patches/old/mm-madvise-split-out-populate-behavior-check-logic.patch

From: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/madvise: split out populate behavior check logic
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:47:48 -0700

madvise_do_behavior() has a long open-coded 'behavior' check for
MADV_POPULATE_{READ,WRITE}.  It adds multiple layers[1] and make the code
arguably take longer time to read.  Like is_memory_failure(), split out
the check to a separate function.  This is not technically removing the
additional layer but discourage further extending the switch-case.  Also
it makes madvise_do_behavior() code shorter and therefore easier to read.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bd6d0bf1-c79e-46bd-a810-9791efb9ad73@lucifer.local

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250312164750.59215-3-sj@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <howlett@gmail.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/madvise.c |   20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-madvise-split-out-populate-behavior-check-logic
+++ a/mm/madvise.c
@@ -1640,6 +1640,17 @@ static bool is_valid_madvise(unsigned lo
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool is_madvise_populate(int behavior)
+{
+	switch (behavior) {
+	case MADV_POPULATE_READ:
+	case MADV_POPULATE_WRITE:
+		return true;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 static int madvise_do_behavior(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long start, size_t len_in, size_t len, int behavior)
 {
@@ -1653,16 +1664,11 @@ static int madvise_do_behavior(struct mm
 	end = start + len;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-	switch (behavior) {
-	case MADV_POPULATE_READ:
-	case MADV_POPULATE_WRITE:
+	if (is_madvise_populate(behavior))
 		error = madvise_populate(mm, start, end, behavior);
-		break;
-	default:
+	else
 		error = madvise_walk_vmas(mm, start, end, behavior,
 					  madvise_vma_behavior);
-		break;
-	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return error;
 }
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