Re: [PATCH 0/3] add folio_headpage() macro

[SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 19:21:40 +0000 Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 05:40:25PM +0000, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > The standard idiom for getting head page of a given folio is
> > '&folio->page'.  It is efficient and safe even if the folio is NULL,
> > because the offset of page field in folio is zero.  However, it makes
> > the code not that easy to understand at the first glance, especially the
> > NULL safety.  Also, sometimes people forget the idiom and use
> > 'folio_page(folio, 0)' instead.  To make it easier to read and remember,
> > add a new macro function called 'folio_headpage()' with the NULL case
> > explanation.  Then, replace the 'folio_page(folio, 0)' calls with
> > 'folio_headpage(folio)'.
> 
> No.  Everywhere that uses &folio->page is a place that needs to be fixed.
> It shouldn't have a nice convenience macro.  It should make you mildly
> uncomfortable.

It's true that it's just a mild uncomfortableness.  I will respect your opinion
here.  Thanks for the input.


Thanks,
SJ