Re: [RFC] mm: use folio_expected_ref_count() helper for reference counting
From: Shivank Garg <hidden>
Date: 2025-06-10 09:00:39
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From: Shivank Garg <hidden>
Date: 2025-06-10 09:00:39
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On 6/10/2025 12:38 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
On 09.06.25 19:08, 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. No functional changes intended. Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <redacted> --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 5 +++-- mm/memfd.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index 4c965ba77f9f..c978c8c27340 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c@@ -434,10 +434,11 @@ static int __uprobe_write_opcode(struct vm_area_struct *vma,/* * When unregistering, we may only zap a PTE if uffd is disabled and * there are no unexpected folio references ... + * Expected refs: mappings + swapcache. + * We hold one additional reference (+1). */ if (is_register || userfaultfd_missing(vma) || - (folio_ref_count(folio) != folio_mapcount(folio) + 1 + - folio_test_swapcache(folio) * folio_nr_pages(folio))) + (folio_ref_count(folio) != folio_expected_ref_count(folio) + 1)) goto remap;With the comment removed (the caller holds a reference from GUP) or simplified ("Caller holds an additional folio reference.")
Sure, I'll make this change in revision.
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <redacted>
Thank you! Best Regards, Shivank