Re: [PATCH -V2 2/7] migrate_pages(): remove unnecessary list_safe_reset_next()

From: Oscar Salvador
Date: Mon Jul 11 2022 - 07:57:27 EST


On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 04:49:43PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Before commit b5bade978e9b ("mm: migrate: fix the return value of
> migrate_pages()"), the tail pages of THP will be put in the "from"
> list directly. So one of the loop cursors (page2) needs to be reset,
> as is done in try_split_thp() via list_safe_reset_next(). But after
> the commit, the tail pages of THP will be put in a dedicated
> list (thp_split_pages). That is, the "from" list will not be changed
> during splitting. So, it's unnecessary to call list_safe_reset_next()
> anymore.
>
> This is a code cleanup, no functionality changes are expected.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>


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