linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] hugetlb: parallelize 1G hugetlb initialization

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:56:21 +0800
From: Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>
To: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 ligang.bdlg@...edance.com, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
 David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Mike Kravetz
 <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 7/7] hugetlb: parallelize 1G hugetlb initialization

On 2024/1/25 10:48, Muchun Song wrote:
>>>> +    if (huge_boot_pages[0].next == NULL) {
>>> It it not intuitive. I'd like to use a 'initialied' variable
>>
>> Would it make the code look a bit redundant?
> 
> What is redundant?
> 

I was thinking of adding a global variable at first, but it's possible
to add a local static variable, which is more concise.