Re: [PATCH] mm counter operations through macros

[Nikita Danilov <nikita@clusterfs.com>]

Christoph Lameter writes:
 > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
 > 
 > > Splitting this last one into inc_mm_counter() and dec_mm_counter()
 > > means you can kill off the last argument, and get some of the
 > > readability back. As it stands, I think this patch adds a bunch
 > > of obfuscation for no clear benefit.
 > 
 > Ok.
 > -----------------------------------------------------------------
 > This patch extracts all the operations on counters protected by the
 > page table lock (currently rss and anon_rss) into definitions in
 > include/linux/sched.h. All rss operations are performed through
 > the following macros:
 > 
 > get_mm_counter(mm, member)		-> Obtain the value of a counter
 > set_mm_counter(mm, member, value)	-> Set the value of a counter
 > update_mm_counter(mm, member, value)	-> Add to a counter

A nitpick, but wouldn't be it clearer to call it add_mm_counter()? As an
additional bonus this matches atomic_{inc,dec,add}() and makes macro
names more uniform.

 > inc_mm_counter(mm, member)		-> Increment a counter
 > dec_mm_counter(mm, member)		-> Decrement a counter

Nikita.
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