linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 8/9] mm: page_alloc: use a folio in free_pages

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:39:23 +0800
From:   Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 8/9] mm: page_alloc: use a folio in
 free_pages_prepare()



On 2023/9/26 15:49, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 26.09.23 02:52, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>> The page should not a tail page in free_pages_prepare(), let's use
>> a folio in free_pages_prepare() to save several compound_head() calls.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>   mm/page_alloc.c | 15 ++++++++-------
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> index 06be8821d833..a888b9d57751 100644
>> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
>> @@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ static __always_inline bool 
>> free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
>>               unsigned int order, fpi_t fpi_flags)
>>   {
>>       int bad = 0;
>> +    struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
> 
> We might have higher-order pages here that are not folios (not compound 
> pages). It looks a bit like this function really shouldn't be working 
> with folios in the generic way, for that reason.
> 
> Wrong level of abstraction in that function.

Thanks for your point this, also the change also looks unnecessary too,
the main purpose to use a folio in this function is prepared for
converting page_cpupid_reset_last() to folio, as the higher-order pages
the next patch is not right, I will reconsider it.

> 
> What am I missing?
>