linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm,thp: recheck each page before collapsing file THP

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:25:23 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, matthew.wilcox@...cle.com,
        kernel-team@...com, william.kucharski@...cle.com,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm,thp: recheck each page before collapsing file THP

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:08:32PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> +			/* double check the page is correct and clean */
> +			if (unlikely(!PageUptodate(page)) ||
> +			    unlikely(PageDirty(page)) ||
> +			    unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {

That's kind of an ugly way of writing it.  Why not more simply:

			if (unlikely(!PageUptodate(page) || PageDirty(page) ||
				     page->mapping != mapping)) {