Re: [PATCH v8 1/6] ksm: support unsharing KSM-placed zero pages

From: xu xin
Date: Tue May 23 2023 - 09:57:52 EST


>> ---
>> include/linux/ksm.h | 6 ++++++
>> mm/ksm.c | 5 +++--
>> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/ksm.h b/include/linux/ksm.h
>> index 899a314bc487..7989200cdbb7 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/ksm.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/ksm.h
>> @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ int ksm_disable(struct mm_struct *mm);
>>
>> int __ksm_enter(struct mm_struct *mm);
>> void __ksm_exit(struct mm_struct *mm);
>> +/* use pte_mkdirty to track a KSM-placed zero page */
>> +#define set_pte_ksm_zero(pte) pte_mkdirty(pte_mkspecial(pte))
>
>If there is only a single user (which I assume), please inline it instead.

Excuse me, I'm wondering why using inline here instead of macro is better.
Thanks! :)

Thanks for reviews.