set_page_count(page, 0);
/*
- * The first tail page stores compound_mapcount_ptr() and
- * compound_order() and the second tail page stores
- * compound_pincount_ptr(). Call prep_compound_head() after
- * the first and second tail pages have been initialized to
- * not have the data overwritten.
+ * The first tail page stores compound_mapcount_ptr(),
+ * compound_order() and compound_pincount_ptr(). Call
+ * prep_compound_head() after the first tail page have
+ * been initialized to not have the data overwritten.
+ *
+ * Note the idea to make this right after we initialize
+ * the offending tail pages is trying to take advantage
+ * of the likelihood of those tail struct pages being
+ * cached given that we will read them right after in
+ * prep_compound_head().
*/
- if (pfn == head_pfn + 2)
+ if (unlikely(pfn == head_pfn + 1))
prep_compound_head(head, order);
}
}