linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] mm: Constify page_count and page_ref

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Date:   Sat, 17 Apr 2021 00:15:31 +0100
From:   "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] mm: Constify page_count and page_ref_count

Now that compound_head() accepts a const struct page pointer, these two
functions can be marked as not modifying the page pointer they are passed.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
---
 include/linux/page_ref.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index f3318f34fc54..7ad46f45df39 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ static inline void __page_ref_unfreeze(struct page *page, int v)
 
 #endif
 
-static inline int page_ref_count(struct page *page)
+static inline int page_ref_count(const struct page *page)
 {
 	return atomic_read(&page->_refcount);
 }
 
-static inline int page_count(struct page *page)
+static inline int page_count(const struct page *page)
 {
 	return atomic_read(&compound_head(page)->_refcount);
 }
-- 
2.30.2