linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC 02/10] mm/hmm: Remove dead check for HugeTLB and FS DAX

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Message-ID: <20240411122530.GQ5383@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:25:30 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>, peterx@...hat.com
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, david@...morbit.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	jhubbard@...dia.com, rcampbell@...dia.com, willy@...radead.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 02/10] mm/hmm: Remove dead check for HugeTLB and FS DAX

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 10:57:23AM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> pud_huge() returns true only for a HugeTLB page. pud_devmap() is only
> used by FS DAX pages. These two things are mutually exclusive so this
> code is dead code and can be removed.

I'm not sure this is true.. pud_huge() is mostly a misspelling of pud_leaf()..

> -	if (pud_huge(pud) && pud_devmap(pud)) {

I suspect this should be written as:

   if (pud_leaf(pud) && pud_devmap(pud)) {

In line with Peter's work here:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20240321220802.679544-1-peterx@redhat.com/

Jason