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This makes it harder for >>> debuggers to correctly map the block state at runtime, which can be >>> quite useful when analysing errors related to memory hot plugging and >>> unplugging with tools such as drgn and eBPF. >>> >>> Converting the constants to an enum will ensure the correct information >>> is emitted by the compiler and available for the debugger, without needing >>> to hard-code them into the debugger and track their changes. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Israel Batista >>> --- >>> include/linux/memory.h | 16 +++++++++------- >>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h >>> index ba1515160894..8feba3bfcd18 100644 >>> --- a/include/linux/memory.h >>> +++ b/include/linux/memory.h >>> @@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ int arch_get_memory_phys_device(unsigned long start_pfn); >>> unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void); >>> int set_memory_block_size_order(unsigned int order); >>> -/* These states are exposed to userspace as text strings in sysfs */ >>> -#define MEM_ONLINE (1<<0) /* exposed to userspace */ >>> -#define MEM_GOING_OFFLINE (1<<1) /* exposed to userspace */ >>> -#define MEM_OFFLINE (1<<2) /* exposed to userspace */ >>> -#define MEM_GOING_ONLINE (1<<3) >>> -#define MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE (1<<4) >>> -#define MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE (1<<5) >>> +enum mem_states { >>> + /* These states are exposed to userspace as text strings in sysfs */ >>> + MEM_ONLINE = (1<<0), /* exposed to userspace */ >>> + MEM_GOING_OFFLINE = (1<<1), /* exposed to userspace */ >>> + MEM_OFFLINE = (1<<2), /* exposed to userspace */ >>> + MEM_GOING_ONLINE = (1<<3), >>> + MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE = (1<<4), >>> + MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE = (1<<5), >>> +}; >>> struct memory_notify { >>> unsigned long start_pfn; >> >> CCing Lorenzo, we recently had a discussion about such conversions. > > Yeah, I've been asking people to send out these conversions as we > encounter them in drgn, but ONLY when the absence of a value in the > kernel debugging symbols causes actual problems for drgn. I want it to > be clear that we're not spamming these just to cause churn. This is an > unfortunate corner case of debug info that leaves us with no other > option. Well, I think we use the opportunity to clean all this further up, so all good :) > >> The states are mutually exclusive (so no flags), so I wonder if we can just >> drop the (1<< X) setting completely. > > FWIW, putting my C standard committee hat on, there is nothing wrong > with combining flags in an enum. Right. > C11 is silent on the matter, but C23 > made this explicit. Quoting 6.7.3.3, paragraph 16: "After possible > lvalue conversion a value of the enumerated type behaves the same as the > value with the underlying type, in particular with all aspects of > promotion, conversion, and arithmetic." Lorenzo may have been thinking > of the stricter rules in C++. Right, it was around semantics. For example, instead of defining the flags as an enum, define the actual bits in an enum. > > Of course, semantically, it makes more sense to use distinct values in > cases like this where the values are not actually flags. Right. And that's the case here, we just made it look like flags for no apparent reason. So I hope we can clean this up in the same go (same patch or addon patch). > >> IIRC, these values are not exposed to >> user space, only the corresponding names are, see state_show(). >> >> >> Won't the compiler now complain that e.g., kcore_callback() does snot handle >> all cases? (no default statement) > > Only if the controlling expression of the switch statement actually has > the enum type. All existing code uses unsigned long, so the compiler > doesn't care. Ah, indeed, inherited from the notifier_call implementation. Which brings us to another topic: likely we should see where we can then actually used this named enum. struct memory_block -> state looks like *the* candidate ;) -- Cheers David / dhildenb