[PATCH v1 23/29] mm/page-alloc: remove PageMappingFlags()

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Wed Jul 2 19:02:21 AEST 2025


On 02.07.25 10:49, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 09:34:41PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 01.07.25 15:02, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 03:00:04PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> We can now simply check for PageAnon() and remove PageMappingFlags().
>>>>
>>>> ... and while at it, use the folio instead and operate on
>>>> folio->mapping.
>>>
>>> Probably worth mentioning to be super crystal clear that this is because
>>> now it's either an anon folio or a KSM folio, both of which set the
>>> FOLIO_MAPPING_ANON flag.
>>
>> "As PageMappingFlags() now only indicates anon (incl. ksm) folios, we can
>> now simply check for PageAnon() and remove PageMappingFlags()."
> 
> Sounds good! Though the extremely nitty part of me says 'capitalise KSM' :P

Like we do so consistently with vma, pte and all the other acronyms ;)

Can do!

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb



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