linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/hugetlb: create hstate_is_gigantic_no

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Message-ID: <d1094948-a646-46a1-b11f-2cc4ec53d180@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:04:47 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>, muchun.song@...ux.dev,
 osalvador@...e.de, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: shakeel.butt@...ux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org, hannes@...xchg.org,
 riel@...riel.com, kas@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/hugetlb: create hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime
 helper

On 09.10.25 19:24, Usama Arif wrote:
> This is a common condition used to skip operations that cannot
> be performed on gigantic pages when runtime support is disabled.
> This helper is introduced as the condition will exist even more
> when allowing "overcommit" of gigantic hugepages.
> No functional change intended with this patch.
> 

Wondering, would "static" describe that we don't have the dynamic 
runtime behavior?

hstate_is_static_gigantic()

hstate_is_gigantic_static()


Whatever you prefer

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

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Cheers

David / dhildenb