Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: remove unnecessary set_page_count in prep_compound_gigantic_page

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Tue Oct 26 2021 - 19:51:04 EST


On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 03:06:35PM -0700, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> In commit 7118fc2906e29 ("hugetlb: address ref count racing in
> prep_compound_gigantic_page"), page_ref_freeze is used to atomically
> zero the ref count of tail pages iff they are 1. The unconditional
> call to set_page_count(0) was left in the code. This call is after
> page_ref_freeze so it is really a noop.
>
> Remove redundant and unnecessary set_page_count call.
>
> Fixes: 7118fc2906e29 ("hugetlb: address ref count racing in prep_compound_gigantic_page")
> Suggested-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>