Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] mm: Add zap_skip_check_mapping() helper

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 15.09.21 20:15, Peter Xu wrote:
> Use the helper for the checks.  Rename "check_mapping" into "zap_mapping"
> because "check_mapping" looks like a bool but in fact it stores the mapping
> itself.  When it's set, we check the mapping (it must be non-NULL).  When it's
> cleared we skip the check, which works like the old way.
> 
> Move the duplicated comments to the helper too.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/mm.h | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>   mm/memory.c        | 29 ++++++-----------------------
>   2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index d1126f731221..ed44f31615d9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1721,10 +1721,24 @@ extern void user_shm_unlock(size_t, struct ucounts *);
>    * Parameter block passed down to zap_pte_range in exceptional cases.
>    */
>   struct zap_details {
> -	struct address_space *check_mapping;	/* Check page->mapping if set */
> +	struct address_space *zap_mapping;	/* Check page->mapping if set */
>   	struct page *single_page;		/* Locked page to be unmapped */
>   };
>   
> +/*
> + * We set details->zap_mappings when we want to unmap shared but keep private
> + * pages. Return true if skip zapping this page, false otherwise.
> + */
> +static inline bool
> +zap_skip_check_mapping(struct zap_details *details, struct page *page)

I agree with Hugh that the name of this helper is suboptimal.

What about inverting the conditions and getting

static inline bool should_zap_page()
{
...
}

The calling code is then

if (unlikely(!should_zap_page(details, page)))
	continue;


I don't really like renaming "zap_mapping", again, because it's 
contained within "struct zap_details" already.

Factoring this out into a helper sounds like a good idea to me. Clear 
case of code de-duplication.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb