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SubjectRe: [PATCH v13 010/137] mm: Add folio flag manipulation functions
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Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> wrote:

> For example, in __set_page_dirty_no_writeback()
>
> if (folio_is_dirty())
> return !folio_testset_dirty()
>
> is less clear about what's going on than would be:
>
> if (folio_test_dirty())
> return !folio_testset_dirty()

"if (folio_is_dirty())" reads better to me as that's more or less how you'd
structure a sentence beginning with "if" in English.

On the other hand, folio_test_xxx() fits in with a folio_testset_xxx() naming
style. English doesn't really have test-and-set operator words.

David

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