linux-kernel - [PATCHv3 13/15] mm/hugetlb: Remove hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap

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Message-ID: <20260115144604.822702-14-kas@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:45:59 +0000
From: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
	Usama Arif <usamaarif642@...il.com>,
	Frank van der Linden <fvdl@...gle.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>,
	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCHv3 13/15] mm/hugetlb: Remove hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key static key

The hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key static key was used to guard fake head
detection in compound_head() and related functions. It allowed skipping
the fake head checks entirely when HVO was not in use.

With fake heads eliminated and the detection code removed, the static
key serves no purpose. Remove its definition and all increment/decrement
calls.

Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>
---
 include/linux/page-flags.h |  2 --
 mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c       | 14 ++------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 660f9154a211..f89702e101e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -221,8 +221,6 @@ static __always_inline bool compound_info_has_mask(void)
 	return is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page));
 }
 
-DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-
 static __always_inline unsigned long _compound_head(const struct page *page)
 {
 	unsigned long info = READ_ONCE(page->compound_info);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 5a802e292bac..5afd9f4231e3 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -399,9 +399,6 @@ static int vmemmap_remap_alloc(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 	return vmemmap_remap_range(start, end, &walk);
 }
 
-DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-
 static bool vmemmap_optimize_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON);
 static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_param(char *buf)
 {
@@ -431,10 +428,8 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_restore_folio(const struct hstate *h,
 	 * discarded vmemmap pages must be allocated and remapping.
 	 */
 	ret = vmemmap_remap_alloc(vmemmap_start, vmemmap_end, flags);
-	if (!ret) {
+	if (!ret)
 		folio_clear_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio);
-		static_branch_dec(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -566,8 +561,6 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h,
 	if (!vmemmap_tail)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-
 	/*
 	 * Very Subtle
 	 * If VMEMMAP_REMAP_NO_TLB_FLUSH is set, TLB flushing is not performed
@@ -604,10 +597,8 @@ static int __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folio(const struct hstate *h,
 				 vmemmap_head, vmemmap_tail,
 				 vmemmap_pages, flags);
 out:
-	if (ret) {
-		static_branch_dec(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
+	if (ret)
 		folio_clear_hugetlb_vmemmap_optimized(folio);
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -673,7 +664,6 @@ static void __hugetlb_vmemmap_optimize_folios(struct hstate *h,
 			register_page_bootmem_memmap(pfn_to_section_nr(spfn),
 					&folio->page,
 					HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_RESERVE_SIZE);
-			static_branch_inc(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-- 
2.51.2