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>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> +static inline void mapping_set_no_direct_map(struct address_space *mapping) >>>>>>>>> +{ >>>>>>>>> + set_bit(AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP, &mapping->flags); >>>>>>>>> +} >>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>> +static inline bool mapping_no_direct_map(struct address_space *mapping) >>>>>>>>> +{ >>>>>>>>> + return test_bit(AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP, &mapping->flags); >>>>>>>>> +} >>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>> +static inline bool vma_is_no_direct_map(const struct vm_area_struct *vma) >>>>>>>>> +{ >>>>>>>>> + return vma->vm_file && mapping_no_direct_map(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); >>>>>>>>> +} >>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>> Any reason vma is const whereas mapping in the function that it calls >>>>>>>> (defined above it) isn't? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ah, I cannot say that that was a conscious decision, but rather an artifact of >>>>>>> the code that I looked at for reference when writing these two simply did it >>>>>>> this way. Are you saying both should be const, or neither (in my mind, both >>>>>>> could be const, but the mapping_*() family of functions further up in this file >>>>>>> dont take const arguments, so I'm a bit unsure now)? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hah, just saw >>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20250901123028.3383461-3-max.kellermann@ionos.com/. >>>>>> Guess that means "both should be const" then :D >>>>> >>>>> I don't have any strong preference regarding which way, as long as >>>>> it's consistent. The thing that should be avoided is having one >>>>> function with a parameter marked as const, pass that parameter (or >>>>> something derived from it), to a non-const function. >>>> >>>> I think the compiler will tell you that that is not ok (and you'd have >>>> to force-cast the const it away). >>> >>> Not for the scenario I'm worried about. The compiler didn't complain >>> about this (from this patch): >>> >>> +static inline bool mapping_no_direct_map(struct address_space *mapping) >>> +{ >>> + return test_bit(AS_NO_DIRECT_MAP, &mapping->flags); >>> +} >>> + >>> +static inline bool vma_is_no_direct_map(const struct vm_area_struct *vma) >>> +{ >>> + return vma->vm_file && mapping_no_direct_map(vma->vm_file->f_mapping); >>> +} >>> >>> vma_is_no_direct_map() takes a const, but mapping_no_direct_map() >>> doesn't. For now, mapping_no_direct_map() doesn't modify anything. But >>> it could, and the compiler wouldn't complain. >> >> Wouldn't this only be a problem if vma->vm_file->f_mapping was a 'const struct >> address_space *const'? I thought const-ness doesn't leak into pointers (e.g. >> even above, vma_is_no_direct_map isn't allowed to make vma point at something >> else, but it could modify the pointed-to vm_area_struct). > > That's the thing, constness checks don't carry over to pointers within > a struct, but a person reading the code would assume that a function > with a parameter marked as const wouldn't modify anything related to > that parameter. Ah, thanks, I forgot that detail, it's only for embedded structs but not pointers. I wonder if something (sparse?) could detect such cases. -- Cheers David / dhildenb