linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] hugetlb: split hugetlb_hstate_alloc

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:43:15 +0800
From: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
To: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
 David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Mike Kravetz
 <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 ligang.bdlg@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] hugetlb: split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages



On 2024/1/18 20:39, Gang Li wrote:
> 1G and 2M huge pages have different allocation and initialization logic,
> which leads to subtle differences in parallelization. Therefore, it is
> appropriate to split hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages into gigantic and
> non-gigantic.
>
> This patch has no functional changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>
> Tested-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>

Thanks.