The patch titled
Subject: hugetlb: document the new location of page subpool pointer
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix-2.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix-2.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix-2.patch
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From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: hugetlb: document the new location of page subpool pointer
Expand comments, no functional change.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210224040439.351882-1-mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix-2
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_get_unmapped_area(
* huegtlb page specific state flags. These flags are located in page.private
* of the hugetlb head page. Functions created via the below macros should be
* used to manipulate these flags.
+ * Note: The hugetlb page subpool pointer previously located at page.private
+ * was moved to page[1].private to make room for flags in the head page. See
+ * hugetlb_page_subpool().
*
* HPG_restore_reserve - Set when a hugetlb page consumes a reservation at
* allocation time. Cleared when page is fully instantiated. Free
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx are
hugetlb-fix-update_and_free_page-contig-page-struct-assumption.patch
hugetlb-fix-copy_huge_page_from_user-contig-page-struct-assumption.patch
hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags.patch
hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix.patch
hugetlb-use-pageprivate-for-hugetlb-specific-page-flags-fix-2.patch
hugetlb-convert-page_huge_active-hpagemigratable-flag.patch
hugetlb-convert-pagehugetemporary-to-hpagetemporary-flag.patch
hugetlb-convert-pagehugefreed-to-hpagefreed-flag.patch
include-linux-hugetlbh-add-synchronization-information-for-new-hugetlb-specific-flags.patch
mm-hugetlb-change-hugetlb_reserve_pages-to-type-bool.patch
hugetlbfs-remove-special-hugetlbfs_set_page_dirty.patch
