linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] mm,hugetlb: Drop clearing of flag from prep_new_huge

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Message-ID: <ce5e5733-6b8b-63ba-3e43-b5cfb5a10899@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:50:19 -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 v8 3/7] mm,hugetlb: Drop clearing of flag from
 prep_new_huge_page

On 4/15/21 3:35 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> Pages allocated after boot get its private field cleared by means
> of post_alloc_hook().
> Pages allocated during boot, that is directly from the memblock allocator,
> get cleared by paging_init()->..->memmap_init_zone->..->__init_single_page()
> before any memblock allocation.
> 
> Based on this ground, let us remove the clearing of the flag from
> prep_new_huge_page() as it is not needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

The comment "allocated after boot" made sense to me, but I can see where
Michal's suggestion was coming from (list the allocators that do the
clearing).

Also, listing this as a left over would be a good idea.

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