From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>,
Ying Huang <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>,
Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/14] f2fs: stop using PG_private
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 15:37:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <apmUP1p1TPDOaBe_@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831-remove-pg_private-v2-6-3668159cd9e8@nvidia.com>
Let me take this patch in f2fs tree, which looks like a clean up.
On 08/31, Zi Yan wrote:
> f2fs sets its PAGE_PRIVATE_* flags in page->private and checking
> page->private != NULL is equivalent to checking PG_private. Change
> PagePrivate() to page_private(). Meanwhile, in set_page_private_##name(),
> page->private is first set to 0/NULL before an PAGE_PRIVATE_* flag is set,
> but it can cause confusion when PG_private is removed and
> page->private != NULL is used instead. Change it to initialize
> page->private to PAGE_PRIVATE_NOT_POINTER instead and retain the original
> semantics.
>
> It prepares for a future commit that removes PG_private.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
> To: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
> To: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
> Acked-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index 9940a6cecf1a2..2f7ab5888b078 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -2691,7 +2691,7 @@ static inline bool folio_test_f2fs_##name(const struct folio *folio) \
> } \
> static inline bool page_private_##name(struct page *page) \
> { \
> - return PagePrivate(page) && \
> + return page_private(page) && \
> test_bit(PAGE_PRIVATE_NOT_POINTER, &page_private(page)) && \
> test_bit(PAGE_PRIVATE_##flagname, &page_private(page)); \
> }
> @@ -2710,9 +2710,9 @@ static inline void folio_set_f2fs_##name(struct folio *folio) \
> } \
> static inline void set_page_private_##name(struct page *page) \
> { \
> - if (!PagePrivate(page)) \
> - attach_page_private(page, (void *)0); \
> - set_bit(PAGE_PRIVATE_NOT_POINTER, &page_private(page)); \
> + if (!page_private(page)) \
> + attach_page_private(page, \
> + (void *)BIT(PAGE_PRIVATE_NOT_POINTER)); \
> set_bit(PAGE_PRIVATE_##flagname, &page_private(page)); \
> }
>
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 19:25 [PATCH v2 00/14] Remove PG_private by using page/folio->private checks instead Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] mm/zsmalloc: replace PG_private with pointer comparison Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] perf/ring_buffer: stop using PG_private as AUX page high-order marker Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] xen/grant-table: stop setting PG_private on pages for grant mapping Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] fscrypt: stop setting PG_private on bounce page Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] mm/hugetlb: use direct assignment instead of folio_change_private() Zi Yan
2026-09-03 0:05 ` Gregory Price
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] f2fs: stop using PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-03 15:37 ` Jaegeuk Kim [this message]
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] erofs: mm/pagemap: add readahead_folio_last() to avoid folio->private Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] erofs: use folio_attach/detach_private() instead of direct assignment Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] mm/page-flags: check page/folio->private instead of PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-01 2:11 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] mm/page-flags: introduce folio_test_fs_private() Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] treewide: remove folio_set/clear_private() Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] treewide: replace PagePrivate() with page_private() Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] treewide: adjust comments on PagePrivate and PG_private Zi Yan
2026-08-31 19:25 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] mm/page-flags: remove PG_private Zi Yan
2026-09-01 2:17 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-01 15:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-01 16:01 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-01 17:50 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-02 17:09 ` Usama Arif
2026-09-02 17:57 ` Zi Yan
2026-09-03 16:10 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 00/14] Remove PG_private by using page/folio->private checks instead patchwork-bot+f2fs
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