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From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	david@kernel.org
Cc: ryan.roberts@arm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/11] mm: shmem: drop has_transparent_hugepage() usage
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:20:23 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b8ebdf87-2b1c-4359-83af-729688994292@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <66846ee3aec32c04d20bc7e0e823ba21d4ef278c.1770675272.git.luizcap@redhat.com>



On 2/10/26 6:14 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> Shmem performs two kinds of has_transparent_hugepage() usage:
> 
> 1. shmem_parse_one() and shmem_init(): since the calls to
>     has_transparent_hugepage() are protected by #ifdef
>     CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, this actually checks if the CPU supports
>     PMD-sized pages. This is irrelevant for shmem as it supports mTHP
> 
> 2. shmem_parse_huge(): This is checking if THP is enabled and on
>     architectures that implement has_transparent_hugepage(), this also
>     checks if the CPU supports PMD-sized pages
> 
> While it's necessary to check if CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE is enabled,
> shmem can determine mTHP size support at folio allocation time.
> Therefore, drop has_transparent_hugepage() usage while keeping the
> CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE checks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@redhat.com>
> ---

Looks reasonable to me. Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>

>   mm/shmem.c | 7 +++----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 79af5f9f8b90..32529586cd78 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_huge(const char *str)
>   	else
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> -	if (!has_transparent_hugepage() &&
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
>   	    huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER && huge != SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> @@ -4678,8 +4678,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
>   	case Opt_huge:
>   		ctx->huge = result.uint_32;
>   		if (ctx->huge != SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER &&
> -		    !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
> -		      has_transparent_hugepage()))
> +		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE))
>   			goto unsupported_parameter;
>   		ctx->seen |= SHMEM_SEEN_HUGE;
>   		break;
> @@ -5463,7 +5462,7 @@ void __init shmem_init(void)
>   #endif
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> -	if (has_transparent_hugepage() && shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
> +	if (shmem_huge > SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
>   		SHMEM_SB(shm_mnt->mnt_sb)->huge = shmem_huge;
>   	else
>   		shmem_huge = SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER; /* just in case it was patched */



  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-10  9:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-09 22:14 [PATCH v2 00/11] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] docs: tmpfs: remove implementation detail reference Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] mm: introduce pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-10  7:45   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-10  8:05   ` kernel test robot
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] drivers: dax: use pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] drivers: i915 selftest: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] drivers: nvdimm: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] mm: debug_vm_pgtable: " Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] mm: shmem: drop has_transparent_hugepage() usage Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-10  9:20   ` Baolin Wang [this message]
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] treewide: rename has_transparent_hugepage() to arch_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] mm: replace thp_disabled_by_hw() with pgtable_has_pmd_leaves() Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] mm: thp: always enable mTHP support Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-10  9:56   ` Baolin Wang
2026-02-10 13:28     ` Luiz Capitulino
2026-02-11  1:12       ` Baolin Wang
2026-02-09 22:14 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] mm: thp: x86: cleanup PSE feature bit usage Luiz Capitulino

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