[PATCH v2] mm: convert page type macros to enum

[PATCH v2] mm: convert page type macros to enum

[Stephen Brennan]

Changing PG_slab from a page flag to a page type in commit 46df8e73a4a3
("mm: free up PG_slab") in has the unintended consequence of removing
the PG_slab constant from kernel debuginfo. The commit does add the
value to the vmcoreinfo note, which allows debuggers to find the value
without hardcoding it. However it's most flexible to continue
representing the constant with an enum. To that end, convert the page
type fields into an enum. Debuggers will now be able to detect that
PG_slab's type has changed from enum pageflags to enum page_type.

Fixes: 46df8e73a4a3 ("mm: free up PG_slab")

Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
---
v1 -> v2: include PAGE_TYPE_BASE and PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE

 include/linux/page-flags.h | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 104078afe0b16..74ffdacd3a134 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -944,15 +944,19 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(HasHWPoisoned, has_hwpoisoned)
  * mistaken for a page type value.
  */
 
-#define PAGE_TYPE_BASE	0xf0000000
-/* Reserve		0x0000007f to catch underflows of _mapcount */
-#define PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE	-128
-#define PG_buddy	0x00000080
-#define PG_offline	0x00000100
-#define PG_table	0x00000200
-#define PG_guard	0x00000400
-#define PG_hugetlb	0x00000800
-#define PG_slab		0x00001000
+enum page_type {
+	PG_buddy	= 0x00000080,
+	PG_offline	= 0x00000100,
+	PG_table	= 0x00000200,
+	PG_guard	= 0x00000400,
+	PG_hugetlb	= 0x00000800,
+	PG_slab		= 0x00001000,
+
+	PAGE_TYPE_BASE	= 0xf0000000,
+
+	/* Reserve	0x0000007f to catch underflows of _mapcount */
+	PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE	= -128,
+};
 
 #define PageType(page, flag)						\
 	((page->page_type & (PAGE_TYPE_BASE | flag)) == PAGE_TYPE_BASE)
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH v2] mm: convert page type macros to enum

[David Hildenbrand]

On 06.06.24 20:26, Stephen Brennan wrote:
> Changing PG_slab from a page flag to a page type in commit 46df8e73a4a3
> ("mm: free up PG_slab") in has the unintended consequence of removing
> the PG_slab constant from kernel debuginfo. The commit does add the
> value to the vmcoreinfo note, which allows debuggers to find the value
> without hardcoding it. However it's most flexible to continue
> representing the constant with an enum. To that end, convert the page
> type fields into an enum. Debuggers will now be able to detect that
> PG_slab's type has changed from enum pageflags to enum page_type.
> 
> Fixes: 46df8e73a4a3 ("mm: free up PG_slab")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
> ---
> v1 -> v2: include PAGE_TYPE_BASE and PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE

This has a conflict with mm/mm-unstable.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb

Re: [PATCH v2] mm: convert page type macros to enum

[Stephen Brennan]

David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> writes:
> On 06.06.24 20:26, Stephen Brennan wrote:
>> Changing PG_slab from a page flag to a page type in commit 46df8e73a4a3
>> ("mm: free up PG_slab") in has the unintended consequence of removing
>> the PG_slab constant from kernel debuginfo. The commit does add the
>> value to the vmcoreinfo note, which allows debuggers to find the value
>> without hardcoding it. However it's most flexible to continue
>> representing the constant with an enum. To that end, convert the page
>> type fields into an enum. Debuggers will now be able to detect that
>> PG_slab's type has changed from enum pageflags to enum page_type.
>> 
>> Fixes: 46df8e73a4a3 ("mm: free up PG_slab")
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
>> ---
>> v1 -> v2: include PAGE_TYPE_BASE and PAGE_MAPCOUNT_RESERVE
>
> This has a conflict with mm/mm-unstable.

Thank you, that's what I get for developing on master. I'll send v3
based on mm-unstable once it finishes compiling.

-Stephen