linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Do not use double negation for testing page flags

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Message-ID: <20170308091802.GA11028@dhcp22.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:18:03 +0100
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@....com,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Do not use double negation for testing page flags

On Wed 08-03-17 08:51:23, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 03/08/2017 06:25 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
[...]
> > Although we can add a little description
> > somewhere in page-flags.h, I believe changing to boolean is more
> > clear/not-error-prone so Chen's work is enough worth, I think.
> 
> Agree, unless some arches benefit from the int by performance
> for some reason (no idea if it's possible).

I have a vague recollection somebody tried to change this to bool and
the resulting code was larger on some architecture. Do not remember any
details though

Btw. feel free to add
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs