I understand we want to keep the name "symmetric" with
ksm_enable_merge_any, but it also unmerges the ksm pages. Do we want to
reflect that in the function name?
ksm_disable_merge_any_umerge() is suboptimal.
As ksm_disable_merge_any() now reverts what ksm_enable_merge_any() ended
up doing, I think it's just fine.
(it would be a different story if we'd be using "set" / "clear"
terminology instead of "enable" / "disable").
We can describe that in the comment.
Can we add a comment for the function?
Can do for symmetry with ksm_enable_merge_any().
+/**
+ * ksm_disable_merge_any - Disable merging on all compatible VMA's of the mm,
+ * previously enabled via ksm_enable_merge_any().
+ *
+ * Disabling merging implies unmerging any merged pages, like setting
+ * MADV_UNMERGEABLE would. If unmerging fails, the whole operation fails and
+ * merging on all compatible VMA's remains enabled.
+ *
+ * @mm: Pointer to mm
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, otherwise error code
+ */
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb