On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 01:08:50PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:27:07AM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * A choice of three behaviors for wait_on_page_bit_common():
> > > + */
> > > +enum behavior {
> > > + EXCLUSIVE, /* Hold ref to page and take the bit when woken, like
> > > + * __lock_page() waiting on then setting PG_locked.
> > > + */
> > > + SHARED, /* Hold ref to page and check the bit when woken, like
> > > + * wait_on_page_writeback() waiting on PG_writeback.
> > > + */
> > > + DROP, /* Drop ref to page before wait, no check when woken,
> > > + * like put_and_wait_on_page_locked() on PG_locked.
> > > + */
> > > +};
> >
> > Can we please make it:
> >
> > /**
> > * enum behavior - a choice of three behaviors for wait_on_page_bit_common()
> > */
> > enum behavior {
> > /**
> > * @EXCLUSIVE: Hold ref to page and take the bit when woken,
> > * like __lock_page() waiting on then setting %PG_locked.
> > */
> > EXCLUSIVE,
> > /**
> > * @SHARED: Hold ref to page and check the bit when woken,
> > * like wait_on_page_writeback() waiting on %PG_writeback.
> > */
> > SHARED,
> > /**
> > * @DROP: Drop ref to page before wait, no check when woken,
> > * like put_and_wait_on_page_locked() on %PG_locked.
> > */
> > DROP,
> > };
>
> I'm with Matthew, I'd prefer not: the first looks a more readable,
> less cluttered comment to me than the second: this is just an arg
> to an internal helper in mm/filemap.c, itself not kernel-doc'ed.
>
> But the comment is not there for me: if consensus is that the
> second is preferable, then sure, we can change it over.For something which is internal to a single file I strongly prefer the first as well. -- Cheers, Joey Pabalinas
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