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hugetlb: document the new location of page subpool pointer

Message ID 20210224040439.351882-1-mike.kravetz@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series hugetlb: document the new location of page subpool pointer | expand

Commit Message

Mike Kravetz Feb. 24, 2021, 4:04 a.m. UTC
Expand comments, no functional change.

Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
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 include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Comments

Oscar Salvador Feb. 24, 2021, 8:20 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 08:04:39PM -0800, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Expand comments, no functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>

Thanks

> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index cccd1aab69dd..c0467a7a1fe0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>   * huegtlb page specific state flags.  These flags are located in page.private
>   * of the hugetlb head page.  Functions created via the below macros should be
>   * used to manipulate these flags.
> + * Note: The hugetlb page subpool pointer previously located at page.private
> + * was moved to page[1].private to make room for flags in the head page.  See
> + * hugetlb_page_subpool().
>   *
>   * HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
>   *	allocation time.  Cleared when page is fully instantiated.  Free
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
>
Muchun Song Feb. 24, 2021, 8:48 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 12:04 PM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Expand comments, no functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>

Thanks

> ---
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index cccd1aab69dd..c0467a7a1fe0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>   * huegtlb page specific state flags.  These flags are located in page.private
>   * of the hugetlb head page.  Functions created via the below macros should be
>   * used to manipulate these flags.
> + * Note: The hugetlb page subpool pointer previously located at page.private
> + * was moved to page[1].private to make room for flags in the head page.  See
> + * hugetlb_page_subpool().
>   *
>   * HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
>   *     allocation time.  Cleared when page is fully instantiated.  Free
> --
> 2.29.2
>
David Hildenbrand Feb. 24, 2021, 10:06 a.m. UTC | #3
On 24.02.21 05:04, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Expand comments, no functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index cccd1aab69dd..c0467a7a1fe0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>    * huegtlb page specific state flags.  These flags are located in page.private
>    * of the hugetlb head page.  Functions created via the below macros should be
>    * used to manipulate these flags.
> + * Note: The hugetlb page subpool pointer previously located at page.private
> + * was moved to page[1].private to make room for flags in the head page.  See
> + * hugetlb_page_subpool().
>    *
>    * HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
>    *	allocation time.  Cleared when page is fully instantiated.  Free
> 

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index cccd1aab69dd..c0467a7a1fe0 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@  unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
  * huegtlb page specific state flags.  These flags are located in page.private
  * of the hugetlb head page.  Functions created via the below macros should be
  * used to manipulate these flags.
+ * Note: The hugetlb page subpool pointer previously located at page.private
+ * was moved to page[1].private to make room for flags in the head page.  See
+ * hugetlb_page_subpool().
  *
  * HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
  *	allocation time.  Cleared when page is fully instantiated.  Free