Hi Yan Zi,
thanks for the feedback. Yes, it looks definitely less redundant :)
Regards,
Andrea
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:33:06AM -0500, Zi Yan wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
>
> Thanks for pointing this out.
>
> I think the problem is that we should not prep_transhuge_page(new_page)
> unless new_page is allocated and PageTransHuge(). And several lines above,
> the allocation flags and the order is changed to make new_page a THP
> only if thp_migration_supported() is true.
>
> Does the patch below look better?
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> index 895ec0c..725eac5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline struct page *new_page_nodemask(struct page
> *page,
> new_page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_mask, order,
> preferred_nid, nodemask);
>
> - if (new_page && PageTransHuge(page))
> + if (new_page && PageTransHuge(new_page))
> prep_transhuge_page(new_page);
>
> return new_page;
> --
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Yan Zi
>
> On 20 Nov 2017, at 11:17, Andrea Reale wrote:
>
> > new_page_nodemask in linux/migrate.h should not call prep_transhuge_page
> > if thp_migration_support is false.
> >
> > Fixes commit 8135d8926c08 ("mm: memory_hotplug: memory hotremove supports
> > thp migration")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrea Reale <a...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> > include/linux/migrate.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
> > index 895ec0c..725eac5 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/migrate.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
> > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static inline struct page *new_page_nodemask(struct page
> > *page,
> > new_page = __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_mask, order,
> > preferred_nid, nodemask);
> >
> > - if (new_page && PageTransHuge(page))
> > + if (thp_migration_supported() && new_page && PageTransHuge(page))
> > prep_transhuge_page(new_page);
> >
> > return new_page;
> > --
> > 2.7.4
