Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: Fix parameter passed to page_mapcount_is_type()

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Fri Mar 21 2025 - 11:09:43 EST


On 3/21/25 13:02, Gavin Shan wrote:
> As the comments of page_mapcount_is_type() indicate, the parameter
> passed to the function should be one more than page->_mapcount.
> However, page->_mapcount (equivalent to page->page_type) is passed
> to the function by commit 4ffca5a96678 ("mm: support only one page_type
> per page") page_type_has_type() is replaced by page_mapcount_is_type(),
> but the parameter isn't adjusted.
>
> Fix it by replacing page_mapcount_is_type() with page_type_has_type()
> in page_has_type(). Note that the issue doesn't cause any visible impacts
> due to the safety gap introduced by PGTY_mapcount_underflow limit.
>
> Fixes: 4ffca5a96678 ("mm: support only one page_type per page")
> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/page-flags.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> index 36d283552f80..e1a9f84bd5ab 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ static inline bool page_mapcount_is_type(unsigned int mapcount)
>
> static inline bool page_has_type(const struct page *page)
> {
> - return page_mapcount_is_type(data_race(page->page_type));
> + return page_type_has_type(data_race(page->page_type));
> }
>
> #define FOLIO_TYPE_OPS(lname, fname) \