Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 5 authors, 2025-06-10

Re: [RFC] mm: use folio_expected_ref_count() helper for reference counting

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2025-06-09 19:31:54
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On June 9, 2025 3:21:20 PM EDT, Matthew Wilcox [off-list ref] wrote:
On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 05:08:07PM +0000, Shivank Garg wrote:
quoted
Replace open-coded folio reference count calculations with the
folio_expected_ref_count() helper to improve code maintainability
and reduce duplication.
If it needs this much additional commentary, perhaps it's not actually
clearer?
I don't know. I tend to over explain as I rather make it totally obvious what is happening. I wouldn't say excessive commentary is necessarily a sign that it's not clearer.

Not knowing the code, the explanation makes sense to me.

-- Steve 
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