linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 7/7] mm,page_alloc: Drop unnecessary checks from pfn_range_valid

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Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:53:00 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 7/7] mm,page_alloc: Drop unnecessary checks from
 pfn_range_valid_contig

On 4/13/21 3:47 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> pfn_range_valid_contig() bails out when it finds an in-use page or a
> hugetlb page, among other things.
> We can drop the in-use page check since __alloc_contig_pages can migrate
> away those pages, and the hugetlb page check can go too since
> isolate_migratepages_range is now capable of dealing with hugetlb pages.
> Either way, those checks are racy so let the end function handle it
> when the time comes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> ---
>  mm/page_alloc.c | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
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Mike Kravetz