Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: remove odd HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL

From: Christophe LEROY
Date: Wed Apr 11 2018 - 05:09:20 EST




Le 11/04/2018 Ã 11:03, Laurent Dufour a ÃcritÂ:


On 11/04/2018 10:58, Christophe LEROY wrote:


Le 11/04/2018 Ã 10:03, Laurent Dufour a ÃcritÂ:
Remove the additional define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL and rely directly on
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL.

There is no functional change introduced by this patch

Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/memory.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 96910c625daa..7f7dc7b2a341 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -817,17 +817,12 @@ static void print_bad_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
ÂÂ * PFNMAP mappings in order to support COWable mappings.
ÂÂ *
ÂÂ */
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
-# define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 1
-#else
-# define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 0
-#endif
 struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ pte_t pte, bool with_public_device)
 {
ÂÂÂÂÂ unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 - if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
+ÂÂÂ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL)) {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (likely(!pte_special(pte)))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ goto check_pfn;
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->find_special_page)
@@ -862,7 +857,7 @@ struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return NULL;
ÂÂÂÂÂ }
 - /* !HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL case follows: */
+ÂÂÂ /* !CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL case follows: */
 Â if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) {
@@ -881,7 +876,8 @@ struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
 Â if (is_zero_pfn(pfn))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return NULL;
-check_pfn:
+
+check_pfn: __maybe_unused

See below

ÂÂÂÂÂ if (unlikely(pfn > highest_memmap_pfn)) {
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ return NULL;
@@ -891,7 +887,7 @@ struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables.
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist.
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ */
-out:
+out: __maybe_unused

Why do you need that change ?

There is no reason for the compiler to complain. It would complain if the goto
was within a #ifdef, but all the purpose of using IS_ENABLED() is to allow the
compiler to properly handle all possible cases. That's all the force of
IS_ENABLED() compared to ifdefs, and that the reason why they are plebicited,
ref Linux Codying style for a detailed explanation.

Fair enough.

Should I submit a v4 just to remove these so ugly __maybe_unused ?


Most likely, unless the mm maintainer agrees to remove them by himself when applying your patch ?

Christophe