Re: [v7 11/16] mm/migrate_device: add THP splitting during migration

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Mon Feb 09 2026 - 11:01:20 EST



index 8c95a658b3ec..022b0729f826 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -3463,15 +3463,6 @@ static void __split_folio_to_order(struct folio *folio, int old_order,
new_folio->mapping = folio->mapping;
new_folio->index = folio->index + i;
- /*
- * page->private should not be set in tail pages. Fix up and warn once
- * if private is unexpectedly set.
- */
- if (unlikely(new_folio->private)) {
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE_PAGE(true, new_head);
- new_folio->private = NULL;
- }
-

Balbir, why did you drop this check?

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Cheers,

David