linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/damon: replace pmd_huge() with pmd_trans

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Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:47:22 +0000
From:   SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     sj@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, muchun.song@...ux.dev,
        mike.kravetz@...cle.com, damon@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/damon: replace pmd_huge() with pmd_trans_huge() for THP

Hi Baolin,

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:37:44 +0800 Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> The pmd_huge() is usually used to indicate if a pmd level hugetlb,
> however a pmd mapped huge page can only be THP in damon_mkold_pmd_entry()
> or damon_young_pmd_entry(), so replacing pmd_huge() with pmd_trans_huge()
> in this case to make code more readable according to the discussion [1].

Thanks to Baolin and Muchun for the discussion and this patch!

> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/098c1480-416d-bca9-cedb-ca495df69b64@linux.alibaba.com/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>


Thanks,
SJ

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