linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] iov_iter: Define flags to qualify page extraction.

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Message-ID: <2613249.1674726566@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:49:26 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] iov_iter: Define flags to qualify page extraction.

David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:

> Just a note that the usage of new __bitwise types instead of "unsigned" is
> encouraged for flags.
> 
> See rmap_t in include/linux/rmap.h as an example.

Hmmm...  rmap_t really ought to be unsigned int.

David