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From:   Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:06:15 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: KSM: fix ksm_run data type
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc:     Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy <zhansayabagdaulet@gmail.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
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> > > /sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run
> > >
> > > run: write 0 to disable ksm, read 0 while ksm is disabled.
> > >
> > > - write 1 to run ksm, read 1 while ksm is running.
> > > - write 2 to disable ksm and unmerge all its pages.
> >
> > The document is out of date then as it does not mention 'offline'.
>
> The offline mode cannot be set externally.
>
> In run_store()
>    if (flags > KSM_RUN_UNMERGE)
>       return -EINVAL;

However, I see that KSM_RUN_OFFLINE is visible via run_show(), so yes
doc should be updated. And, yes it becomes a bitfield from the user
perspective.

>
> >
> > Also, why does the call to kstrtouint() specify base 10?  If it is a
> > bitmap, then permitting 0x [1] is more natural.  I would expect to see
> > base 0 there.
>
> Users can only write 0, 1, or 2, it is not a bitmap from the user's
> perspective as the user cannot write: '3' . But, I think it is
> somewhat weird that ksm_run is used as a bitmap internally with
> KSM_RUN_OFFLINE = 4.
>
> Imo, KSM_RUN_OFFLINE should be placed in a separate boolean from "ksm_run".
>
> >
> > [1] or even 0b, although I see that _parse_integer_fixup_radix does not
> > support the 0b notation.