From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mm/memory_hotplug: prepare passing flags to add_memory() and friends
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:51:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4e83103c-14a0-6cc4-ae1b-438282edaea3@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5145c5c4-d9c0-85a8-7e0b-ccfa03eb0427@redhat.com>
On 09.09.20 13:37, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 09.09.20 13:24, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> writes:
>>> On 09.09.20 09:17, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 10:10:08PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>> We soon want to pass flags, e.g., to mark added System RAM resources.
>>>>> mergeable. Prepare for that.
>>>>
>>>> What are these random "flags", and how do we know what should be passed
>>>> to them?
>>>>
>>>> Why not make this an enumerated type so that we know it all works
>>>> properly, like the GPF_* flags are? Passing around a random unsigned
>>>> long feels very odd/broken...
>>>
>>> Agreed, an enum (mhp_flags) seems to give a better hint what can
>>> actually be passed. Thanks!
>>
>> You probably know this but ...
>>
>> Just using a C enum doesn't get you any type safety.
>>
>> You can get some checking via sparse by using __bitwise, which is what
>> gfp_t does. You don't actually have to use an enum for that, it works
>> with #defines also.
>
> Yeah, we seem to be using different approaches. And there is always a
> way to mess things up :)
>
> gfp_t is one (extreme) example, enum memblock_flags is another example.
> I tend to prefer an enum in this particular case, because it's simple
> and at least tells the user which values are expected.
>
Gave it another try, looks like mhp_t (like gfp_t) is actually nicer.
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-08 20:10 [PATCH v2 0/7] mm/memory_hotplug: selective merging of system ram resources David Hildenbrand
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] kernel/resource: make release_mem_region_adjustable() never fail David Hildenbrand
2020-09-15 2:07 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-15 2:10 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-15 7:35 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-15 9:06 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-15 9:15 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-15 9:33 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] kernel/resource: move and rename IORESOURCE_MEM_DRIVER_MANAGED David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 7:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-09 7:27 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-15 2:20 ` Wei Yang
2020-09-15 7:37 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] mm/memory_hotplug: prepare passing flags to add_memory() and friends David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 5:18 ` Jürgen Groß
2020-09-09 7:17 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-09 7:28 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 11:24 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-09-09 11:37 ` David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 11:51 ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] mm/memory_hotplug: MEMHP_MERGE_RESOURCE to specify merging of System RAM resources David Hildenbrand
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] virtio-mem: try to merge system ram resources David Hildenbrand
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] xen/balloon: " David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 5:18 ` Jürgen Groß
2020-09-08 20:10 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] hv_balloon: " David Hildenbrand
2020-09-09 9:43 ` Wei Liu
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