Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler

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To: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:16:37 +0100
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, bp@xxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, hpa@xxxxxxxxx, dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, luto@xxxxxxxxxx, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx, mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx, pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, oneukum@xxxxxxxx, anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx, jroedel@xxxxxxx, Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>, "Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)" <song.bao.hua@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>, HORIGUCHI NAOYA(堀口直也) <naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxx>, Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xiongchun duan <duanxiongchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Chen Huang <chenhuang5@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bodeddula Balasubramaniam <bodeddub@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu 11-03-21 18:00:09, Muchun Song wrote:
[...]
> Sorry. I am confused why you disagree with this change.
> It does not bring any disadvantages.

Because it is adding a code which is not really necessary and which will
have to be maintained. Think of future changes which would need to grow
more of these. Hugetlb code paths shouldn't really think about size of
the struct page.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
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  - From: Muchun Song

References:
- [PATCH v18 0/9] Free some vmemmap pages of HugeTLB page
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- [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
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- Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
  - From: Michal Hocko
- Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
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- Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
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- Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v18 9/9] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler
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