Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/internal: rename swap offset helpers to softleaf offset

[Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>]

On 05/09/26 4:12 pm, Barry Song wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> In preparation for adding a helper to set softleaf ptes in one go,
>> generalize the swap entry helpers shifting the swap offset by delta,
>> for softleaves.
>>
>> Note that the soft-dirty bit, exclusive bit and uffd bit preservation
>> will still work for non-swap softleaves, since a softleaf entry is
>> constructed out of a type and offset, and those bits are ahead of
>> the soft-dirty, exclusive and uffd bits.
>>
>> For example, for a migration entry, pte_swp_exclusive() will return
>> false, as the exclusivity is encoded in the type itself
>> (SOFTLEAF_MIGRATION_READ_EXCLUSIVE).
> 
> I don't quite understand why you mention this. Is anyone calling
> `pte_swp_exclusive()` on a migration entry? Shouldn't it only be called
> when `softleaf_is_swap()` is true?

You are right. I just wanted to emphasize the second paragraph - that the
pte_move_swp_offset will also work for softleaf entries. But I think
the third para confuses more, I'll drop it.

> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>

Thanks.


> 
>> ---
>>  mm/internal.h | 29 +++++++++++++++--------------
>>  mm/memory.c   |  4 ++--
>>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
> [...]
>>
>>  /**
>> @@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_next_swp_offset(pte_t pte)
>>   */
>>  static inline int swap_pte_batch(pte_t *start_ptep, int max_nr, pte_t pte)
>>  {
> 
> We might find a user for this in the future, in which case we might
> want to rename `swap_pte_batch()` to `swap_softleaf_batch()`?

That is what is being done here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813-migrate-rmap-batch-v2-1-3c5424c555c7@amd.com/

I don't have a strong opinion, I can also generalize this right now.


> 
>> -       pte_t expected_pte = pte_next_swp_offset(pte);
>> +       pte_t expected_pte = pte_next_softleaf_offset(pte);
> 
> Best Regards
> Barry