linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 15/24] mm: Introduce __vm_normal

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Date:   Mon, 2 Apr 2018 16:18:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 15/24] mm: Introduce __vm_normal_page()

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Laurent Dufour wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index a84ddc218bbd..73b8b99f482b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1263,8 +1263,11 @@ struct zap_details {
>  	pgoff_t last_index;			/* Highest page->index to unmap */
>  };
>  
> -struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> -			     pte_t pte, bool with_public_device);
> +struct page *__vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> +			      pte_t pte, bool with_public_device,
> +			      unsigned long vma_flags);
> +#define _vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pte, with_public_device) \
> +	__vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pte, with_public_device, (vma)->vm_flags)
>  #define vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pte) _vm_normal_page(vma, addr, pte, false)
>  
>  struct page *vm_normal_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,

If _vm_normal_page() is a static inline function does it break somehow?  
It's nice to avoid the #define's.

> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index af0338fbc34d..184a0d663a76 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -826,8 +826,9 @@ static void print_bad_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
>  #else
>  # define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 0
>  #endif
> -struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> -			     pte_t pte, bool with_public_device)
> +struct page *__vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> +			      pte_t pte, bool with_public_device,
> +			      unsigned long vma_flags)
>  {
>  	unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
>  

Would it be possible to update the comment since the function itself is no 
longer named vm_normal_page?