Re: [PATCH v2] mm/page_alloc: remove VM_BUG_ON()s from pindex helpers

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 07:37:54 EST


On 5/26/26 1:28 PM, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> Vlastimil pointed out that the VM_BUG_ON()s have fallen out of
> favour, so remove them.
>
> Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4074a816-9e75-45a6-8141-25459bcc106b@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebased onto mm-new, removed VM_BUG_ON()s
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260513-page_alloc-unmapped-prep-v1-0-dacdf5402be8@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> mm/page_alloc.c | 9 +--------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index 1b5b1e556f76feadf21f3f44a9440fe883fb7651..e47679e7a9dbc772aa27f550a10aa8c0e95af55a 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -653,13 +653,8 @@ static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(int migratetype, int order)
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
> bool movable = migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
>
> - if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
> - VM_BUG_ON(!is_pmd_order(order));
> -
> + if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
> return NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS + movable;
> - }
> - } else {
> - VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
> }
>
> return (MIGRATE_PCPTYPES * order) + migratetype;
> @@ -672,8 +667,6 @@ static inline int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)) {
> if (pindex >= NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS)
> order = HPAGE_PMD_ORDER;
> - } else {
> - VM_BUG_ON(order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER);
> }
>
> return order;
>
> ---
> base-commit: da0a06486ac3ce47c6ffb603d2fd332229d41592
> change-id: 20260512-page_alloc-unmapped-prep-c3ae0381d58b
>
> Best regards,