linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] mm/treewide: Replace pXd_large() with pXd

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Message-ID: <Zd8Jv8hQdXejTnbU@x1n>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:23:59 +0800
From: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>, Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] mm/treewide: Replace pXd_large() with pXd_leaf()

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 09:50:52AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 28/02/2024 à 09:53, peterx@...hat.com a écrit :
> > From: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
> > 
> > [based on latest akpm/mm-unstable, commit 1274e7646240]
> > 
> > These two APIs are mostly always the same.  It's confusing to have both of
> > them.  Merge them into one.  Here I used pXd_leaf() only because pXd_leaf()
> > is a global API which is always defined, while pXd_large() is not.
> > 
> > We have yet one more API that is similar which is pXd_huge(), but that's
> > even trickier, so let's do it step by step.
> > 
> > Some cautions are needed on either x86 or ppc: x86 is currently the only
> > user of p4d_large(), while ppc used to define pXd_large() only with THP,
> > while it is not the case for pXd_leaf().  For the rest archs, afaict
> > they're 100% identical.
> 
> Maybe would also be a good opportunity to replace pmd_is_leaf() by 
> pmd_leaf() and the same for pud_is_leaf()

Sure, while I'll wait for some more comments, I can add one on top when
repost.  Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu