Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] mm: factor zone-device page init helpers out of __init_zone_device_page
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 10:01:10 EST
On 7/6/26 13:50, Li Zhe wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 11:13:45AM +0200, david@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>> +static inline bool pagemap_resets_refcount(const struct dev_pagemap *pgmap)
>>> +{
>>> + /*
>>> + * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC pages regain a refcount of 1 in the free
>>> + * path. The remaining ZONE_DEVICE types start from 0 here and raise
>>> + * the count again when the allocator or driver hands the page out.
>>> + */
>>> + switch (pgmap->type) {
>>> + case MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX:
>>> + case MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE:
>>> + case MEMORY_DEVICE_COHERENT:
>>> + case MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
>>> + return false;
>>> + case MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
>>> + return true;
>>> + default:
>>> + WARN_ONCE(1, "Unknown memory type!");
>>> + return true;
>>
>> Wouldn't the compiler warn if we would define a new type but forgot to update it
>> here? We're using an enum, and I thought the compiler would bail out in that case.
>>
>> Or are we scared of some other garbage ending up in there?
>>
>> Apart from that LGTM.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I will drop the default case in v6 so a newly added enum memory_type
> value is easier to catch during build review.
>
> I will move the WARN_ONCE() after the switch so we still keep a
> runtime guard in case some invalid value ever shows up there.
If the compiler complains, we won't need the WARN_ONCE().
--
Cheers,
David