Christoph Lameter writes:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> > Splitting this last one into inc_mm_counter() and dec_mm_counter()
> > means you can kill off the last argument, and get some of the
> > readability back. As it stands, I think this patch adds a bunch
> > of obfuscation for no clear benefit.
>
> Ok.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> This patch extracts all the operations on counters protected by the
> page table lock (currently rss and anon_rss) into definitions in
> include/linux/sched.h. All rss operations are performed through
> the following macros:
>
> get_mm_counter(mm, member) -> Obtain the value of a counter
> set_mm_counter(mm, member, value) -> Set the value of a counter
> update_mm_counter(mm, member, value) -> Add to a counter
A nitpick, but wouldn't be it clearer to call it add_mm_counter()? As an
additional bonus this matches atomic_{inc,dec,add}() and makes macro
names more uniform.
> inc_mm_counter(mm, member) -> Increment a counter
> dec_mm_counter(mm, member) -> Decrement a counter
Nikita.
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