Re: [PATCHv6 02/17] mm: Change the interface of prep_compound_tail()

From: David Hildenbrand (arm)

Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 11:29:56 EST


On 2/2/26 16:56, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
Instead of passing down the head page and tail page index, pass the tail
and head pages directly, as well as the order of the compound page.

This is a preparation for changing how the head position is encoded in
the tail page.

Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/page-flags.h | 4 +++-
mm/hugetlb.c | 8 +++++---
mm/internal.h | 12 ++++++------
mm/mm_init.c | 2 +-
mm/page_alloc.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index f7a0e4af0c73..8a3694369e15 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -865,7 +865,9 @@ static inline bool folio_test_large(const struct folio *folio)
return folio_test_head(folio);
}
-static __always_inline void set_compound_head(struct page *page, struct page *head)
+static __always_inline void set_compound_head(struct page *page,
+ const struct page *head,
+ unsigned int order)

Two tab indents please on second+ parameter list whenever you touch code.

{
WRITE_ONCE(page->compound_head, (unsigned long)head + 1);
}
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6e855a32de3d..54ba7cd05a86 100644


[...]

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index d67e8bb75734..037ddcda25ff 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -879,13 +879,13 @@ static inline void prep_compound_head(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&folio->_deferred_list);
}
-static inline void prep_compound_tail(struct page *head, int tail_idx)
+static inline void prep_compound_tail(struct page *tail,

Just wondering whether we should call this "struct page *page" for consistency with set_compound_head().

Or alternatively, call it also "tail" in set_compound_head().

+ const struct page *head,
+ unsigned int order)

Two tab indent, then this fits into two lines in total.

{
- struct page *p = head + tail_idx;
-
- p->mapping = TAIL_MAPPING;
- set_compound_head(p, head);
- set_page_private(p, 0);
+ tail->mapping = TAIL_MAPPING;
+ set_compound_head(tail, head, order);
+ set_page_private(tail, 0);
}
Only nits, in general LGTM

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David