linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] add folio

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 19:35:12 +0800
From:   Xiubo Li <xiubli@...hat.com>
To:     SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     willy@...radead.org, Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] add folio_headpage() macro

Sorry I didn't see the [1/3] and [2/3] patches in my inbox, it seems you 
didn't CCed the ceph-devel@ mail list.

Thanks

On 07/01/2023 01:40, SeongJae Park wrote:
> The standard idiom for getting head page of a given folio is
> '&folio->page'.  It is efficient and safe even if the folio is NULL,
> because the offset of page field in folio is zero.  However, it makes
> the code not that easy to understand at the first glance, especially the
> NULL safety.  Also, sometimes people forget the idiom and use
> 'folio_page(folio, 0)' instead.  To make it easier to read and remember,
> add a new macro function called 'folio_headpage()' with the NULL case
> explanation.  Then, replace the 'folio_page(folio, 0)' calls with
> 'folio_headpage(folio)'.
>
>
> SeongJae Park (3):
>    include/linux/page-flags: add folio_headpage()
>    mm: use folio_headpage() instead of folio_page()
>    fs/ceph/addr: use folio_headpage() instead of folio_page()
>
>   fs/ceph/addr.c             | 2 +-
>   include/linux/page-flags.h | 8 ++++++++
>   mm/shmem.c                 | 4 ++--
>   mm/slab.c                  | 6 +++---
>   mm/slab_common.c           | 4 ++--
>   mm/slub.c                  | 4 ++--
>   6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
-- 
Best Regards,

Xiubo Li (李秀波)

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