From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
To: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "mm/khugepaged: remove definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot"
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 17:41:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <76e89362-6c79-4231-9d0c-0688c026b9b0@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-khugepaged-latency-fix-v2-1-4384bbfe4606@kernel.org>
On 11/6/26 4:57 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> This partially reverts commit b4c9ffb54b32 ("mm/khugepaged: remove
> definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot"), as a subsequent commit needs to
> resurrect this type to store additional data alongside the mm_slot.
>
> The stated intent of the commit was to address a NULL check in
> __khugepaged_exit():
>
> mm_slot = mm_slot_entry(slot, struct khugepaged_mm_slot, slot);
>
> slot can be NULL and mm_slot_entry() is an alias for container_of(), so
> this is container_of() a NULL value.
>
> This was benign as there was only 1 field in khugepaged_mm_slot (offsetting
> NULL at 0 results in NULL), however it was right to fix this, so retain the
> fix.
>
> It also unwrapped KMEM_CACHE() in khugepaged_init(). This was a mistake,
> and was itself reverted in commit c14bdcc9f274 ("mm/khugepaged: use
> KMEM_CACHE()"). Therefore, retain the KMEM_CACHE() form in this revert.
>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 20:57 [PATCH v2 0/3] mm/khugepaged: bound mmap_lock hold time when walking an mm's VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "mm/khugepaged: remove definition of struct khugepaged_mm_slot" Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 21:47 ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06 9:41 ` Baolin Wang [this message]
2026-11-05 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/khugepaged: scan mm's more efficiently under mmap_lock contention Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 21:48 ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06 9:31 ` Baolin Wang
2026-11-05 20:57 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/khugepaged: release contended mmap read lock after scanning enough VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-05 21:53 ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06 10:03 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 10:29 ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06 10:33 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 10:49 ` Jose A. Perez de Azpillaga
2026-11-06 2:12 ` Vernon Yang
2026-11-06 9:29 ` Vernon Yang
2026-11-06 10:49 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 9:38 ` Baolin Wang
2026-11-06 10:52 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 12:07 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 12:23 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 13:26 ` Vernon Yang
2026-11-06 15:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-11-06 15:39 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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