linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 6/8] mm: hugetlb: introduce nr_free_vmemmap

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Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 17:12:45 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 6/8] mm: hugetlb: introduce nr_free_vmemmap_pages in
 the struct hstate

On 2021/2/5 16:56, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 04:39:26PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> Hi:
>> On 2021/2/5 16:22, Oscar Salvador wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 03:29:43PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>>> +	if (likely(vmemmap_pages > RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR))
>>>>> +		h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages = vmemmap_pages - RESERVE_VMEMMAP_NR;
>>>>
>>>> Not a problem. Should we set h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages to 0 in 'else' case explicitly ?
>>>
>>> No, hstate fields are already zeroed.
>>
>> I know hstate fields are already zeroed. What I mean is should we set nr_free_vmemmap_pages
>> to 0 _explicitly_ like nr_huge_pages and free_huge_pages in hugetlb_add_hstate() ?
>> But this is really trival.
> 
> We do not anny more [1]
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20201119112141.6452-1-osalvador@suse.de/
> 
> 

Oh, I see. I thought we do it deliberately. Many thanks for your patient answer. :)