linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: early exit from hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot() when max_huge

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Message-ID: <20250814082950.2888-1-lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:29:50 +0800
From: lirongqing <lirongqing@...du.com>
To: <muchun.song@...ux.dev>, <osalvador@...e.de>, <david@...hat.com>,
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: early exit from hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot() when max_huge_pages=0

From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>

Optimize hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot() to return immediately when
max_huge_pages is 0, saving cycles when hugepages aren't configured
in the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 753f99b..514fab5 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3654,6 +3654,9 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!h->max_huge_pages)
+		return;
+
 	/* do node specific alloc */
 	if (hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_specific_nodes(h))
 		return;
-- 
2.9.4