Re: [PATCH v6 08/14] s390: move has_transparent_hugepage() out of THP guard
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 13:28:56 EST
On 7/27/26 19:06, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On 2026-07-27 11:41, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 09:34:12PM -0400, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>>> has_transparent_hugepage() definition is guarded by
>>> CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, but there's a need to use it when
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> What need? The commit message needs to be self-sufficient or
>> at least explain why that it is a pre-requisite.
>
> This series is adding a new API, based on has_transparent_hugepage(), to
> check if a CPU supports PMD-sized pages. The new API is orthogonal to
> THP and must work when CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=n.
Alexander is asking for that to be incorporated into the patch description :)
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Cheers,
David