Re: [PATCH -next v3 1/2] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: Move {pmd/pud}_huge_tests out of CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 00:26:59 EST


On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:18:19 +0800 Liu Shixin <liushixin2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The functions {pmd/pud}_set_huge and {pmd/pud}_clear_huge are not dependent
> on THP. Hence move {pmd/pud}_huge_tests out of CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE.

What is the actual effect of this? Better test coverage? Smaller
kernel? Larger kernel?

(I'm too lazy to figure this out and it should have been in the
changelog anyway ;))