Re: [PATCH v3 16/19] mm/hugetlb: Remove obsolete bootmem cross-zone checks

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 12:01:11 EST


On Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:10:36 +0800, Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bootmem gigantic HugeTLB pages used to be validated again during
> gather_bootmem_prealloc_node() and any cross-zone pages were discarded
> there.
>
> That validation is no longer needed. Cross-zone bootmem gigantic pages
> are now detected during allocation and freed before they reach the later
> bootmem gathering path, so the remaining pages are already zone-valid.
>
> [...]

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.