Re: [PATCH v17 17/21] mm/lru: replace pgdat lru_lock with lruvec lock

[Alex Shi]

å 2020/7/28 äå11:55, Alexander Duyck åé:
>>  /*
>> @@ -511,11 +511,11 @@ static bool compact_lock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags,
>>   *             scheduled)
>>   */
>>  static bool compact_unlock_should_abort(spinlock_t *lock,
>> -               unsigned long flags, bool *locked, struct compact_control *cc)
>> +               unsigned long flags, void **locked, struct compact_control *cc)
> Instead of passing both a void pointer and the lock why not just pass
> the pointer to the lock pointer? You could combine lock and locked
> into a single argument and save yourself some extra effort.
> 

the passed locked pointer could be rewrite in the func, that is unacceptable if it is a lock which could
be used other place.

And it is alreay dangerous to NULL a local pointer. In fact, I perfer the orignal verion, not so smart
but rebust enough for future changes, right?

Thanks
Alex


>>  {
>>         if (*locked) {
>>                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> -               *locked = false;
>> +               *locked = NULL;
>>         }
>>
>>         if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {