[PATCH 1/5] mm: use inline helper functions instead of ugly macros

Baolin Wang baolin.wang at linux.alibaba.com
Mon Feb 23 17:56:04 PST 2026


People have already complained that these *_clear_young_notify() related
macros are very ugly, so let's use inline helpers to make them more readable.

In addition, I cannot implement these inline helper functions in the
mmu_notifier.h file, because some arch-specific files will include the
mmu_notifier.h, which introduces header compilation dependencies and causes
build errors (e.g., arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h). Moreover, since
these functions are only used in the mm, implementing these inline helpers
in the mm/internal.h header seems reasonable.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 54 ------------------------------------
 mm/internal.h                | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index 07a2bbaf86e9..93894b90c8c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -515,55 +515,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_range_init_owner(
 	range->owner = owner;
 }
 
-#define clear_flush_young_ptes_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep, __nr)	\
-({									\
-	int __young;							\
-	struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;				\
-	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
-	unsigned int ___nr = __nr;					\
-	__young = clear_flush_young_ptes(___vma, ___address, __ptep, ___nr);	\
-	__young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(___vma->vm_mm,	\
-						  ___address,		\
-						  ___address +		\
-						  ___nr * PAGE_SIZE);	\
-	__young;							\
-})
-
-#define pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify(__vma, __address, __pmdp)		\
-({									\
-	int __young;							\
-	struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;				\
-	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
-	__young = pmdp_clear_flush_young(___vma, ___address, __pmdp);	\
-	__young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(___vma->vm_mm,	\
-						  ___address,		\
-						  ___address +		\
-							PMD_SIZE);	\
-	__young;							\
-})
-
-#define ptep_clear_young_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep)		\
-({									\
-	int __young;							\
-	struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;				\
-	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
-	__young = ptep_test_and_clear_young(___vma, ___address, __ptep);\
-	__young |= mmu_notifier_clear_young(___vma->vm_mm, ___address,	\
-					    ___address + PAGE_SIZE);	\
-	__young;							\
-})
-
-#define pmdp_clear_young_notify(__vma, __address, __pmdp)		\
-({									\
-	int __young;							\
-	struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;				\
-	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
-	__young = pmdp_test_and_clear_young(___vma, ___address, __pmdp);\
-	__young |= mmu_notifier_clear_young(___vma->vm_mm, ___address,	\
-					    ___address + PMD_SIZE);	\
-	__young;							\
-})
-
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
 
 struct mmu_notifier_range {
@@ -651,11 +602,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_subscriptions_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 #define mmu_notifier_range_update_to_read_only(r) false
 
-#define clear_flush_young_ptes_notify clear_flush_young_ptes
-#define pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify pmdp_clear_flush_young
-#define ptep_clear_young_notify ptep_test_and_clear_young
-#define pmdp_clear_young_notify pmdp_test_and_clear_young
-
 static inline void mmu_notifier_synchronize(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index e0ef192b0be3..1ba175b8d4f1 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/khugepaged.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
+#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/pagewalk.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
@@ -1789,4 +1790,56 @@ static inline int io_remap_pfn_range_complete(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	return remap_pfn_range_complete(vma, addr, pfn, size, prot);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
+static inline int clear_flush_young_ptes_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
+						unsigned int nr)
+{
+	int young;
+
+	young = clear_flush_young_ptes(vma, addr, ptep, nr);
+	young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(vma->vm_mm, addr,
+						addr + nr * PAGE_SIZE);
+	return young;
+}
+
+static inline int pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+	int young;
+
+	young = pmdp_clear_flush_young(vma, addr, pmdp);
+	young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(vma->vm_mm, addr, addr + PMD_SIZE);
+	return young;
+}
+
+static inline int ptep_clear_young_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	int young;
+
+	young = ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, addr, ptep);
+	young |= mmu_notifier_clear_young(vma->vm_mm, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
+	return young;
+}
+
+static inline int pmdp_clear_young_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					  unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+	int young;
+
+	young = pmdp_test_and_clear_young(vma, addr, pmdp);
+	young |= mmu_notifier_clear_young(vma->vm_mm, addr, addr + PMD_SIZE);
+	return young;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
+
+#define clear_flush_young_ptes_notify	clear_flush_young_ptes
+#define pmdp_clear_flush_young_notify	pmdp_clear_flush_young
+#define ptep_clear_young_notify	ptep_test_and_clear_young
+#define pmdp_clear_young_notify	pmdp_test_and_clear_young
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
+
 #endif	/* __MM_INTERNAL_H */
-- 
2.47.3




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