On 7 Nov 2024, at 9:01, Kirill A . Shutemov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 05:06:32PM -0500, Zi Yan wrote:
>>>> + } else {
>>>> + if (PageHead(head))
>>>> + ClearPageCompound(head);
>>>
>>> Huh? You only have to test for PageHead() because it is inside the loop.
>>> It has to be done after loop is done.
>>
>> You are right, will remove this and add the code below after the loop.
>>
>> if (!new_order && PageHead(&folio->page))
>> ClearPageCompound(&folio->page);
>
> PageHead(&forlio->page) is always true, isn't it?
Yes. Will remove that if part. Thank you for pointing this out.
>
>>>> + if (folio_test_anon(folio) && folio_test_swapcache(folio)) {
>>>> + if (!uniform_split)
>>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>>
>>> Why this limitation?
>>
>> I am not closely following the status of mTHP support in swap. If it
>> is supported, this can be removed. Right now, split_huge_page_to_list_to_order()
>> only allows to split a swapcache folio to order 0[1].
>>
>> [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12-rc6/source/mm/huge_memory.c#L3397
>
> It would be nice to clarify this or at least add a comment.
Sure. Will add a comment about it.
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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
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