Re: [PATCH v7 1/6] userfaultfd: add minor fault registration mode

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On 2/25/21 9:49 AM, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 4:26 PM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/18/21 4:48 PM, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> @@ -401,8 +398,10 @@ vm_fault_t handle_userfault(struct vm_fault *vmf, unsigned long reason)
>>>
>>>       BUG_ON(ctx->mm != mm);
>>>
>>> -     VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~(VM_UFFD_MISSING|VM_UFFD_WP));
>>> -     VM_BUG_ON(!(reason & VM_UFFD_MISSING) ^ !!(reason & VM_UFFD_WP));
>>> +     /* Any unrecognized flag is a bug. */
>>> +     VM_BUG_ON(reason & ~__VM_UFFD_FLAGS);
>>> +     /* 0 or > 1 flags set is a bug; we expect exactly 1. */
>>> +     VM_BUG_ON(!reason || !!(reason & (reason - 1)));
>>
>> I may be confused, but that seems to be checking for a flag value of 1
>> as opposed to one flag being set?
> 
> (Assuming I implemented it correctly!) It's the logical negation of
> this trick: https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#DetermineIfPowerOf2
> So, it's "VM_BUG_ON(reason is *not* a power of 2)".
> 
> Maybe the double negation makes it overly confusing? It ought to be
> equivalent if we remove it and just say:
> VM_BUG_ON(!reason || (reason & (reason - 1)));

Sorry, my bad.  In my mind I was thinking,

	VM_BUG_ON(!reason || !!(reason && (reason - 1)));

-- 
Mike Kravetz



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