On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 07:19:00PM +0900, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> %pGp format is used to print 'flags' field of struct page.
> As some page flags (e.g. PG_buddy, see page-flags.h for more details)
> are set in page_type field, introduce %pGt format which provides
> human readable output of page_type.
>
> Note that the sense of bits are different in page_type. if page_type is
> 0xffffffff, no flags are set. if PG_slab (0x00100000) flag is set,
> page_type is 0xffefffff. Clearing a bit means we set the bit.
>
> Bits in page_type are inverted when printing page type names.
...
> +#define __def_pagetype_names \
> + {PG_slab, "slab" }, \
> + {PG_offline, "offline" }, \
> + {PG_guard, "guard" }, \
> + {PG_table, "table" }, \
> + {PG_buddy, "buddy" }
Wondering if it will be more robust to define a helper macro
#define DEF_PAGETYPE_NAME(_name) { PG_##_name, __stringify(_name) }
...
#undef DEF_PAGETYPE_MASK
In this case it decreases the chances of typo in the strings and flags.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
