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Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm/hugetlb_vmemmap: remove vmemmap_wrprotect_hvo()

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From: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-10-21 06:08:06
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On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 05:08:29PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
Shared vmemmap tail pages are now mapped read-only during initial
population, so already optimized HugeTLB bootmem folios no longer need a
separate write-protection pass.

Remove vmemmap_wrprotect_hvo() and skip these folios during boot-time
optimization.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <redacted>
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Yep, already read-only, so there's no need to write-protect them again.

LGTM, so 

Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
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