Re: [PATCH 03/10] hugetlb: Use LIST_HEAD() to define a list head

[Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>]

On 2022/8/27 9:47, Muchun Song wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2022, at 17:24, Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> We can avoid unneeded WRITE_ONCE() overhead by using LIST_HEAD() to define
>> a list head.
> 
> IIUC, the overhead doesn’t change. Right?

I think the overhead is changed. LIST_HEAD is initialized without using WRITE_ONCE():

#define LIST_HEAD_INIT(name) { &(name), &(name) }

#define LIST_HEAD(name) \
	struct list_head name = LIST_HEAD_INIT(name)

while INIT_LIST_HEAD has:

static inline void INIT_LIST_HEAD(struct list_head *list)
{
	WRITE_ONCE(list->next, list);
	WRITE_ONCE(list->prev, list);
}

Or am I miss something?

> 
> I’m fine with your changes.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@bytedance.com>

Many thanks for your review and comment. :)

Thanks,
Miaohe Lin