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Wei Yang c467061fbb mm/huge_memory: introduce enum split_type for clarity
Patch series "mm/huge_memory: Define split_type and consolidate split
support checks", v3.

This two-patch series focuses on improving code clarity and removing
redundancy in the huge memory handling logic related to folio splitting.

The series is based on an original proposal to merge two significantly
identical functions that check folio split support[1].  During this
process, we found an opportunity to improve readability by explicitly
defining the split types.  

Patch 1: define split_type and use it
Patch 2: merge uniform_split_supported() and non_uniform_split_supported()


This patch (of 2):

We currently handle two distinct types of large folio splitting:
  * uniform split
  * non-uniform split

Differentiating between these types using a simple boolean variable is not
obvious and can harm code readability.

This commit introduces enum split_type to explicitly define these two
types.  Replacing the existing boolean variable with this enumeration
significantly improves code clarity and expressiveness when dealing with
folio splitting logic.

No functional change is expected.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: tweak layout, per David]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251106034155.21398-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251106034155.21398-2-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2025-11-24 15:08:50 -08:00
arch mm/zone_device: rename page_free callback to folio_free 2025-11-24 15:08:47 -08:00
block block-6.18-20251031 2025-10-31 12:57:19 -07:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto This push contains the following changes: 2025-10-10 08:56:16 -07:00
Documentation mm/zone_device: rename page_free callback to folio_free 2025-11-24 15:08:47 -08:00
drivers gpu/drm/nouveau: enable THP support for GPU memory migration 2025-11-24 15:08:49 -08:00
fs mm: introduce VM_MAYBE_GUARD and make visible in /proc/$pid/smaps 2025-11-20 13:43:58 -08:00
include mm/huge_memory: introduce enum split_type for clarity 2025-11-24 15:08:50 -08:00
init printk changes for 6.18 2025-10-04 11:13:11 -07:00
io_uring mm: consistently use current->mm in mm_get_unmapped_area() 2025-11-16 17:27:57 -08:00
ipc namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
kernel mm: make INVALID_PHYS_ADDR a generic macro 2025-11-16 17:28:26 -08:00
lib mm/hmm/test: fix error handling in dmirror_device_init 2025-11-24 15:08:50 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm/huge_memory: introduce enum split_type for clarity 2025-11-24 15:08:50 -08:00
net Including fixes from bluetooth and wireless. 2025-11-06 08:52:30 -08:00
rust rust: kbuild: workaround rustdoc doctests modifier bug 2025-11-04 00:00:06 +01:00
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scripts scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh: fix build ID and PC source parsing 2025-11-09 21:19:45 -08:00
security integrity-v6.18 2025-10-05 10:48:33 -07:00
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tools selftests/mm/hmm-tests: new throughput tests including THP 2025-11-24 15:08:49 -08:00
usr gen_init_cpio: Ignore fsync() returning EINVAL on pipes 2025-10-07 09:53:05 -07:00
virt KVM x86 fixes for 6.18: 2025-10-18 10:25:43 +02:00
.clang-format mm/damon: rename damos core filter helpers to have word core 2025-11-20 13:44:00 -08:00
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.pylintrc tools: docs: parse-headers.py: move it from sphinx dir 2025-08-29 15:54:42 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ISDN subsystem as orphan 2025-10-27 17:49:45 -07:00
Kbuild sched: Make migrate_{en,dis}able() inline 2025-09-25 09:57:16 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'mm-hotfixes-stable' into mm-stable in order to merge 2025-11-24 15:07:34 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18-rc5 2025-11-09 15:10:19 -08:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

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