From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Allocating the zero pages from memblock is simpler because the memory is
already reserved.
This will also help with pulling out memblock_free_all() to the generic
code and reducing code duplication in arch::mem_init().
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
arch/s390/mm/init.c | 14 +++-----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index f2298f7a3f21..020aa2f78d01 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
{
unsigned long total_pages = memblock_estimated_nr_free_pages();
unsigned int order;
- struct page *page;
- int i;
/* Latest machines require a mapping granularity of 512KB */
order = 7;
@@ -83,17 +81,10 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
while (order > 2 && (total_pages >> 10) < (1UL << order))
order--;
- empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
+ empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
if (!empty_zero_page)
panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
- page = virt_to_page((void *) empty_zero_page);
- split_page(page, order);
- for (i = 1 << order; i > 0; i--) {
- mark_page_reserved(page);
- page++;
- }
-
zero_page_mask = ((PAGE_SIZE << order) - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
}
@@ -176,9 +167,10 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
pv_init();
kfence_split_mapping();
+ setup_zero_pages(); /* Setup zeroed pages. */
+
/* this will put all low memory onto the freelists */
memblock_free_all();
- setup_zero_pages(); /* Setup zeroed pages. */
}
unsigned long memory_block_size_bytes(void)
--
2.47.2
On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:51:17PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
>
> Allocating the zero pages from memblock is simpler because the memory is
> already reserved.
>
> This will also help with pulling out memblock_free_all() to the generic
> code and reducing code duplication in arch::mem_init().
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/s390/mm/init.c | 14 +++-----------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
> - empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
> + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> if (!empty_zero_page)
> panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
This could have been converted to memblock_alloc_or_panic(), but I
guess this can also be done at a later point in time.
On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 04:28:15PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:51:17PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> >
> > Allocating the zero pages from memblock is simpler because the memory is
> > already reserved.
> >
> > This will also help with pulling out memblock_free_all() to the generic
> > code and reducing code duplication in arch::mem_init().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > arch/s390/mm/init.c | 14 +++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
>
> > - empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
> > + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> > if (!empty_zero_page)
> > panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
>
> This could have been converted to memblock_alloc_or_panic(), but I
> guess this can also be done at a later point in time.
Duh, I should have remembered about memblock_alloc_or_panic() :)
@Andrew, can you please pick this as a fixup?
From 344fec8519e5152c25809c9277b54a68f9cde0e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:51:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390: use memblock_alloc_or_panic() in setup_zero_page()
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
arch/s390/mm/init.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index ab8ece3c41f1..c6a97329d7e7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
while (order > 2 && (total_pages >> 10) < (1UL << order))
order--;
- empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
- if (!empty_zero_page)
- panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
+ empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
zero_page_mask = ((PAGE_SIZE << order) - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
}
--
2.47.2
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 06:56, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 04:28:15PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:51:17PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > Allocating the zero pages from memblock is simpler because the memory is
> > > already reserved.
> > >
> > > This will also help with pulling out memblock_free_all() to the generic
> > > code and reducing code duplication in arch::mem_init().
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > arch/s390/mm/init.c | 14 +++-----------
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
> >
> > > - empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
> > > + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> > > if (!empty_zero_page)
> > > panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
> >
> > This could have been converted to memblock_alloc_or_panic(), but I
> > guess this can also be done at a later point in time.
>
> Duh, I should have remembered about memblock_alloc_or_panic() :)
>
> @Andrew, can you please pick this as a fixup?
>
> From 344fec8519e5152c25809c9277b54a68f9cde0e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:51:27 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] s390: use memblock_alloc_or_panic() in setup_zero_page()
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/s390/mm/init.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> index ab8ece3c41f1..c6a97329d7e7 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> @@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
> while (order > 2 && (total_pages >> 10) < (1UL << order))
> order--;
>
> - empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> - if (!empty_zero_page)
> - panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
> + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
>
memblock_alloc_or_panic() takes the alignment is in bytes, no? So
shouldn't the second argument be BIT(order)?
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 04:56:59PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 06:56, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 04:28:15PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:51:17PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > >
> > > > Allocating the zero pages from memblock is simpler because the memory is
> > > > already reserved.
> > > >
> > > > This will also help with pulling out memblock_free_all() to the generic
> > > > code and reducing code duplication in arch::mem_init().
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/s390/mm/init.c | 14 +++-----------
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
> > >
> > > > - empty_zero_page = __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, order);
> > > > + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> > > > if (!empty_zero_page)
> > > > panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
> > >
> > > This could have been converted to memblock_alloc_or_panic(), but I
> > > guess this can also be done at a later point in time.
> >
> > Duh, I should have remembered about memblock_alloc_or_panic() :)
> >
> > @Andrew, can you please pick this as a fixup?
> >
> > From 344fec8519e5152c25809c9277b54a68f9cde0e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:51:27 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] s390: use memblock_alloc_or_panic() in setup_zero_page()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > arch/s390/mm/init.c | 4 +---
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> > index ab8ece3c41f1..c6a97329d7e7 100644
> > --- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> > +++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
> > @@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
> > while (order > 2 && (total_pages >> 10) < (1UL << order))
> > order--;
> >
> > - empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> > - if (!empty_zero_page)
> > - panic("Out of memory in setup_zero_pages");
> > + empty_zero_page = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc_or_panic(PAGE_SIZE << order, order);
> >
>
> memblock_alloc_or_panic() takes the alignment is in bytes, no? So
> shouldn't the second argument be BIT(order)?
The second argument should be PAGE_SIZE. Thanks for catching that!
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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