Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/hugetlb: avoid calculating fault_mutex_hash in truncate_op case

From: Miaohe Lin
Date: Tue Mar 16 2021 - 21:45:58 EST


On 2021/3/17 8:27, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 3/15/21 11:49 PM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> On 2021/3/16 11:07, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>>> On 3/15/21 7:27 PM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>>>> The fault_mutex hashing overhead can be avoided in truncate_op case
>>>> because page faults can not race with truncation in this routine. So
>>>> calculate hash for fault_mutex only in !truncate_op case to save some cpu
>>>> cycles.
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> v1->v2:
>>>> remove unnecessary initialization for variable hash
>>>> collect Reviewed-by tag from Mike Kravetz
>>>
>>> My apologies for not replying sooner and any misunderstanding from my
>>> previous comments.
>>>
>>
>> That's all right.
>>
>>> If the compiler is going to produce a warning because the variable is
>>> not initialized, then we will need to keep the initialization.
>>> Otherwise, this will show up as a build regression. Ideally, there
>>> would be a modifier which could be used to tell the compiler the
>>> variable will used. I do not know if such a modifier exists.
>>>
>>
>> I do not know if such a modifier exists too. But maybe not all compilers are intelligent
>> enough to not produce a warning. It would be safe to keep the initialization...
>>
>>> The patch can not produce a new warning. So, if you need to initialize
>>
>> So just drop this version of the patch? Or should I send a new version with your Reviewed-by tag and
>> keep the initialization?
>>
>
> Yes, drop this version of the patch. You can add my Reviewed-by to the
> previous version that included the initialization and resend.
>

Will do. Many thanks. :)

> All the cleanup patches in this series should be good to go.
>