Re: [PATCH v2 03/12] mm: hugetlb_vmemmap: simplify vmemmap head page handling

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 05:21:19 EST


On Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:25:16 +0800, Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The new head page is already tracked on the vmemmap page list before
> remapping starts. Passing it separately gives the remap walker two
> ways to refer to the same page and unnecessarily complicates its
> interface.
>
> Use the page list as the single handoff mechanism for the head page,
> removing the redundant state from the walker.
>
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Sincerely yours,
Mike.