Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: Allow anon exclusive check over hugetlb tail pages

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Apr 03 2024 - 20:06:15 EST


On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 09:32:47PM -0400, peterx@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -1095,7 +1095,13 @@ PAGEFLAG(Isolated, isolated, PF_ANY);
> static __always_inline int PageAnonExclusive(const struct page *page)
> {
> VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS(!PageAnon(page), page);
> - VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS(PageHuge(page) && !PageHead(page), page);
> + /*
> + * Allow the anon-exclusive check to work on hugetlb tail pages.
> + * Here hugetlb pages will always guarantee the anon-exclusiveness
> + * of the head page represents the tail pages.
> + */
> + if (PageHuge(page) && !PageHead(page))
> + page = compound_head(page);

I think this should be written as:

/*
* HugeTLB stores this information on the head page; THP keeps
* it per page
*/
if (PageHuge(page))
page = compound_head(page);

> return test_bit(PG_anon_exclusive, &PF_ANY(page, 1)->flags);
> }