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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/khugepaged: alloc_charge_hpage() take care of mem charge errors
Hello,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 04:43:44PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> If memory charge failed, the caller shouldn't call mem_cgroup_uncharge().
> Let alloc_charge_hpage() handle the error itself and clear hpage properly
> if mem charge fails.

I'm a bit confused by this patch.

There isn't anything wrong with calling mem_cgroup_uncharge() on an
uncharged page, functionally. It checks and bails out.

It's an unnecessary call of course, but since it's an error path it's
also not a cost issue, either.

I could see an argument for improving the code, but this is actually
more code, and the caller still has the uncharge-and-put branch anyway
for when the collapse fails later on.

So I'm not sure I understand the benefit of this change.

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