linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: remove odd HAVE_PTE

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Message-Id: <1521dc0e-e9f8-d10f-e213-1b1552eb03fa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:44:00 +0200
From:   Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: remove odd HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL



On 10/04/2018 17:58, Robin Murphy wrote:
> On 10/04/18 16:25, Laurent Dufour wrote:
>> Remove the additional define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL and rely directly on
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL.
>>
>> There is no functional change introduced by this patch
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/memory.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
>> index 96910c625daa..53b6344a90d2 100644
>> --- a/mm/memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
>> @@ -817,19 +817,13 @@ static void print_bad_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> unsigned long addr,
>>    * PFNMAP mappings in order to support COWable mappings.
>>    *
>>    */
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
>> -# define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 1
>> -#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)
>>   {
>>       unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
>>   -    if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
>> -        if (likely(!pte_special(pte)))
>> -            goto check_pfn;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
> 
> Nit: Couldn't you use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL) within the
> existing code structure to avoid having to add these #ifdefs?

I agree, that would be better. I didn't thought about this option..
Thanks for reporting this.