On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 07:20:36PM +0000, Mina Almasry wrote: > +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h > @@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ static inline unsigned long _compound_head(const struct page *page) > { > unsigned long head = READ_ONCE(page->compound_head); > > - if (unlikely(head & 1)) > - return head - 1; > + if (unlikely(head & 1UL)) > + return head & ~1UL; > return (unsigned long)page_fixed_fake_head(page); NAK, that pessimises compound_head().