[PATCH 03/13] mm: Provide generic pmd_thp_or_huge()

Muchun Song muchun.song at linux.dev
Mon Jan 1 22:30:25 PST 2024



> On Jan 2, 2024, at 13:37, Peter Xu <peterx at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2023 at 02:29:53PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
>>> @@ -1355,6 +1355,10 @@ static inline int pmd_write(pmd_t pmd)
>>>  #endif /* pmd_write */
>>>  #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
>>> +#ifndef pmd_thp_or_huge
>> 
>> I think it may be the time to rename to pmd_thp_or_hugetlb,
>> the "huge" is really confusing. thp is not huge? Actually,
>> it is huge. It is better to make it more specific from now on, like
>> "hugetlb".
> 
> The rename will need to touch ARM code, which I wanted to avoid, see:

I see.

> 
> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h:#define pmd_thp_or_huge(pmd)   (pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(pmd))
> 
> So far this series only touches generic code.  Would you mind I keep this
> patch as-is, and leave renaming to later?

OK.

THanks.

> 
>> 
>> BTW, please cc me via the new email (muchun.song at linux.dev) next edition.
> 
> Sure.  Thanks for taking a look.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Xu
> 




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