Re: [PATCH mm-new 1/2] mm/khugepaged: optimize PTE scanning with if-else-if-else-if chain

[Zi Yan]

On 2 Oct 2025, at 3:32, Lance Yang wrote:

> From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> As pointed out by Dev, the PTE checks for disjoint conditions in the
> scanning loops can be optimized. is_swap_pte, (pte_none && is_zero_pfn),
> and pte_uffd_wp are mutually exclusive.
>
> This patch refactors the loops in both __collapse_huge_page_isolate() and
> hpage_collapse_scan_pmd() to use a continuous if-else-if-else-if chain
> instead of separate if blocks.
>
> Also, this is a preparatory step to make it easier to merge the
> almost-duplicated scanning logic in these two functions, as suggested
> by David.
>
> Suggested-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@xxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/khugepaged.c | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>

LGTM. Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi