linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remove offset check on page->compound

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Message-ID: <20220108002703.o44i55ncxuagv4wk@master>
Date:   Sat, 8 Jan 2022 00:27:03 +0000
From:   Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, peterz@...radead.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, vbabka@...e.cz, will@...nel.org,
        linyunsheng@...wei.com, aarcange@...hat.com, feng.tang@...el.com,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove offset check on page->compound_head and
 folio->lru

On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 10:11:20PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> Hi, Matthew
>> 
>> Would you mind sharing some insight on this check?
>
>It's right there in the comments.  If you can't be bothered to read,
>why should I write?

I am not sure which comments it refers to.

Maybe we can add a "Refer to comment" above this code?

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Wei Yang
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