Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/huge_memory.c: use head to emphasize the purpose of page

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On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:26:10AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
> During split huge page, it checks the property of the page. Currently we
> do the check on page and head without emphasizing the check is on the
> compound page. In case the page passed to split_huge_page_to_list is a
> tail page, audience would take some time to think about whether the
> check is on compound page or tail page itself.
> 
> To make it explicit, use head instead of page for those checks. After
> this, audience would be more clear about the checks are on compound page
> and the page is used to do the split and dump error message if failed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov




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