linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/4] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: use kstrtobool for hugetlb

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Message-ID: <24e3bd32-13ef-bca2-5815-93a20ebe974f@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 May 2022 17:42:43 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>, corbet@....net,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, yzaikin@...gle.com, osalvador@...e.de,
        david@...hat.com, masahiroy@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, duanxiongchun@...edance.com, smuchun@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/4] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: use kstrtobool for
 hugetlb_vmemmap param parsing

On 4/29/22 05:18, Muchun Song wrote:
> Use kstrtobool rather than open coding "on" and "off" parsing in
> mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c,  which is more powerful to handle all kinds
> of parameters like 'Yy1Nn0' or [oO][NnFf] for "on" and "off".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  6 +++---
>  mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c                            | 10 +++++-----
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 308da668bbb1..43b8385073ad 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1703,10 +1703,10 @@
>  			enabled.
>  			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
>  			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
> -			Format: { on | off (default) }
> +			Format: { [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1 | [oO][Ff]/N/n/0 (default) }
>  
> -			on:  enable the feature
> -			off: disable the feature
> +			[oO][Nn]/Y/y/1: enable the feature
> +			[oO][Ff]/N/n/0: disable the feature

Fancy! :)

>  
>  			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
>  			the default is on.
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> index 6254bb2d4ae5..cc4ec752ec16 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
> @@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>  
>  static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_early_param(char *buf)
>  {
> -	if (!buf)
> +	bool enable;
> +
> +	if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
> +	if (enable)
>  		static_branch_enable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
> -	else if (!strcmp(buf, "off"))
> -		static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>  	else
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>

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Mike Kravetz