Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm/hugetlb: do not dissolve gigantic pages without runtime support

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 04:55:08 EST


On 8/17/26 18:20, Longlong Xia wrote:
> From: Longlong Xia <xialonglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() doesn't check hstate_is_gigantic_no_runtime(h)
> though remove_hugetlb_folio()/update_and_free_hugetlb_folio() silently
> bail for such folios

That's odd. Why do they silently skip such folios instead of warning that
something unexpected is happening?

This screams for a cleanup unless I am missing something :)

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Cheers,

David