On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 9:27 PM Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you Michał. > > On 7/21/23 12:28 AM, Michał Mirosław wrote: > > b. rename match "flags" to 'page categories' everywhere - this makes > > it easier to differentiate the ioctl()s categorisation of pages > > from struct page flags; > > c. change {required + excluded} to {inverted + required}. This was > > rejected before, but I'd like to illustrate the difference. > > Old interface can be translated to the new by: > > categories_inverted = excluded_mask > > categories_mask = required_mask | excluded_mask > > categories_anyof_mask = anyof_mask > > The new way allows filtering by: A & (B | !C) > > categories_inverted = C > > categories_mask = A > > categories_anyof_mask = B | C > Andrei and Danylo, > > Are you okay with these masks? It were you two who had proposed these. I am okay. > > > -- > BR, > Muhammad Usama Anjum