linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, slab: use an enum to define SLAB

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:42:32 +0100
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
 David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, Andrey Ryabinin
 <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>, Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
 Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
 Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
 Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>,
 Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>,
 Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm, slab: use an enum to define SLAB_ cache creation
 flags

On 2/21/24 19:33, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 05:58:26PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> The values of SLAB_ cache creation flagsare defined by hand, which is
>> tedious and error-prone. Use an enum to assign the bit number and a
>> __SF_BIT() macro to #define the final flags.
>> 
>> This renumbers the flag values, which is OK as they are only used
>> internally.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> +#define __SF_BIT(nr)	((slab_flags_t __force)(1U << (nr)))
> 
> I'd rename it to (__)SLAB_FLAG_BIT(), as SF is a bit cryptic, but not a strong
> preference. Otherwise looks really good to me, nice cleanup.

OK, it's also less likely that somebody would collide it.

> Reviewed-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
> 
> Thanks!