[PATCH v2 0/6] mm: fix the "counter.sh" failure for libhugetlbfs

[Huang Shijie]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 03:20:05PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> > Huang Shijie (6):
> >   mm: hugetlb: rename some allocation functions
> >   mm: hugetlb: add a new parameter for some functions
> >   mm: hugetlb: change the return type for alloc_fresh_gigantic_page
> >   mm: mempolicy: intruduce a helper huge_nodemask()
> >   mm: hugetlb: add a new function to allocate a new gigantic page
> >   mm: hugetlb: support gigantic surplus pages
> > 
> >  include/linux/mempolicy.h |   8 +++
> >  mm/hugetlb.c              | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >  mm/mempolicy.c            |  20 ++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> Can't say I'm entirely happy with the continued direction of maze of
> functions for huge page allocation :( Feels like path of least resistance to
> basically copy/paste the missing parts here. Is there no way to consolidate
> the code more?
Ok, I will spend some time to read the code and think about it.

If you have interest, please do it too. :)

Thanks
Huang Shijie