linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 1/8] page_flags: add is_folio

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 09:40:37 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, hughd@...gle.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, brauner@...nel.org, djwong@...nel.org,
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        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/8] page_flags: add is_folio_hwpoison()

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 02:51:34PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 12:55:45AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > Provide a helper similar to is_page_hwpoison() for folios
> > which tests the first head and if the folio is large any page in
> > the folio is tested for the poison flag.
> 
> But it's not "is poison".  it's "contains poison".  So how about
> folio_contains_hwpoison() as a name?

Would a smaller change in tense to "is poisoned" also work? I think
that's mostly synonymous to "contains poison".