Re: [PATCH][v2] mm/hugetlb: early exit from hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot() when max_huge_pages=0

[jane.chu@oracle.com]

On 8/14/2025 3:23 AM, lirongqing wrote:
> From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> 
> Optimize hugetlb_pages_alloc_boot() to return immediately when
> max_huge_pages is 0, avoiding unnecessary CPU cycles and the below
> log message when hugepages aren't configured in the kernel command
> line.
> [    3.702280] HugeTLB: allocation took 0ms with hugepage_allocation_threads=32
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
> ---
> diff with v1: adding the reduced log messages in commit header
> 
>   mm/hugetlb.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 753f99b..514fab5 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -3654,6 +3654,9 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
>   		return;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (!h->max_huge_pages)
> +		return;
> +
>   	/* do node specific alloc */
>   	if (hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_specific_nodes(h))
>   		return;

Looks good.  Could you add stable: ?
Reviewed-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>

thanks!
-jane