Re: [PATCHv9 29/36] thp: implement split_huge_pmd()

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On 07/20/2015 04:21 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Original split_huge_page() combined two operations: splitting PMDs into
> tables of PTEs and splitting underlying compound page. This patch
> implements split_huge_pmd() which split given PMD without splitting
> other PMDs this page mapped with or underlying compound page.
> 
> Without tail page refcounting, implementation of split_huge_pmd() is
> pretty straight-forward.

While it's significantly simpler than it used to be, straight-forward is
still not the adjective which come to my mind.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  include/linux/huge_mm.h |  11 ++++-
>  mm/huge_memory.c        | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 



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