Re: [PATCH] mm: rename the oldflags and parameter in memalloc_flags_*()

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:03:28 +0800 Zhongkun He <hezhongkun.hzk@bytedance.com> wrote:

> The variable name oldflags can indeed be misleading, because
> it does not store the complete original value of flags.
> Instead, it records which flags from the given set are not
> currently set. So rename it.
> 

Your email client is mangling the patches in strange ways.  Please send
yourself a patch, figure out why it didn't apply?

> --- a/include/linux/sched/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/mm.h
> @@ -322,21 +322,21 @@ static inline void might_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * memalloc_flags_save - Add a PF_* flag to current->flags, save old value
> + * memalloc_flags_save - Add a PF_* flag to current->flags, return saved flags mask
>   *
>   * This allows PF_* flags to be conveniently added, irrespective of current
>   * value, and then the old version restored with memalloc_flags_restore().
>   */
> -static inline unsigned memalloc_flags_save(unsigned flags)
> +static inline unsigned int memalloc_flags_save(unsigned int flags_mask)
>  {
> -	unsigned oldflags = ~current->flags & flags;
> -	current->flags |= flags;
> -	return oldflags;
> +	unsigned int saved_flags_mask = ~current->flags & flags_mask;
> +
> +	current->flags |= flags_mask;
> +	return saved_flags_mask;
>  }
>  
> -static inline void memalloc_flags_restore(unsigned flags)
> +static inline void memalloc_flags_restore(unsigned int flags_mask)
>  {
> -	current->flags &= ~flags;
> +	current->flags &= ~flags_mask;
>  }

I guess so.  Maybe.  A bit.  Kent, what do you think?