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Message-ID: <CAHViUT1xrR5c4c9dbMOwO=dFGKFnxYZw8abpHa0hvkuTW-eX4g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2024 11:35:15 +0800
From: Lucien Wang <lcnwed@...il.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org, 
	Wang Yibo <wangyibo@...ontech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: move bad zone checking before getting it

On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 6:22 PM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 05.09.24 11:52, Wang Yibo wrote:
> > When flags from gfp_zone() has an error combination, VM_BUG_ON() should firt know it before use it.
>
> s/firt/first/
>
> Please break long lines. (checkpatch.pl should have warned you)
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Yibo <wangyibo@...ontech.com>
> > ---
> >   include/linux/gfp.h | 3 ++-
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> > index f53f76e0b17e..ca61b2440ab3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> > @@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ static inline enum zone_type gfp_zone(gfp_t flags)
> >   {
> >       enum zone_type z;
> >       int bit = (__force int) (flags & GFP_ZONEMASK);
> > +     VM_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
>
> Better use VM_WARN_ON_ONCE() instead while at it.
>
> >
> >       z = (GFP_ZONE_TABLE >> (bit * GFP_ZONES_SHIFT)) &
> >                                        ((1 << GFP_ZONES_SHIFT) - 1);
> > -     VM_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
> > +
>
> Unrelated whitespace change.
>
> >       return z;
> >   }
> >
>
> But I don't see why we would want this change? It's not like the kernel
> would crash when calculating z.
>
> Or is there some change in behavior I am missing?

On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 9:13 PM David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 05.09.24 12:48, Wang Yibo wrote:
> > When flags in gfp_zone() has an error combination,
> > VM_BUG_ON() should first know it before use it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wang Yibo <wangyibo@...ontech.com>
> > ---
> >   include/linux/gfp.h | 3 ++-
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> > index f53f76e0b17e..ca61b2440ab3 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> > @@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ static inline enum zone_type gfp_zone(gfp_t flags)
> >   {
> >       enum zone_type z;
> >       int bit = (__force int) (flags & GFP_ZONEMASK);
> > +     VM_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
> >
> >       z = (GFP_ZONE_TABLE >> (bit * GFP_ZONES_SHIFT)) &
> >                                        ((1 << GFP_ZONES_SHIFT) - 1);
> > -     VM_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
> > +
>
> I'm afraid you either missed half my review comments or your answer to
> my mail did not make it to my inbox.

I did not read your first email carefully,Sorry for that.
I will reply to your comments based on your last email.

>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>

>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David / dhildenb
>

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