linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm/mm_init.c: remove obsolete macro HASH

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Message-ID: <20230625050651.GI52412@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 25 Jun 2023 08:06:51 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, dvhart@...radead.org, dave@...olabs.net,
        andrealmeid@...lia.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm/mm_init.c: remove obsolete macro HASH_SMALL

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:13:23AM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> HASH_SMALL only works when parameter numentries is 0. But the sole caller
> futex_init() never calls alloc_large_system_hash() with numentries set to
> 0. So HASH_SMALL is obsolete and remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@...nel.org>

> ---
> v2:
>   update HASH_ZERO to 0x2 per Mike
> ---
>  include/linux/memblock.h |  4 +---
>  kernel/futex/core.c      |  3 +--
>  mm/mm_init.c             | 10 +---------
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
> index f71ff9f0ec81..0d031fbfea25 100644
> --- a/include/linux/memblock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
> @@ -581,9 +581,7 @@ extern void *alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
>  				     unsigned long high_limit);
>  
>  #define HASH_EARLY	0x00000001	/* Allocating during early boot? */
> -#define HASH_SMALL	0x00000002	/* sub-page allocation allowed, min
> -					 * shift passed via *_hash_shift */
> -#define HASH_ZERO	0x00000004	/* Zero allocated hash table */
> +#define HASH_ZERO	0x00000002	/* Zero allocated hash table */
>  
>  /* Only NUMA needs hash distribution. 64bit NUMA architectures have
>   * sufficient vmalloc space.
> diff --git a/kernel/futex/core.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
> index 514e4582b863..f10587d1d481 100644
> --- a/kernel/futex/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
> @@ -1132,8 +1132,7 @@ static int __init futex_init(void)
>  #endif
>  
>  	futex_queues = alloc_large_system_hash("futex", sizeof(*futex_queues),
> -					       futex_hashsize, 0,
> -					       futex_hashsize < 256 ? HASH_SMALL : 0,
> +					       futex_hashsize, 0, 0,
>  					       &futex_shift, NULL,
>  					       futex_hashsize, futex_hashsize);
>  	futex_hashsize = 1UL << futex_shift;
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index a1963c3322af..999723dee8cc 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -2490,15 +2490,7 @@ void *__init alloc_large_system_hash(const char *tablename,
>  		else
>  			numentries <<= (PAGE_SHIFT - scale);
>  
> -		/* Make sure we've got at least a 0-order allocation.. */
> -		if (unlikely(flags & HASH_SMALL)) {
> -			/* Makes no sense without HASH_EARLY */
> -			WARN_ON(!(flags & HASH_EARLY));
> -			if (!(numentries >> *_hash_shift)) {
> -				numentries = 1UL << *_hash_shift;
> -				BUG_ON(!numentries);
> -			}
> -		} else if (unlikely((numentries * bucketsize) < PAGE_SIZE))
> +		if (unlikely((numentries * bucketsize) < PAGE_SIZE))
>  			numentries = PAGE_SIZE / bucketsize;
>  	}
>  	numentries = roundup_pow_of_two(numentries);
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.