linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Generalize HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE

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Message-ID: <d5fc741d-0c24-5b0f-c9b3-3a2be796ad79@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:31:07 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Generalize HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE



On 3/1/21 1:23 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 01:13:41PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> doesn't this need a 'if HUGETLB_PAGE'
>>
>> While making HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE a generic option, also made it
>> dependent on HUGETLB_PAGE. Should not that gate HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE
>> when HUGETLB_PAGE is not available irrespective of the select statement on
>> the platforms ?
> 
> depends doesn't properly work for variables that are selected.
> 

Alright, will move the HUGETLB_PAGE dependency to platforms while selecting
the variable HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE.