[PATCH mm-stable] mm/hugetlb: set head flag before setting compound_order in __prep_compound_gigantic_folio

From: Sidhartha Kumar
Date: Mon Dec 12 2022 - 17:57:26 EST


folio_set_compound_order() checks if the passed in folio is a large folio.
A large folio is indicated by the PG_head flag. Call __folio_set_head()
before setting the order.

Signed-off-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi David,
I tested this by doing:

echo 10 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepages
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepages

and checking dmesg. Let me know if there are other ways of testing
you would like to see run.

Hi Andrew,
This can be folded into d1c6095572d0cf00c0cd30378639ff9387b34edd
mm/hugetlb: convert hugetlb prep functions to folios.

However, there is still ongoing discussion with this patch series,
specifically with patch 1 9fd330582b2f mm: add folio dtor and order setter
functions, so I'm not sure if this series should be a part of the 6.2 merge
window. I am planning to send a v6 within the next few days to implement
the suggested changes.

mm/hugetlb.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 8c6fe2286814..7cdbcc22587b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1805,10 +1805,10 @@ static bool __prep_compound_gigantic_folio(struct folio *folio,
int nr_pages = 1 << order;
struct page *p;

- /* we rely on prep_new_hugetlb_folio to set the destructor */
- folio_set_compound_order(folio, order);
__folio_clear_reserved(folio);
__folio_set_head(folio);
+ /* we rely on prep_new_hugetlb_folio to set the destructor */
+ folio_set_compound_order(folio, order);
for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
p = folio_page(folio, i);

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