Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: rename walk_page_range_mm()

From: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 11:03:59 EST


On 09.11.25 12:16, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
Make it clear we're referencing an unsafe variant of this function
explicitly.

This is laying the foundation for exposing more such functions and
maintaining a consistent naming scheme.

IIUC, the "unsafe" variants only bypass the check_ops_valid() check, correct?

Staring at the code, I wonder if we should then rename check_ops_valid() to something like "are_ops_safe()" [or something similar along the lines of safe vs. unsafe]

Because now we will have valid vs. unsafe which is a bit confusing, at least for me.

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Cheers

David