Re: [PATCH 6/6] mm: change to return bool for the MMU notifier's young flag check

Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Apr 07, 2026, Baolin Wang wrote:
> On 4/4/26 7:12 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 20, 2026, Baolin Wang wrote:
> > > > > -static __always_inline int kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > > > -						unsigned long start,
> > > > > -						unsigned long end,
> > > > > -						gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > > > -						bool flush_on_ret)
> > > > > +static __always_inline bool kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > > > +					      unsigned long start,
> > > > > +					      unsigned long end,
> > > > > +					      gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > > > +					      bool flush_on_ret)
> > > > 
> > > > Can we please fix this terrrible indentation while we're here :)?
> > > > 
> > > > static __always_inline bool kvm_age_hva_range(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
> > > > 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end, gfn_handler_t handler,
> > > > 		bool flush_on_ret)
> > > > 
> > > > Would be nicer, thanks!
> > 
> > No, please keep this as-is.  KVM's preferred style is exactly this (and I personally
> > find mm's style much harder to parse).
> 
> Um, Andrew has already queued v2[1] into the mm-stable branch. Do you want
> me to send a follow-up patch to restore the original KVM coding style?

Nah, not worth the churn.  Thanks though!
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