From: Kiryl Shutsemau <kirill@shutemov.name>
To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] mm/huge_memory: deduplicate zap deposited table call
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:56:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abxwNW_kKakiYvsp@thinkstation> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <420f1b11-3b62-46dc-be33-58fbd5a4c8b3@lucifer.local>
On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 05:18:11PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 05:03:10PM +0000, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 01:00:13PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> > > diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > > index 499c31bf8f83..c4e00c645e58 100644
> > > --- a/mm/huge_memory.c
> > > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
> > > @@ -2431,6 +2431,7 @@ bool zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> > > pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr)
> > > {
> > > struct folio *folio = NULL;
> > > + bool needs_deposit = false;
> >
> > I think 'has_deposit' is a better name here.
>
> That's fine, can rename.
>
> >
> > And initialize it to arch_needs_pgtable_deposit().
>
> Yeah I considered that, but then you have to do logic like:
>
> has_deposit = has_deposit || <whatever>;
>
> Which is a bit ugly.
You are overthinking it. Just do
if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
has_deposit = true;
No need in squeezing it into single line.
--
Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 13:00 [PATCH v2 0/9] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] mm/huge_memory: simplify vma_is_specal_huge() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 16:52 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-03-19 17:16 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] mm/huge: avoid big else branch in zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] mm/huge_memory: have zap_huge_pmd return a boolean, add kdoc Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] mm/huge_memory: handle buggy PMD entry in zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 3:20 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] mm/huge_memory: add a common exit path to zap_huge_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 3:27 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] mm/huge_memory: remove unnecessary VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 3:31 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] mm/huge_memory: deduplicate zap deposited table call Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 17:03 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-03-19 17:18 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 21:56 ` Kiryl Shutsemau [this message]
2026-03-20 13:59 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 14:14 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] mm/huge_memory: deduplicate zap_huge_pmd() further by tracking state Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 3:49 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-20 13:51 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-21 5:15 ` Baolin Wang
2026-03-19 13:00 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] mm/huge_memory: have zap_huge_pmd() use vm_normal_folio_pmd() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 3:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] mm/huge_memory: refactor zap_huge_pmd() Andrew Morton
2026-03-20 13:27 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-21 3:21 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-03-21 3:33 ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-22 0:15 ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-22 2:12 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-03-23 11:19 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 11:24 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-23 11:31 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 12:34 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-03-23 21:36 ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-23 23:27 ` Pedro Falcato
2026-03-24 0:05 ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-24 7:35 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-24 7:58 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-24 9:55 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-24 1:08 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-03-24 7:56 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-24 15:24 ` Roman Gushchin
2026-03-24 18:05 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
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