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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: Remove redundant VM_BUG_ON_PAGE on putback_active_hugepage()
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On 2021/2/9 9:26, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 2/8/21 12:37 AM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> PageHead(page) is implicitly checked in set_page_huge_active() via the
>> PageHeadHuge(page) check. So remove this explicit one.
>
> I do not disagree with the code change. However, this commit message
> is not accurate. set_page_huge_active() no longer exists in the tree
> you are changing. It was replaced with SetHPageMigratable. Also, the
> VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHeadHuge(page), page) was removed in the process.
> So, there is no redundant check.
>
> However, a quick audit of calling code reveals that all callers know they
> are operating on a hugetlb head page.
>

So I should change the commit log like:

All callers know they are operating on a hugetlb head page. So this VM_BUG_ON_PAGE
can't catch anything useful.

and send a v2. Right?

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