[PATCH v3 1/5] mm: rmap: support batched checks of the references for large folios

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 10:47:52AM -0500, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> > -#define ptep_clear_flush_young_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep)		\
> > +#define ptep_clear_flush_young_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep, __nr)	\
> >  ({									\
> >  	int __young;							\
> >  	struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;				\
> >  	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
> > -	__young = ptep_clear_flush_young(___vma, ___address, __ptep);	\
> > +	unsigned int ___nr = __nr;					\
> > +	__young = clear_flush_young_ptes(___vma, ___address, __ptep, ___nr);	\
> >  	__young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(___vma->vm_mm,	\
> >  						  ___address,		\
> >  						  ___address +		\
> > -							PAGE_SIZE);	\
> > +						nr * PAGE_SIZE);	\
> 
> Did you mean nr * PAGE_SIZE here?  I think it should be __nr or ___nr?
> I think this nr variable works because it exists where this macro is
> expanded?

Yes, this should clearly be ___nr.

> I am also not sure why you have ___nr  at all?

It's a macro cleanliness thing.  Imagine that we have a caller:

	a = ptep_clear_flush_young_notify(vma, addr, ptep, nr++);

If you have two references to the __nr macro argument, then you end up
incrementing nr twice.  Assigning __nr to ___nr and then referring to
___nr within the macro prevents this.

That said, I'm not sure why ptep_clear_flush_young_notify() needs
to be a macro instead of a static inline?