linux-kernel - [PATCH mm-unstable] mm: clarify folio_set_compound

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Date:   Wed,  7 Dec 2022 14:37:31 -0800
From:   Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, songmuchun@...edance.com,
        mike.kravetz@...cle.com, willy@...radead.org, tsahu@...ux.ibm.com,
        jhubbard@...dia.com, david@...hat.com,
        Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH mm-unstable] mm: clarify folio_set_compound_order() zero support

Document hugetlb's use of a zero compound order so support for zero
orders is not removed from folio_set_compound_order().

Signed-off-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@...cle.com>
Suggested-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Suggested-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@...edance.com>
---
This can be folded into f2b67a51d0ef6871d4fb0c3e8199f278112bd108
mm: add folio dtor and order setter functions

 include/linux/mm.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 443d496949a8..cd8508d728f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -999,9 +999,16 @@ static inline void set_compound_order(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * folio_set_compound_order is generally passed a non-zero order to
+ * initialize a large folio.  However, hugetlb code abuses this by
+ * passing in zero when 'dissolving' a large folio.
+ */
 static inline void folio_set_compound_order(struct folio *folio,
 		unsigned int order)
 {
+	VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(!folio_test_large(folio), folio);
+
 	folio->_folio_order = order;
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 	folio->_folio_nr_pages = order ? 1U << order : 0;
-- 
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