on.  Maybe
> > some humans too ;-)
> > 
> 
> I went with returning an int to stay consistent with the page version
> of the macros which return an int. I'm fine with changing it to return
> a bool.

I believe the page test macros returned an int when I added the hugetlb
specific versions.  So, I just did the same.  Since they are now bool,
it makes sense to have these be consistent.
-- 
Mike Kravetz

> 
> > > +	{	void **private = &folio->private;		\
> > > +		return test_bit(HPG_##flname, (void *)((unsigned long)private));	\
> > I've made this tricky for you by making folio->private a void * instead
> > of the unsigned long in page.  Would this look better as ...
> > 
> > 	{							\
> > 		void *private = &folio->private;		\
> > 		return test_bit(HPG_##flname, private);		\
> > 
> > perhaps?
> 
> Ya this looks much better and passes the tests, will add to v2.
> 
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