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>>>>>> page->mapping = NULL; >>>>>> } >>>>>> + if (unlikely(page_has_type(page))) >>>>>> + page->page_type = UINT_MAX; >>>>> >>>>> Feels like this could do with a comment! >>>> >>>> /* Reset the page_type -> _mapcount to -1 */ >>> >>> Hm this feels like saying 'the reason we set it to -1 is to set it to -1' :P >> >> Bingo! Guess why I didn't add a comment in the first place :P >> >>> >>> I'd be fine with something simple like >>> >>> /* Set page_type to reset value */ >> >> "Reset the page_type (which overlays _mapcount)" >> >> ? > > Sounds good thanks, have an R-b above on the basis of this change. > >> >>>> But... Can't we just put a #define somewhere here to make life easy? >> Like: >> >> Given that Willy will change all that soon, I'm not in favor of doing that >> in this series. > > Ah is he? I mean of course he is :))) this does seem like a prime target for the > ongoing memdesc/foliofication efforts. Right. According to the plans I know, the type will be stored as part of the memdesc pointer. Clearing the type (where to clear, what to clear, when to clear) is probably the interesting bit in the future: probably it will be cleared as part of freeing any memdesc (thereby, invalidating the pointer). -- Cheers, David / dhildenb