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authorMatthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>2023-08-16 18:11:51 +0300
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2023-08-22 00:28:43 +0300
commit454a00c40a21c59e99c526fe8cc57bd029cf8f0e (patch)
tree7295e10b862852ef94483d0343371daa9c7cbb91 /Documentation
parentdd6fa0b61814492476463149c91110e529364e82 (diff)
downloadlinux-454a00c40a21c59e99c526fe8cc57bd029cf8f0e.tar.xz
mm: convert free_huge_page() to free_huge_folio()
Pass a folio instead of the head page to save a few instructions. Update the documentation, at least in English. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230816151201.3655946-4-willy@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com> Cc: Yanteng Si <siyanteng@loongson.cn> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst b/Documentation/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
index d9c2b0f01dcd..4914fbf07966 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
@@ -271,12 +271,12 @@ to the global reservation count (resv_huge_pages).
Freeing Huge Pages
==================
-Huge page freeing is performed by the routine free_huge_page(). This routine
-is the destructor for hugetlbfs compound pages. As a result, it is only
-passed a pointer to the page struct. When a huge page is freed, reservation
-accounting may need to be performed. This would be the case if the page was
-associated with a subpool that contained reserves, or the page is being freed
-on an error path where a global reserve count must be restored.
+Huge pages are freed by free_huge_folio(). It is only passed a pointer
+to the folio as it is called from the generic MM code. When a huge page
+is freed, reservation accounting may need to be performed. This would
+be the case if the page was associated with a subpool that contained
+reserves, or the page is being freed on an error path where a global
+reserve count must be restored.
The page->private field points to any subpool associated with the page.
If the PagePrivate flag is set, it indicates the global reserve count should
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ However, there are several instances where errors are encountered after a huge
page is allocated but before it is instantiated. In this case, the page
allocation has consumed the reservation and made the appropriate subpool,
reservation map and global count adjustments. If the page is freed at this
-time (before instantiation and clearing of PagePrivate), then free_huge_page
+time (before instantiation and clearing of PagePrivate), then free_huge_folio
will increment the global reservation count. However, the reservation map
indicates the reservation was consumed. This resulting inconsistent state
will cause the 'leak' of a reserved huge page. The global reserve count will
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
index b7a0544224ad..0f7e7fb5ca8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ vma_commit_reservation()之间,预留映射有可能被改变。如果hugetlb_
释放巨页
========
-巨页释放是由函数free_huge_page()执行的。这个函数是hugetlbfs复合页的析构器。因此,它只传
+巨页释放是由函数free_huge_folio()执行的。这个函数是hugetlbfs复合页的析构器。因此,它只传
递一个指向页面结构体的指针。当一个巨页被释放时,可能需要进行预留计算。如果该页与包含保
留的子池相关联,或者该页在错误路径上被释放,必须恢复全局预留计数,就会出现这种情况。
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ region_count()在解除私有巨页映射时被调用。在私有映射中,预
然而,有几种情况是,在一个巨页被分配后,但在它被实例化之前,就遇到了错误。在这种情况下,
页面分配已经消耗了预留,并进行了适当的子池、预留映射和全局计数调整。如果页面在这个时候被释放
-(在实例化和清除PagePrivate之前),那么free_huge_page将增加全局预留计数。然而,预留映射
+(在实例化和清除PagePrivate之前),那么free_huge_folio将增加全局预留计数。然而,预留映射
显示报留被消耗了。这种不一致的状态将导致预留的巨页的 “泄漏” 。全局预留计数将比它原本的要高,
并阻止分配一个预先分配的页面。